Le Voyage Magnifique

On Duty

across the ages
we live to serve our country
in good times or bad
so many battles to fight
no matter what sacrifice
we sail angry seas
through summer, fall, winter, spring
always on duty

Notes on the Oriental Octet form of poetry ▼

Once upon a time, a poet by the name of James R. Gray decided to blend the Japanese forms Tanka and Haiku, resulting in an eight line structure with syllable counts of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7, 5, 7, 5 unrhymed, as described and demonstrated in the following link: http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/2008-form-unique-to-the-study-and-writing-... .