Midwatch in Verse
Naval deck logs require young officers to record mundane details of a ship''s condition every few hours. According to a U.S. Navy tradition, the New Year''s midwatch log--covering midnight to early morning of January 1--can be entered as poetry. Each chapter of this first book-length examination of midwatch poems presents verses written 1941-1946 aboard a ship engaged in combat during World War...
Naval deck logs require young officers to record mundane details of a ship''s condition every few hours. According to a U.S. Navy tradition, the New Year''s midwatch log--covering midnight to early morning of January 1--can be entered as poetry. Each chapter of this first book-length examination of midwatch poems presents verses written 1941-1946 aboard a ship engaged in combat during World War...
