Moonlight Sonata

[jobee]

Moonlight Sonata
By: John Bishop
In November 14 1940 500 planes of the the German Luftwaffe bombed Coventry city center.Their code name for this operation was Moonlight Sonata. Edna Viner was an off duty probationary nurse.

A lovely starry moonlit night,
With extra incandescent light,
Parachutes with chandelier flares,
Edna Viner sits and stares.

Alighting from a city bus,
Bemused and blinking, what’s the fuss?
Air raid sirens howled and moaned,
“I bet it’s Birmingham" she groaned.

“Not here I hope, it’s my night out,
My one and only drinking bout”
Then calling in to see her friend,
Her leisure time, soon to end.

At once the symphony began,
Coventry reacts to Hitler’s plan,
Incendiary bombs clatter down,
Like Christmas lights all around.

Buckets of sand douse the flames,
Ladies help in human chains,
Searchlights probed the sky around,
Fire engine's bells resound.

The sharp bark of Bofor guns,
The glistening sweat of Coventry’s sons,
High explosive bombs thud down,
To shake the heart of this boom town.

Fire watchers on roof tops high,
Silhouetted against the sky,
Buildings seem to leave the ground,
Bricks and mortar spewed around.

The old Cathedral gets it next,
As if deserved of no respect,
High explosive bombs come first,
Then when the lofty steeple bursts.

Showers of incendiaries fall all round,
Blackening the very ground,
Just one great wall of searing fire,
For those inside a funeral pyre.

Cov and Warwick's hospital now.
All the staff survived somehow,
They worked all night and did their best.
Still 520 were laid to rest.

By: John Bishop (UK)
Copyright © John Bishop 2004 - All rights reserved

[Will]

Jobee, the purpose of this forum is for people to write poetry, not post other people's poems. Please can you make this the last one your post here.

[jobee]

Originally Posted by Will

Jobee, the purpose of this forum is for people to write poetry, not post other people's poems. Please can you make this the last one your post here.

This is my work-whats wrong with this site-moonlight sonata and all the the others are my work-they have been on coventryweb poems for years-
who's work is it then? please name the author




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[Will]

Well that's fine if they're yours. No one here knows your real name is John Bishop.

[jobee]

Originally Posted by Will

Well that's fine if they're yours. No one here knows your real name is John Bishop.

yes my name is john bishop borm in coventry-but- left as a child-went back and lived there after army service-surely you dident think my name was jobee

[Will]

Of course not, but how do you expect me to know your name is John Bishop?

[jobee]

Originally Posted by Will

Well that's fine if they're yours. No one here knows your real name is John Bishop.

ps.all the poems on here in my name have been published

[jobee]

Originally Posted by Will

Of course not, but how do you expect me to know your name is John Bishop?

will-my name was at the foot of the first poem i posted-john=jobee=john bishop

[jobee]

Originally Posted by Will

Jobee, the purpose of this forum is for people to write poetry, not post other people's poems. Please can you make this the last one your post here.

will-you seem to be suffering from xenophobia-several people on here have
posted other poets work-

[jobee]

Originally Posted by jobee

will-you seem to be suffering from xenophobia-several people on here have
posted other poets work-

everything ok now Will