The Knights of Malta, World Wars, A Great Plague, A Killer Shark In New Jersey and Other Heartwarming Chronicles
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So one hundred and eighty ships of the line did for battle equip As two hundred transport ships were swabbed, stripped and readied To carry ten thousand fighting men complete with all their grip As one hundred thousand cannon balls kept the tall ships steadied MALTA At Sicily's dock was a merchant ship tying With entire ship's crew diseased, dead or dying Unseen was the virus on this floating ghost Or the plague that spread to the European coast PLAGUE Meanwhile the vast Pacific served as a giant battle stage As Japanese and American forces did in land, sea and air engage The turning point took place in the air many historians say In the tracer streaked skies above a Pacific island aptly named Midway WW II As into New Jersey's great Raritan Bay Swam this maverick and crazed shark they say Seeking in this hunger frenzied hour More young human flesh to savagely devour Hell's gates could not loose more terrible a foe SHARK
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"The Knight's of Malta......."contains a selection of Apgar's verses most of which accurately chronicle some significant historical events and are familiar to readers if only in general terms. Also in this volume is some imaginative verse sure to touch on hot button issues, whatever the reader's political persuasion.
About the Author
Art Apgar is a graduate of Iona College and spent many years holding management and ownership positions in enterprizes spread around three of New York's five boroughs and eventually retiring from a family wholesale business that he founded in New Milford, CT. He presently enjoys the sunshine on Florida's beaches, and the ambience of the local coffee shops where he spends time reading background material and scribbling his verses. He resides in Viera with wife, Ann and their mischievous Labradoodle, Andy.