SJR

THIS GENTLE SLOPING CYLINDER OF BRICK

AN ANGULAR CONCRETE MONOLITH SITS

REMINDS MARINERS OF A TAPERED STICK

GUIDING THOSE BECAUSE THE SEA NEVER QUITS.

STRETCHING TWENTY-TWO MILES OUT TO THE SEA

ITS LIGHT HELPED PAVE THE WAY TO FIND THE SHORE

ALWAYS CONSTANT-DID ITS JOB SUPERBLY

ASSISTED THE NAVY IN TIMES OF WAR.

SITTING RETIRED, ITS WORK ALL BEEN DONE

REPLACED BY A LIGHTSHIP IN ’29

REGISTERED HISTORICALLY-ST. JOHN’S ONE

DARKNED NOW AND IT WILL NEVER EVER SHINE.

THE PRIDE OF THE NORTH, SOON A MUSEUM.

SIMILAR TO WHAT IT DID PER DIEM.