The Death of the Scharnhorst, and Other Poems

A compact collection of lyric poems that interweaves naval and wartime scenes with intimate reflections on love, longing, and loss. Maritime imagery and military ritual recur beside elegies for fallen comrades, personal remorse, and seasonal meditations, with occasional formal experiments such as sonnets and ballads. Voices shift between public litany and private confession, balancing patriotic tones and mourning with quieter yearnings for home and creative renewal. The work focuses on sacrifice, comradeship, memory, and the persistence of grief amid moments of beauty and small domestic observation.