The Queen

[MissTerious]

For My Queen

Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
April 21, 1926 – September 8, 2022

My symbol of nobility, stability and grace,
Who reigned and never ruled: my constant caring face
On TV screen, on stamps, in scenes of history’s changing view,
Has slipped away this solemn day—her time to bid adieu.

The only monarch I have loved, the only queen I’ve known
(This stalwart soul my heart embraced as family of my own)
Has left the throne for greater realms beyond the fuss and fray.
She’s left me with a wealth of wondrous memories at play.

So on this day, I’d like to say—dear Lilibet, goodbye.
My one and only gracious Queen, please hear my grateful cry—
You shone with poise and dignity and honour and respect
In times when truth had lost its way and hope was all but wrecked…

By those who never saw the light in eyes that blazed as bright
As anthems sung in notes that rose like Windsor swans in flight.

[Tilly2]

That's lovely.

[Sqad]

We do indeed have some talented contributors on AB.

[Ellipsis]

By Susan Jarvis Bryant, apparently ...

https://classicalpoets.org/2022/09/08/a-poem-on-the-passing-of-queen-elizabeth-ii-for-my-queen-by-susan-jarvis-bryant/

[MissTerious]

I didn't write it, I wish i had!! There's a very cheesy poem doing the rounds on Facebook,so i found this on The Poets Society page. I love good poetry.

I have written poetry in the past.

[MissTerious]

Thanks Ellipsis. I lost my link.

[Sqad]

MissT........I thought that you had written it.

[MissTerious]

I know Sqad. I just had enough of the cheesy poem which includes angels and Philip coming down to see her etc, etc. Each to his own though,
I thought this poem really did show my feelings.

[teafortwo]

Absolutely beautiful, but I also liked the one on FB too. I feel as if I'll never stop crying.

[Canary42]

For most folk, especially for those of us who have lived throughout her entire 70-year reign, it is undoubtedly a wrench whatever you thought of her.

[MissTerious]

A huge part of our lives Canary. I was born the year she married and 6 when she was crowned
,and remember the Coronation so well. I was a Londoner back then! Another coronation soon, butvit wont be like the fairy tale day I remember. King Charles III seems so weird.

[JimF]

We've all gone crazy
Mourning all day and mourning all night
Falling over ourselves to get all of the misery right

We've made the front page of all the world's papers today

Why all this howling hysterical sorrow?
What kind of goddess has lived among us?
How will we ever get by without her?

We're all going to see how she did nothing for years!

[choux]

You waited 7 days to skulk that in during the wee small hours?!

[JimF]

You know what to do...