non-elegy

on the passing of a crown after 70 full years (1952-2022)

Too quick to gather

tumbleweed musings

elegiac wanderings

time is late it would seem

perhaps in some other

moment's clime shall usher

more suited pronouncements

this Muse's pitch, silent

this yesterday's tomorrow

bereft of what once was

familiar in the back corner

now bathed in light of want

perhaps new days offer

muted dreams to prosper

cut loose from what encumbers

this day ever remembered

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

We travelled to the Cambridge Gate in Windsor to take flowers yesterday, me my husband and 21 year old grand daughter. I so admired her dedication to her duties. An amazing woman. An incredible place in history she will take. I have known no other monarch in my lifetime.

Chris

[Red Brick Keshner]

So nice of you much more so that some of us are too far away to personally pay our respects, thanks so much. It would be a bit of taking used to saying, 'God save the king.' My brother's name is also Charles, as well.... /Freds.

[Stella Armour]

The likes of her will never be seen again.
I can just remember going to a street party for her coronation ... now that really is giving my age away for the king her father was on the throne when i was born .

[Red Brick Keshner]

7 decades of growing as a postwar nation has been defined by her reign. That is a biblical feat.

[Robert Haigh]

The news of the death of the erstwhile ever-present Queen Elizabeth II came as a shock to me (and many others) yesterday. I have never been a committed royalist, but I have always had respect for the queen. She did her duty without complaint, and she came across as a decent, caring human being. She lived a good life, with privileges (but also obligations) and she never stepped out of line in any way. It will be very strange to see Charles' picture on the postage stamps instead of his mother! The end of a long, and in many ways glorious, era! If all the royals were like Lizzy I would have few or no complaints! But, of course, they are not - and that's a whole other story! An engaging and respectful tribute, Fred, to one of the major figures of the 20th and 21st centuries!

[Red Brick Keshner]

Her Christmas message was a tradition that I kept faithful observance over. Now it shall be just that slightly different. Thanks for sharing your sentiments Robert. /Fred’s.

[Neville]

She was, to put it in the most succinct of terms, quite simply an amazing woman .. and may she now, rest in peace

[Red Brick Keshner]

The disruption of her not first in line-ness finally ends

[Neville]

...................... Indeed, Sir Fred

[Ken e Bujold]

a touching tribute Fred. While I have always been ambivalent, if not hostile to the idea of a monarchy in present times, I also admired the Queen for her unquestionable decency and dedication to what was an incredibly difficult gig. She was a grand lady, who always carried herself with impeccable grace and dignity.

Ken e

[Red Brick Keshner]

And that is the rep that will carry her into posterity. She is in many ways a transitional legend. The world has changed so much during her reign and that decency and dedication is a rare combination to find in leadership as exemplified in her numerous contemporaries. Thanks Ken e.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

A very, very sad occasion ...she was amazing.
j.

[Red Brick Keshner]

True J. Now to turn the leaf over and see what we are being faced with.