The Queen's Parade

A historic poem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Queen’s Parade

Head high, she walked by;

As the crowd caterwauled her,

Guillotine’s blade sliced.

 

Author's Note

Anne Boleyn Henry VIII's second wife.

Reviews

[M Garcia]

What happened to her was unfair, but this poem was quite good.

[Michael of Gilead]

Cool...the price of nobility is often paid by only a few

[Light]

short, beautiful, perfect! i would expect that the beheading of Anne Boleyn would have been something like this. despite her former position as queen and her bearing him children (no son's but still; children!!!) she just would have walked up to the guillotine and it would have been over. very short and no fanfare!!! i really like this piece!

[Black Cat Fever]

Very graphic and direct. I can feel the pain but all of history has pain in it, it seems.

[Tina Kline]

Ouch! Outstanding job on this, you captured so much in this poem! It tells the whole story.

[Puzzle-bot]

Such a sad poem... I still don't understand why Henry VIII married and discarded so many wives. It's so sad how they all died or were divorced for no reason.

[whiterabbit]

So much said in only three lines. Very nicely done.

[Mauricio Montoya]

Not a good start for a Queen, nice work.

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

Wow. Striking work.
I wonder how you do so much with so little.

[Robin]

did she not die by the executioners sword ?