Vee Bdosa Poet I do not know?

Death of the Gypsy Queen

DEATH OF A GYPSY QUEEN
They gathered round the dying place
to bid their queen farewell
the glow of every gypsy fire
left little more to tell
for round about each glowing flame
a bondage few could know
and when the queen departed them,
each gypsy felt her go.

True story, in Baltimore Johns Hopkins Hospital Camput
1959

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Teddy Kimathi October 26, 2016 at 6:08 PM Very emotional.... I'm glad Poetrysoup took the time to feature this work, as a narration of the Gypsy lady. Thank you, Vee, for sharing.

Matthew Anish October 26, 2016 at 11:29 AM The gypsies were persecuted during WW2 I remember a song by the rock band Traffic about a gypsy queen. Peace & Blessings Matthew Anish

Cherie Durbin March 19, 2011 at 8:22 AM The death of royalty inspires great poetry.