where is it?
the commonwealth games are on and i can't find it
my children have never seen it
they need to know what it is
they need to see everything -
including lawn bowls
i'm livid.
what they did miss,
was the mechanic loch ness monster
that was televised -
but not the bowls
i've listened to baseball on the radio
whilst washing the car -
it is euphoria.
Common marketing
Mind capturing language U K
The Commonwealth gone..'
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
Of course, in the end, her end was inevitable
Reaching such an age, even in such as this age
A memorable funeral of Pomp and ceremony
A traditional Monarchy, perhaps even the last
Famous across the world and never outclassed
Missed by so many, and left a special memory
The longest reign, until time turned the page
Her legacy to all of us was considered ineffable
It was wartime work as an ambulance driver
From a Princess then to Queen of the realm
She ascended the throne in February fifty two
A coronation following in summer fifty three
A splendid occasion, and was the first on TV
Married to Prince Phillip, their love was true
An inspiration to many, with her at the helm
History will remember her, ask any archiver
She left a small family of Charles and Anne
But a bigger family across the commonwealth
Prince Charles is now King after her long span
Both children now old, yet still in good health
Quote By Poet "Money like honey is sweet to taste but money can sting you."
If money was the way
we would be happy everyday
then why are so many sad
they need more work and less play.
Work is good for you
makes you happy and not blue
brings in the money
now you can eat beef stew.
Why are the rich so unhappy
with their many riches they should be happy
somethings money can not buy
they sure dress very snappy.
They say money equals wealth
one can not buy health
money is just paper and coins
no mansion living in the commonwealth.
Having lived nearly three score and ten
these years have known of evidence royal
for all my days Queen Elizabeth II reigned
now passed to glory her majesty so loyal
Looking back on these memorable years
so much to be thankful and very glad
having watched the coronation on tv
great memories to recall when I was a lad
This royal reign brought stability upfront
despite many ups and downs through the years
the Queen was faithful to her high duty
a people's inspiration amidst our fears
The commonwealth increased in unity
drawing great strength from each other
so many both young and old so inspired
were constantly renewed to go even further
Her Majesty was a lady of faith
belief in God so personally true
here is evidence of the values of royalty
those that deny all this have no clue!
Could anyone, have done it better than the Queen?
In showing us how to live a consistent life,
A life that can be lived without a streak that is mean.
Could the commonwealth still have held some relevance?
It were not for the consistency of The Queen,
Even when the years began to advance.
Could anyone have given better service?
Or more consistency,
To a life lived with purpose.
If you agree,
I am sure she will be looking down on you,
With her usual amount of glee.
II
I was thinking ... Absences
Used to make hearts grow fonder
Or so the proverb said, in my youth
True in some ways ... Untrue in another
Some have departed poetry and breath
Such is human existence
Absences makes a heart stronger
But only if we survive the heartbreak
(I no longer spend time with pets
Lest I get fond of them in Africa
Where crime pays ... Stealing
A post-Mandela culture here - sad to confess ...
( I fought apartheid too)
And so did the late Queen Elizabeth
The Commonwealth is her baby, growing again
After apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia
Tried to murder her Commonwealth of the nations
A long-standing custom of uncertain origins
Boxing Day is tomorrow, always on a weekday,
Originally, to share with the poor our provisions
In modern times became another shopping day
Very popular in Britain and the Commonwealth,
It falls on The Feast of St. Stephen, I am told,
So, on this special day, I wish my friends health
Especially if sharing with the poor some gold!
written on December 26, 2021
especially for "A Strand (Dec. 26) Poetry Contest"
sponsored by Brian Strand
An adventurer of sorts,
Moving here and there, and yet
Nowhere, I find everything everywhere.
Sometimes liked, sometimes disliked,
But most times,
Just misunderstood...
While speaking in a similar language,
Still more a foreigner than a commoner ;
only because the subject is foreign
Not the language itself....
What is the commonwealth
If wealth can be so uncommon,
As only titillating in a dream....
Oh! Virginia
Come travel back with me to Old Virginia
The namesake of Elizabeth: the Queen
No other state possesses such charisma...
Oh! Mother, of this nation... evergreen.
The Old Dominion, (fifth realm of the Crown),
Birthed many 'Declaration' signers here
As well as Presidents...heroes abound,
From battles fought for Freedom we endear.
The Commonwealth is full of history:
From Jamestown...Williamsburg...and even Poe;
Virginians' Honour and Integrity...
Are still the code for living--not just show.
The Blue Ridge, Country Ham, and Brunswick Stew...
Virginia! Oh! Virginia! I love you...
deborah burch©1.3.2017
Form: Sonnet
Rhys comes from the Rhondda Valley,
In South Wales from Church Village.
He was born with mild Cerebral Palsy,
And sprints in the T37 category, page.
As a child he played disability football,
But migrated to sprinting in good 2010,
So he got the London Paralympics call,
Where he sat in the 100 and 200m glen.
2014 found Rhys compete in Glasgow,
In the Commonwealth Games vital jive,
Where he ran the 100m even out hoe,
In 12.04 secs, taking the bronze chive.
By 2016, and after the games in Rio,
He was sixth in the world in his class,
Of T37 for people with a CP portfolio,
Which he never even envisaged, gas?!
“…thank you to the people who play
the national lottery. Athletics is [a dear]
sport and by you paying [it is a way
for] us [to] get the…equipment [here].”
Naught but a maze shall carry this
bound in cloud
through the tunnels of twigs
shall freedom range to the applause of leaves
Tangency poised on the ballet of grass
such hurricane stanzas embrace
these burnished strings of delicate harp
or sigh replete in the arms of love
And spire to crest
on foamed peaks
the howling storm on heart beat, beats
tempo to damselfly wings of gossamer threads
Be thee spoken of a breathing spell
and owe all to plumed spires
and so conjure such a vaunted splendour
lest it be a riddle spoken in a breeze
Ah but first breath
incantation weaves
let the spirit run to forever
and carry aloft the perfume of free
You sense it not
nor ponder the flight of miracles
in the commonwealth of angles
shall freedom range to the applause of leaves
Libby was 1990 born in Bollington in Cheshire,
But when she was older, eleven years of age,
She moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, to admire,
The Royal Blind School which she did stage.
She’s a sprinter competing in the 100m and 200,
But she trained and competed in normal events,
Whilst participating in Junior Blind Sport, bred,
And her brother was at pool 2012 S12 events.
At the 2006 Worlds she won a silver in the 200,
In the T12, and then in Athens she won another,
Then in January in 2011 at the IPC Worlds said,
She won a bronze in the 200m, a major runner.
In June 2012 at the European Championships,
She won both the 100 and 200m, and London
Saw her win silver in the T12 100m to eclipse,
Where her and her guide Mikail Huggins did gun.
At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow city,
The pair ran the 100m in 12.20 seconds flat,
But then she had to get a new guide for her agility,
Chris Clarke who will do her proud in the dart.
Libby won the Para Athlete of the Year, October,
In the year 2012 at the Scottishathletics awards,
And then won it again the next year: David Wier
Presented her with her award to cheer in chords.
Sarah Storey was the first disabled athlete,
In the Commonwealth Games to compete,
As an English competitor, and she’s thrice,
Able-bodied national track champion of ice.
She was born without a left hand, entangled,
But she was firstly a swimmer, she jangled,
Then she became a cyclist on road and track,
And is still pedalling strong, not to look back.
She swam in Barcelona in 1992 and won,
Two golds, three silvers and a bronzed one,
Then in 2008, again at the Paras her fifth,
She won the individual pursuit with much pith.
Sarah Storey won Britain’s first gold in the C5,
In the women’s individual pursuit she’d thrive,
And in the C4-5 5000m, C4-5, and on road,
She won each one with a gold that was owed.
In 2014 she founded a sports cycling team,
Which supports a breast cancer charity keen,
And she became a MBE in 1998, OBE in 2009,
Then she was made a dame in 2013, long line.
She married Barney her coach and duel pilot,
For the tandem duel ride, which could be a riot,
And was on the 2012 Celebrity Mastermind IQ,
With Sex & The City, and also has a girl to coo.
Kill! Kill the enemy with no mercy and commence!
Charge! Charge with your heart immense.
Arise! Arise Men of the Commonwealth!
We will approach with great stealth
Let the fiery heat of the sun burn
in your hearts that strongly yearn
as you level your rifles
Be enchanted with the pride that stifles
your hesitance. Be fearless, like the lion
who knows only to kill to feed on.
When you hear the trumpet call remember
to shoot their horses
and to shoot their heads.
You'll see when we've won
When the supply column is over run
If they break formation,
Then they are done.
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