Day 12 of MyNaPoWriMo (write a poem a day for a month!)

Nov 14, 2011 | Magazine Vol. 1

Queen E, i

Virginity 
was a big asset –

no man was worth 
the crown or a coup 

or one’s own neck; 
after all, Boleyn

ran in her blood; 
immortality 

was dependent 
on no direct heirs, 

a regal look,
a lifetime 

of supporting those 
sonnet-writing bards.

i saw a portrait of Queen ELizabeth I in a magazine, and i read up on her -- she apparently
got the pox and after that, she used her trademark white face paint and orange wigs
and fancy gear to hide the scars.....

1 Comment

  1. Jen Dracos-Tice

    I LOVE the image of “Boleyn//ran in her blood”…evoked her mother, obviously; the cut of her mother’s ending (which I also heard in “coup”); the disease; and the internal rage (“boiling. . . blood”)

    I can never get enough of Elizabeth.

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