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Tag Archives: Tudor
Loved
I loved you once To power fell A brittle neck A deeper hell I loved you twice I made my claim I changed my life I changed my name I loved you thrice You turned away You said I lied … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged Anne Boleyn, belief, betrayal, court, dark, delusion, denial, Henry V111, history, lost love, Politics, Tudor
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Golden Age
This golden age This reign Majesty and poetry A woman above all men A thunderstorm With lightning shot through Above all the games The courtiers do The golden tresses Red lips of flame This reign This golden age This queen … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged Anne Boleyn, history, Philosophy, Queen Elizabeth 1, royalty, Tudor, tudor england
7 Comments
Craven
These dreadful days Blood spilled by heresy and lies A swordsman’s blade Or the fire’s eyes All the same to dusty death Spirits of cold righteousness Demand their place In darkest history And all the reigns of kings Just men … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged Aspiration, court, cruelty, dark, death, fear, history, Philosophy, Politics, truth, Tudor, tudor england
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Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
My lady our love is now The blackest rose And wherefore now these tidings Do I suppose Arose from bloodied rituals The ones I chose? Where once my love for you A flame, a joy apart A treasure of great … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged acceptance, Anne Boleyn, belief, choice, cruelty, dark, denial, Henry VIII of England, history, lost love, madness, memory, truth, Tudor, tudor england
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Sympathy (for Anne Boleyn)
This cup is full Half blood, half molten gold An offering before the king This cup is full No longer young Half maid, half woman grown Years passed so very fast No longer young Desire’s slave Half fool, half wise … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged acceptance, Anne Boleyn, choice, cruelty, dark, england, Henry VIII, history, lost love, Musings, Politics, sympathy, truth, Tudor
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Power Games
Eyes across a banquet hall Pageantry and dance As the princelings of this line Other lines supplant Claims and politics abound Priests and scholars play Interpretive, this history All the court dismayed Heads may roll upon a line A chapter … Continue reading
Posted in Earth, Poetry
Tagged Games, history, House of Plantagenet, Musings, power, Tower, Tudor
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Anne Boleyn
Eyes raised to the sky Quiet dignity Breathe your last From here for centuries poets, philosophers, readers of history will debate the merit or the tragedy of this one terrible moment None us us knowing you but for your letters … Continue reading
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