Kate Adamson writes in with this gem, written for the Minute McGonagall event last night:
An Ode to Queen Elizabeth the Second in her Jubilee Year
O wonderful and long-lived Majesty!
How happy I am that I have lived to see
Your anniversary of sixty years on the throne
Where you have not been alone
But have been supported by Prince Philip your consort,
Who when he keeps his mouth shut is quite a good sort.O wonderful and long-lived Majesty!
We will celebrate your jubilee.
You will travel round the country once again.
We know you will not ever say anything that is profane.
Instead a great deal of interest you will feign
When someone attempts the widget factory to explain.O wonderful and long-lived Majesty!
There will be a river boat and some pageantry.
We will put up Union Jack bunting.
There will be street parties with food and wine unstinting
And a long weekend holiday,
Except in Scotland where some people do not get the Monday
And where you should be known as Elizabeth the First, by the way.O great and long-lived Majesty!
Please do not die soon or we will have to have Charlie.
Ha ha ha! :o)
Thought I’d leave you a comment in verse
Better than LOL (or anything worse)
I do like your ode to our Queenly celeb
(All hail to the power of the interweb)
I’d like to wax lyric on HRH
But the rhyme at the end has escaped…
O wonderful and eloquent Kate!
You have shown us how to continue at a goodly rate,
To emulate the great poet’s style and work,
And never this difficult task to shirk.
Thank you all for your kind praise.
Which I will remember till the end of my days.
(This may be a case of hyperbole,
But what the hell, it’s nearly the Jubilee.)
From a far off colony we are pleased to see
This fitting tribute to Her Majesty.
Although like foul and usurious publicans,
Some in Australia are waxing republican.