After the announcement of the death of Her Majesty the Queen on 8 September 2022, The Poetry Society invited Society President Roger McGough to write a response to the unfolding news. The Poetry Society are very grateful to him for writing a personal and immediate reflection the same evening, as he, like all of us, starts to process this great change in our national life.
This poem is freely available to be reproduced for non-commercial use. Just quote the credit line © 2022 Roger McGough, for The Poetry Society. If you do use the poem in your community, we’d love to hear about it. (For commercial use, please contact info@poetrysociety.org.uk)
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