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For Elizabeth
by Chris Ingham (Age: 62)
copyright 04-09-2002


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For Elizabeth

I remember the day the King was dead.
Midday school closing, we walked, my mother
And I, hand in hand to the hilltop fort,
Struggling against the biting winter wind
Of a Port Elizabeth afternoon.

We sat on a bench looking at the ships
In the tiny harbour, flags half-masted
And I felt, no sensed, my mother's sadness.
Six year's old, I saw you for the first time
In flickering darkened cinema images
And sensed in my soul your depth of pain.

Tonight, on a coloured screen, I watched you,
Fifty years on, being borne in state
Through the crowded, silent streets of London,
And still remembering my childhood tears
I cried, once again, unashamedly.


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04-10-2002 Peggy Bertrand    

Beautiful tribute.
04-10-2002 Kay Lee Kelly    

Wonderful, read with a tear and a sigh.
04-09-2002 Laryalee Fraser    

This moving....and beautifully written!
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