Es wird heute genügend Berichte von der Hochzeit in London geben, ich halte mich da etwas zurück. Diesen Cartoon von Mac (das ist Stanley McMurtry) konnte man am 28. November 2017 in der Daily Mail sehen. Die Bildunterschrift lautete: MARKLE, Philip, dear. MEGHAN MARKLE! Harry's not marrying Angela Merkel! Ich fand den Cartoon damals wunderbar.
It should be private, the long walk
on bereavement’s hard stones;
and when people wave, their hands
should not be mobile phones,
nor their faces lenses;
so your heart dressed in its uniform.
On. Then one blessed step
and the long walk ended
where love had always been aimed,
her arrows of sweet flowers gifting
the air among bells - yes, they all looked -
and saying your name.
Hofdichter zu sein ist keine leichte Aufgabe. Als Ted Hughes Poet Laureate war, schrieb Andrew Motion dies kleine Gedicht für ihn:
My family are a trial to Ted Hughes:
No sooner do they marry than divorce
His burdens would be lighter if he chose
To write about a corgi or a horse.
Und als Andrew Motion selbst Hofdichter war, schickte ihm Attila the Stockbroker das Gedicht: In Sympathy with the Poet Laureate anläßlich der Hochzeit von Charles und Camilla:
(I have never envied your task: especially now.....)
Their tenure should have ended at that final Worcester battle
But to this day we're fed a diet of endless royal prattle
And soon will come that awful time which some of us
are dreading:
The global media yawn-fest which is
Chas and Millie's wedding....
There's squabbling in the churches and across the Union Jack:
To write this one, I think you'll need to DRAIN your butt of sack!
We just need abolition, not a Cromwell-style beheading.
It's their business and theirs alone, old Chas & Millie's wedding.
It really doesn't matter who is sitting on the throne:
They're all as dull as dishwater and should be left alone.
I don't care what their hamster's called or whom
they are a-bedding:
I want some interesting news, not Chas & Millie's wedding!
So, Andrew, if your royal task becomes too much to bear
Go to your favourite football club and write your poems there.
I'm Brighton's Poet in Residence: tonight we're home to Reading.
That's worthy of a verse or two. Not Chas & Millie's wedding!
Ich bin natürlich Royalist, das wissen Sie. König Frederik von Dänemark hat mir mal die Hand geschüttelt. Die Königin Elizabeth habe ich 1958 in Amsterdam und 1965 in Hamburg gesehen, mit Philip war ich einmal in einem Raum und bewunderte seine weinroten Schuhe. Wenn Sie noch mehr von der königlichen Familie wissen wollen, dann kann ich folgende Posts anbieten: Besucher, Hofdichter: Gott schütze die Königin, Morning Coat, Lisbeth, Queen, Teckel & Corgwn
Und als Andrew Motion selbst Hofdichter war, schickte ihm Attila the Stockbroker das Gedicht: In Sympathy with the Poet Laureate anläßlich der Hochzeit von Charles und Camilla:
(I have never envied your task: especially now.....)
Their tenure should have ended at that final Worcester battle
But to this day we're fed a diet of endless royal prattle
And soon will come that awful time which some of us
are dreading:
The global media yawn-fest which is
Chas and Millie's wedding....
There's squabbling in the churches and across the Union Jack:
To write this one, I think you'll need to DRAIN your butt of sack!
We just need abolition, not a Cromwell-style beheading.
It's their business and theirs alone, old Chas & Millie's wedding.
It really doesn't matter who is sitting on the throne:
They're all as dull as dishwater and should be left alone.
I don't care what their hamster's called or whom
they are a-bedding:
I want some interesting news, not Chas & Millie's wedding!
So, Andrew, if your royal task becomes too much to bear
Go to your favourite football club and write your poems there.
I'm Brighton's Poet in Residence: tonight we're home to Reading.
That's worthy of a verse or two. Not Chas & Millie's wedding!
Ich bin natürlich Royalist, das wissen Sie. König Frederik von Dänemark hat mir mal die Hand geschüttelt. Die Königin Elizabeth habe ich 1958 in Amsterdam und 1965 in Hamburg gesehen, mit Philip war ich einmal in einem Raum und bewunderte seine weinroten Schuhe. Wenn Sie noch mehr von der königlichen Familie wissen wollen, dann kann ich folgende Posts anbieten: Besucher, Hofdichter: Gott schütze die Königin, Morning Coat, Lisbeth, Queen, Teckel & Corgwn
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