The queens and kings of the Vallance Gardens (where W. G. Sebald and Stephen Watts walked so much)
They landed here, and the grass is growing /
On this Vallance Gardens where there's no titles /
Under this great sky always raining /
Children are passing by with their bicycles. /
A Pakistani princess, a Chinese thinker, a Sri Lankan warrior /
Fighting their wars in this wild city /
With beautiful titles that are not exterior /
They're queens and kings with any nobility. /
Strangers to your kingdom, /
These birds are not even thinking /
About you and all your stardom. /
They only landed here, and the grass is growing. /
About this poem
Seeing the birds on the day Elizabeth dies
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Written on September 09, 2020
Submitted by costerra1953 on September 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EAEA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 529 |
| Words | 99 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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