King George Not in this Republic

All this  Royal baby  stuff makes  me  think of  a  strange Alternative Reality   where Johnny Vegas  is  President of the British Isles  and Nick  Clegg  the  bumbling  Vice President.

God save Prince George our King

 As usual  the respectful journalists look ahead   to our king  George   a polite line of  long lived monarchs  following after each other  each a  Centenarian  " The Queen is good for another decade  Charles  III will reign  for a good thirty years   William  V will see in the  2080s   and George VII  will  carry on the  royal tradition in the 22nd  century" 

In the past months the   Netherlands  has a new  king Willam Alexander   and Belgium  has King Philippe  sworn in with  minimum fuss

Yet for the future   England  still plays  the  medieval   kingdom  stuck as we are in a  groundhog day   1897  with the old Queen  God bless  her.

The Queen  well  it used to be treason to  even  conjure up a  date  for  end  of the monarchs  reign  but 2018  is a good Coronation year   for  George VII   (Charles  III is so  Stuart )   and after a decade  William  V     Prince George  marries  and divorces Queen Estelle  of Sweden   but   never succeeds as  World opinion deserts  the idea of  nostalgic European monarchies    Nation states   and United Nations    before  the 2040s

I  should really be more  happy  in my poetry  and get away from the     Ghost stories  Greek and  Celtic myth   that  stall my inspiration an imagination  that  was once so fluid when  it was  simply something  to   day dream  away at work. even if  like Elen of the Hosts   poem  it has a lot of  readers  and good reviews

"You certainly have a unique signatory-style of writing...almost mouth music. The first stanza was delightful....loved every syllable of it"

" I too liked the intro to this a lot...I could not help in the reading wonder, if this was built on some kind of folk lore or myth"

Having spent  two  weeks  on  my latest  two  80 liners   the  ironic  greek myths as usual    "Argo  Ariadne  Medea" and    "Venus  ridiculed at the court of  Amor" 

 Typical of my style everything  starts epic and is  undercut  in fact  everything is undercut in the same  ironic  way so decided  to chuck the lot.

Each failed job interview  after  years  of being occupied   studying and  then teaching since the mid   1980s  causes me self doubt   that effects  my creativity  and wonder if I should ever bother to continue.