12th July 2022
To honour Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the British Luxembourg Society ran a poetry competition.
The theme was “Celebration”, its interpretation was up to the poet.
Here is a selection of the excellent poems entered - some were read by their authors at the July 12 celebration hosted by the British Ambassador.
Celebration by Sophie Norman
Vivid green and velvet yellow
Burst forth from the sapling's arching limbs
Fed by the earth, illuminated by the stars
I stare in wonder as life becomes
Breeze flickers, light abounds
Lub dub heartbeat in the rhythm
Free to breathe, free to roam
Life is the truest celebration
Great Queen Elisabeth by Mary Lanser
Once upon a time
A princess was crowned for a length of time
She is the Queen of our hearts
Faithful and wise
Over her Empire she presides
Over the years through lows and highs
She maintains her throne alive
The crown she carries for lifetime
The fulfilment of her life
With a destiny sublime
Thank god, she’s still alive
Her pledge she renews with delight
God save the Queen
A Happy Jubilee by Maurice PEREIRA
History of the Monarchy
Is not my cup of tea
No doubt the Corgis are cute
But guards of your gracious Majesty turn me mute
Across your Kingdom other trumpets resonate
Bowie, Elton, Metronomy, EBTG I want on my plate
From Finsbury to St Paul I commuted
In your gracious Majesty’s pubs I have been crawling
Have been recovering on Sundays in Hampstead
And other parks in which flowers were sprawling
Across your Kingdom I travelled as a youngster
From Pool through Hull to Manchester
Lost in Camden or Lewisham
I wish you health and a happy Jubilee “Ma’am”!
The Monarch Butterfly and the Flower by Robbie Feige
Chrysalis turns, the great unwrap
Emerging life from a pale-green trap;
Lo, the Monarch approaches light
Extending wings, sovereign flight;
Black and white tips, finely ermined
Regal Orange, from William determined;
Alighting now on bended flower
Tacit nod to a Higher Power;
In search of generous consolation
Offer of the sweet libation…
Nectar for this Celebration!
To honour her Majesty our Queen by Sonia Reyes
From far away, a long distance between lands and oceans I look up at you,
you belonged to my childhood’s eyes in a magical fairy tale.
Real with time you became, a heroic figure from the history treads ,
treads you knitted for many, many days,
passing through your life through your hands in a soft wave.
Today after 70 years of enthusiastic service and guide,
you became a symbol, a symbol of strength, commitment and pride.
a symbol for all women to follow in your steps,
steps given with love, no matter the chosen path.
It’s possible, you are the living proof, the proof that a woman can succeed ,
Succeed when her character prevails when she is enough brave
brave and ready to take the challenge, the challenge to serve while making history,
history we celebrate in your Platinum Jubilee.
With respect to honour HM our Queen, the Queen of us all.
To Honour Her Majesty our Queen on her Platinum Jubilee Anniversary by Sonia Reyes-Frausto
I look up for rhyming words for celebrating your Platinum Jubilee Anniversary
and found out that preserving may rhyme with transforming under your hand
and devoting a life to service may rhyme not only with love for a country but for the world.
Character and strength rhyme in perfect harmony in yourself while love for tradition
and generous transformation have been rhyming in the history of the world you help to shape.
But somehow during each one of your serving years, you have shown to the world including me,
how humble and noble but also greatness and kindness perfectly rhyme under the hand of a queen,
the only one in the world that has managed to make an extraordinary rhyme of seventy years.
Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee by Olga Rausch
Lillibet, you are born as a princess
You have worn a beautiful dress
At 26 you became the English Queen
You have worked like a machine.
You have been in service for 70 years
Your Jubilee with be celebrated with praise and cheers,
With music and parties all over the country
With an equestrian spectacular, pomp and pageantry.
You are worry and kind, as well as a great-grandma too
Prince George and Princess Charlotte to name but a few.
You were a sparkly crown on your head
You have servants and chefs and sleep in a four-poster bed.
All English people thank you for making their country proud
And are going to shout it loud.
God save our Queen
Untitled Poem by Eleonora Giraudo
There's B.Brecht and B.Bardot
But I'm B.B. unbeknownst to all
Lucid dreams and sea of skies
Fall from my mouth
Pinball surmise.
I command you all
To desert my sorrows
& let me wallow in my cotton mire
& sink and die
caffard blaffard
entwined upon my velvet arrow
Black forest gown and destitute
Oh poor B.B. how could you lose?
A Majestic Celebration Of Nature by Margaret Jacob-Strachan
The tantalising trees sway gently in abundant motion,
The beautiful birds chirp freely in collective commotion.
A whirling wisp of abundant air flows though my locks,
I take a deep tranquil breath and my body softly rocks.
I feel the mesmerising moments of my wonderful existence,
A sensual shiver of powerful pleasure grows with great persistence.
The seductive sun rays beam down on my silky pale skin,
An immortal magical moment with nature as my kindly kin.
I drift into a fleeting fantasy of serendipity with the earth,
The sun as fire, as one, collective, my heart is a glowing hearth.
A passionate moment when time stood still in its flux and flow,
The miraculous wordly wonders of nature is a stunning show.
As a mortal I see the wonderful simplicities in awesome adoration,
When nature softly whispered to me in splendid, majestic, celebration.
The Queen – Platinum Jubilee Celebration Poem by Keith Amoss
“Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl but she doesn't have a lot to say.”
Or so McCartney sang on a song back in the day.
We know there is some truth in that,
One doesn't speak so much.
But when one does, we listen well,
And look but cannot touch.
Street parties planned across the lands will celebrate your life
Devoted service as our Queen and also mum and wife.
It's not been easy, that’s for sure, but always you’ve been there
That's how commitment really looks and what it means to care.
A Platinum Jubilee this year,
Your reign doth beat them all.
Like silver, gold and diamond past, we’re goin’ to have a ball.
