Poem of the Month
Each month Ancient Eagle Press offers a poem appropriate to the season or the mood of our editorial staff. Poems may be new or drawn from existing AEP editions.
Archives
April/May 2019 -- India/Bhutan
March 2019 -- Swatting Gnats
February 2019 -- To My Valentines, Past and Future
January 2019 -- I'll Never Say Goodbye
December 2018 -- Grandpa
November 2018 -- Meditation
October 2018 -- Benediction
September 2018 -- Passages
August 2018 -- Feeding the Beast
July 2018 - One Can Have Knowledge...
June 2018 -- The Unsinkable Molly Drown
May 2018 -- Advice to my Grandson
April 2018 -- Awaiting Idunn
March 2018 -- Flight
February 2018 -- Lakesong
January 2018 -- Schrödinger's Cat
December 2017 -- Daybreak
October 2017 -- Night Watch
September 2017 -- The Princess
August 2017 - Pelham
July 2017 -- Siena
June 2017 -- Loyal, Straight, and True
May 2017 -- A Thousand Flowers
April 2017 -- Oboe Rap
March 2017 - March Madness
February 2017 -- The Cost of Doing Business
January 2017 -- Reflection at a Winter Window
December 2016 -- The Creation
November 2016 -- Hemolymph Moon
October 2016 -- Vortex
September 2016 -- Do You?
August 2016 -- Sailing
July 2016 -- Mulberries
June 2016 -- Off Tucker Point
May 2016 -- Unforgettable
April 2016 -- At Night She Cries
Where Old Fliers Come to Roost
Ancient Eagle Press
June 2019
The Queen of Malvern
I am the princess of all I survey,
The Kingdom of Malvern will be mine one day,
My crown will have jewels, my robe will be silk,
And princes will offer me cookies and milk.
My subjects will love me, they know it is true,
That I'm pretty and smart and know good things to do,
I'll have them recycle and have them all jog,
Each subject must bag all the poo from his dog.
Cats, if they're out, must be walked on a string,
Cause they bother the birdies that nest in the spring,
School will start late and end early each day,
Cause kids should sleep in and have free time to play.
Shoes will be banned cause they sometimes cause blisters,
And brothers must always be nice to their sisters.
And rainbows are great so I think bye and bye,
I'll order a rainbow in everyone’s sky.
I'll turn down the heat on a hot summer day,
And warm up the snow so it's more fun to play,
I'll give Mommy a raise and give everyone steak,
Then I'll order my cousins to jump in a lake.
Ice cream will never cost more than a nickel,
The hot dogs will come with an extra dill pickle,
So people will cheer, it will be quite a scene,
In the Kingdom of Malvern when I become Queen!
Lee Alloway
from "There's Poo on my Shoe", 2015