Tears at the Chapel Royal.(a low-key affair)

in a box

the forgotten heir

winters

without light

while that family, as she called them,  

now have fresh blood and a new line 

(of worship)

duely christened

to the coven of seven (god 

fearing)

© Philip Johnson

 Kate Middleton sizzles in black gown

Previously appeared in: Poetry 24, The Ugly Tree; Poetry Scotland, Emergency Verse, Write Away, Caught In The Net, Red Pencil, Writer's Hood, Transparent Words; Emergency Verse and The Robin Hood Book.