When Meghan Met Harry

Edward Lear in a poem said

"O let us be married!

Too long we have tarried!"

but we cannot say that

of young Prince Harry.

The people now know

that he marrying a gal

by the name of Meghan.

We have been told

that she is a divorcee

(and older than he)

but they haven’t disclosed

if she is a vegan.

This royal is

as sharp as a razor

and is proving to be

a trailblazer.

He succeeded in doing

what Edward VIII

clearly failed to do.

Some say it is a rum do

how he managed to fix it

and think it’s a ploy

to soften the effect of Brexit.

The royalists feel joy

that the event will take place

but young Turks maintain

that all the opulence

is a slap in the face

of the working class.

© Luigi Pagano

Prince Harry Casts Aside Ghosts of Royal Marriages Past

Luigi Pagano has published three collections of poems: ‘Idle Thoughts’, ’Reflections’ and ‘Poetry On Tap’. His work has been featured in ABCTales’ magazines,UKAuthors’ anthologies, Poetry24 and several other publications.

Dream Team

(with apologies to Will Shakespeare)

Double, double toil and trouble,

Gove and Johnson in a huddle!

Israel or Tehran – wha’ever --

Mike and Boris, back together,

Boil up their hard-Brexit magic!

Should be comic, but it’s tragic

How they hover here and there

Through the fog and filthy air.

Each no more the other’s rival

all they want’s their own survival.

Let that woman Nazanin --

Only half a Brit, it seems --

Rot in jail, and as for Priti,

Well, of course, it is a pity,

But her fall’s a handy veil

To mask our Bojo’s latest fail.

Daft woman! How was he to know

That journalism in Iran’s no-go?

We do love him -- the rascal – but

That mouth should sometimes be taped shut!

Lies, damned lies and obfuscation

They think will still deceive the nation,

And so the dream team reconvenes

To stir the pot, e’en if it means

Scuppering their lovechild, Brexit –

Gods! What will they ruin nexit?

© Mandy Macdonald

Brexit’s real string-pullers are operating behind the scenes

Mandy Macdonald lives in Aberdeen, trying to make sense of the 21st century. Music, poetry and gardening keep her sane. Her poems appear here and there in print and online.