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.

Violin

Discovered in its case

Strapped to his drowned body

The violin he played

Aboard the Titanic

Salt water that flooded

Into straining lungs

Had no time to destroy

This well-built instrument

And even though the bridge

Looked unusually frail

When correctly tensioned

The strings still sang sweetly

Mozart, Handel, Schuman

Haydn, Paganini

Old favourites, hymn tunes

Nearer My God To Thee

Too sad to be endured

The fiddle was condemned

To decades of silence

In a dusty attic

Brought out again at last

On show for a few days

Then sold at auction for

Nine hundred thousand pounds

The violin he played

Aboard the Titanic.

© David Subacchi 

 Titanic violin fetches record price

David Subacchi was born in Wales of Italian roots. He is a well known poet in the UK especially in Wales and the North West of England. His English language collection ‘First Cut’ was published by Cestrian Press in 2012.