Andrew Motion’s poem about the death of the Queen Mother

Andrew Motion's poem about the death of the Queen Mother (Guardian, April 9) - Gloria Vanjak
  
  


Andrew Motion's poem about the death of the Queen Mother (Guardian, April 9) - Gloria Vanjak

... In the eyes of our minds
when the country and cities
turn back to themselves
this history stays:
the four generations
which linked with your life
re-winding their span
to childhood again,
and seeing you stand
at the edge of their days,
where if they so wished
you helped give a shape
to slipstreaming time
with a wave of your hand.

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