Masked Queen In Black Tanka Poem by Chen-ou Liu

One Hundred Ninety-Seventh Entry, Coronavirus Poetry Diary

the mournful sounds
of a lone Scottish piper
echo off church walls...
the masked Queen in black
alone for the first time

FYI: Wilfred Frost, CNBC anchor and son of David Frost, said on Saturday morning that the queen's 'bubble' was her husband prior to his death. He added her being alone at his funeral is quite poignant, saying, she will literally 'have no shoulder to cry on, ' 'Queen Elizabeth says goodbye to Prince Philip with a note laid on his casket, ' Today, April 17,2021