Anticipating the forthcoming second anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2024; Canadian poet, writer, and artist Rielly Stares grapples with the complicated legacy of monarchy and colonialism from a feminist perspective in “A Poem about Queen Elizabeth II.”
This recording is 16:35 minutes long.
Download is a WAV (84MB) file.
QUOTATION: “And Elizabeth R my ten year old schoolgirl desk some neatly stacked twenty dollar bills, a double sheet of postage stamps, and a newspaper. She tours every country where the female monarchs walked and is so in profile currenced to her most every coin my hands have ever held. Shipping and in compatriots my every human citizen.”
RIELLY STARES is an poet, writer, and artist who lives and works in Kingston, Ontario and was educated at Queen’s University. Rielly is the author of the poetry collection Sister Cities (2018) and will soon release a new audio collection of poetry entitled Moonset (2024).
“A Poem about Queen Elizabeth II” is published by the author as an audio recording available to the public through PayPal at this link: