11 September 2022
By Philip Kuepper
Death has passed the sceptre
from matriarch to son,
down the long descendant
line of inheritance,
in famed England,
seven decades of a reign flowing
into veins that flow
with the pulse of the Thames,
the river’s pulse beating unimpeded
through millennia of time,
that crowns each head
of one who sits enthroned,
crowns each head
of one who anchors
the ship of state in the river
of time, Thames-robed,
in this all too temporal world.
(10 September 2022)
Hear The Boat Sing 
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May Her Royal Majesty Rest In Peace
Yours sincerely,
SoundEagle
Good morning Philip
Lovely words which join our sadly departed Queen with the Thames.
Yesterday the Great River Race was held but in respect changed to the ’Queen Elizabeth II River Procession’.
135 boats rowed from Millwall to Ham House, a splendid display of boats.
Very best
Malcolm