Elizabeth
face chalk painted
flirting outrageously
with her red hair
and her elfish nose
and her bright royal wit
Elizabeth
wearing her sexuality
like a corset
and remaining fiercely
the virgin queen
Elizabeth
commanding parliament
Ruling England
like a man
demanding
total obedience
Elizabeth
ordering Mary's death
- it took several blows
and broke her heart
Elizabeth
standing
fiercely immobile
for her last ten days
defying death
Helen Mirren was Elizabeth
Alison Cassidy
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/helen-mirren-was-elizabeth/
