I feel seriously depressed about this poem of Motion's re the queen mother. It isn't even a bad poem -not memorable but not bad - and that makes it worse, cos it's been written to "celebrate" a spoilt anachronistic snob with well-attested reactionary and xenophobic views (her hero's P W Botha, I hear...) Why would a decent poet want to waste his talent celebrating this pointless bigot? And as for mentioning "homage and duty" in apparent seriousness - yuk! Yours in disillusion, off to go on a giant vodka bender by way of consolation.
Ally Kerr
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