Ah, Anne Boleyn… Our Anne… Back then in May, she was deserted by everyone, even by her own father. However, she still had one friend – Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. Cranmer adored and admired Anne, and he proclaimed King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon null and void. ...
Bewitching Dark Eyes
My poem: an ode of someone in love with Anne Boleyn and bewitched by her dark eyes. I have more poems about Anne for my new version of the novel “Between Two Kings”. I drown my entire soul in your two eyes, As black as night that gives me paradise,...
The 2nd of May 1536: Anne Boleyn is apprehended
The second of May in the year 1536 began for Queen Anne Boleyn as any routine day. Accompanied by her inner circle, Anne watched a game of tennis at Greenwich Palace. Then the king’s messenger approached and apprised her of her husband’s order to present herself before the Privy Council....
Oh my Eos!
This is one of my new poems from a novel: an appeal of the bridegroom in love to his wife whom he lovingly calls 'his Eos'. I hope you will enjoy it! Oh my Eos, the dawn of my new life! May my two hands against your heart be for...
Anne Boleyn: the beginning of her tragic May ordeal
On the 1st of May 1536, the tragic ordeal of Anne Boleyn commenced. Worms of uncertainty must have been crawling through her stomach as she saw her husband, King Henry VIII of England, depart abruptly from the May Day joust. Although Mayday originated as a pagan festive holy day celebrating...