{"id":1588,"date":"2014-12-12T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2014-12-05T15:50:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T20:50:54","slug":"the-queen-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2014\/12\/the-queen-poem.html","title":{"rendered":"Queens Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>The Queen<\/p>\n<p>Not only in England\u2014<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Let us have queens everywhere!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Queen of Africa<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Afghanistan<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of America<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Arabia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of the Argentine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of China<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Columbia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Egypt<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Germany<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Guatemala<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Iraq<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Israel<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Italy<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Japan<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Mongolia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Palestine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Russia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Spain<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of Syria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Queen of the World<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of the Universe<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Queen of each and every Self\u2014\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To You I bow down.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; Janine Canan<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.janinecanan.com\">www.janinecanan.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* ***<br \/>\nDonna Henes is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenofmyself.com\"><em>The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife<\/em>.<\/a> She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnahenes.net\/queen\/consult.shtml\">Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. 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