Closed like confessionals, they thread
Loud noons of cities, giving back
None of the glances they absorb.
Light glossy grey, arms on a plaque,
They come to rest at any kerb:
All streets in time are visited.
Then children strewn on steps or road,
Or women coming from the shops
Past smells of different dinners, see
A wild white face that overtops
Red stretcher-blankets momently
As it is carried in and stowed,
And sense the solving emptiness
That lies just under all we do,
And for a second get it whole,
So permanent and blank and true.
The fastened doors recede. Poor soul,
They whisper at their own distress;
For borne away in deadened air
May go the sudden shut of loss
Round something nearly at an end,
And what cohered in it across
The years, the unique random blend
Of families and fashions, there
At last begin to loosen. Far
From the exchange of love to lie
Unreachable insided a room
The trafic parts to let go by
Brings closer what is left to come,
And dulls to distance all we are.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Duino Elegies: The Tenth Elegy by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Old Times by Rixa white
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Утренние песни
- Ways to Make Money Online Easily for Free – 4 Important Tips to Make Money Online
- Sappho Redivivus: A Fragment by Robert Burns
- The Fifth Ode Of Horace. Lib. I poem – John Milton poems
- In The Night by Stevie Smith
- It’s Dark in Here by Shel Silverstein
- Иван Бунин – Богиня
- Константин Бальмонт – Морская песня
- The Dreams Of My Heart by Sara Teasdale
- Mozart’s Grave poem – Alfred Austin
- Robert Burns: You’re Welcome, Willie Stewart:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Надпись на афише Смехову к 400-му спектаклю «Антимиры»
- Lyonesse
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985), Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Cavalier of the Order of the Companions of Honour, was an English poet, novelist, and librarian.