Detached Living
by P.J.Reed
Detached, aloof in
Red bricked splendour,
Roof tiles sat in
Frowning rows and
Watched with stony stares.
The chimney pot
Refused to smoke.
In a haze of purple velour
Bay windows shut their eyes;
While greying garden statues
Slowly turned away.
Golden leaves floated,
Whispering softly to
A wandering, wintry breeze.
The white gate screamed
On bleeding hinges;
Moaning to the wind.
And the robin flew away
And I was left outside, alone,
The dog, my child
And me.
Copyright ©: P.J.Reed
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Real Work by Wendell Berry
- An Answer To A Copy Of Verses Sent Me To Jersey
- Another On The Same poem – John Milton poems
- Омар Хайям – Мы пешки, небо же игрок
- Иида Дакоцу – Сквозь зимнюю мглу
- The Commination
- Before This Little Gift Was Come by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Ольга Седакова – Только время доходит сюда
- Adolescence II by Rita Dove
- Николай Заболоцкий – Городок
- Олег Григорьев – На боку кобура болталась
- Integrity
- Half-Man by Satish Verma
- Николай Языков – Послание к Ф. И. Иноземцеву (Да сохранит тебя великий русский бог)
- The Ploughman’s Life by Robert Burns
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).
