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
- Sonnet 118: Like as to make our appetite more keen by William Shakespeare
- One of the Lives by W. S. Merwin
- The Applicant by Sylvia Plath
- Юлия Друнина – Жизнь моя не катилась
- Let It Be Forgotten by Sara Teasdale
- Ballad of the Goodly Fere poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Evening by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Христианские мысли перед битвами
- Владимир Маяковский – Ни на Европу не надейся, ни на прокукиш, надейся только на свои руки (Главполитпросвет №343)
- Lines on the Author’s Death by Robert Burns
- Николай Некрасов – Внимая ужасам войны
- Robert Burns: Johnie Lad, Cock Up Your Beaver:
- Владимир Британишский – Дом, как бог
- Bible Study by Tony Hoagland
- Love Poem by Aditya Kumar
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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).
