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
- Forbidden Silence by Preeth Nambiar
- Олег Григорьев – Если где-то кому-то плачется
- Robert Burns: Charlie, He’s My Darling:
- Come After Jinny by Shel Silverstein
- To The Nightingale poem – John Milton poems
- Dust by Sara Teasdale
- Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Омар Хайям – Нищим дервишем ставши
- Does It Matter? by Siegfried Sassoon
- Василий Курочкин – Счастливец
- Summer – The Second Pastoral; or Alexis poem – Alexander Pope
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Ткач
- Владимир Маяковский – В мире два класса… (РОСТА №501)
- Валерий Брюсов – Гимн Атону
- Николай Языков – Виленскому (Не робко пей, товарищ мой)
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).
