Down stucco sidestreets,
Where light is pewter
And afternoon mist
Brings lights on in shops
Above race-guides and rosaries,
A funeral passes.
The hearse is ahead,
But after there follows
A troop of streetwalkers
In wide flowered hats,
Leg-of-mutton sleeves,
And ankle-length dresses.
There is an air of great friendliness,
As if they were honouring
One they were fond of;
Some caper a few steps,
Skirts held skilfully
(Someone claps time),
And of great sadness also.
As they wend away
A voice is heard singing
Of Kitty, or Katy,
As if the name meant once
All love, all beauty.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Светлые ночи
- Robert Burns: Address To The Shade Of Thomson: On Crowning His Bust at Ednam, Roxburghshire, with a Wreath of Bays.
- Омар Хайям – Нет ни рая, ни ада, о сердце моё
- Владимир Набоков – О, любовь, ты светла и крылата
- Bubbles from Eternity by Muralidharan Mudaliar
- Ольга Седакова – Легенда шестая
- Владимир Высоцкий – Я верю в нашу общую звезду
- Chorus of Athenians poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Stand-To: Good Friday Morning by Siegfried Sassoon
- The End of the Argument by Martina Reisz Newberry
- Ballad on Mr. Heron’s Election—No. 2 by Robert Burns
- Как на Масляной неделе
- Excerpt – “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” by Roald Dahl
- Duet poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Robert Burns: The Bonie Lad That’s Far Awa:
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.