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
- Autumn – The Third Pastoral, or Hylas and Ægon poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
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- Minoan Porcelain
- Only in my dreams by Nina Gabriel
- The Little Boy And The Old Man by Shel Silverstein
- The Senses of Art poem – Ygor Noblott poems | Poetry Monster
- life begins tomorrow by Raj Arumugam
- The Holy Grail poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Christmas poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: Pinned To Mrs. Walter Riddell’s Carriage:
- Kailangan ko’y Yakap by Melissa Sazon Flores
- Валерий Брюсов – Глупое сердце, о чем же печалиться
- Benediction by Rabindranath Tagore
- Зинаида Александрова – Лошадка
- Sonnet: To Time by Sylvia Plath
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.