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
- Orlando Furioso Canto 9 by Ludovico Ariosto
- The Declaration of London by Rudyard Kipling
- Fog poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- If You Only Knew by Robert Desnos
- Christopher Okigbo – Looking Back at His Short-lived Life and Taking Stock of His Poetic Legacy
- The Laws of God, The Laws of Man poem – A. E. Housman
- Spinster by Sylvia Plath
- Lover’s Gifts VIII: There Is Room for You by Rabindranath Tagore
- English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Indifference. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
- Never Again by Stevie Smith
- The Redeemer by Siegfried Sassoon
- Юлия Жадовская – Лучший перл таится
- Владимир Маяковский – Шумики, шумы и шумищи
- Николай Гумилев – Какое отравное зелье
- When The Green Lies Over The Earth poem – Angelina Weld Grimke poems | Poems and Poetry
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.