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 Маяковский – Стабилизация быта
- Владимир Высоцкий – Не бывает кораблей без названия
- Владимир Маяковский – Письмо Татьяне Яковлевой
- The Winners by Rudyard Kipling
- Шекспир – Я так тебя люблю – Сонет 36
- A Peck of Gold by Robert Frost
- Олег Бундур – Бабушка под зонтиком
- Two Songs Of Advent by Yvor Winters
- Такахама Кёси – Кончик трости моей
- Николай Гербель – Салютовка
- To A Girl In A Garden by Sappho
- I Heard You, Solemn-sweet Pipes of the Organ. by Walt Whitman
- Николай Огарев – Свисти ты, о ветер, с бессонною силой
- The Unseen by Sara Teasdale
- Old Man Poet by Raj Arumugam
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.