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
- Resolution And Independence by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Маяковский – Сплетник
- Beginning my Studies. by Walt Whitman
- Zen-moment by Sunil Sharma
- Олег Бундур – Глухарь
- Алексей Толстой – С тех пор как я один
- When I heard at the Close of the Day. by Walt Whitman
- Robert Burns: The Dean Of Faculty: A New Ballad
- Алексей Толстой – Ты жертва жизненных тревог
- Minnie and Winnie poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Young Man’s Song by William Butler Yeats
- Even if I don’t hear your voice, I know by Vinko Kalinic
- By the Spring, at Sunset by Vachel Lindsay
- Wandering Singers by Sarojini Naidu
- A song of living poem – Amelia Burr 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.