For C.G.B.
When she came on, you couldn’t keep your seat;
Fighting your way up through the orchestra,
Tup-heavy bumpkin, you confused your feet,
Fell in the drum; how we went ha ha ha!
But once you gained her side and started waltzing
We all began to cheer; the way she leant
Her cheek on yours and laughed was so exalting
We thought you were stooging for the management.
But no. What you did, any of us might.
And saying so I see our difference:
Not your aplomb (I used mine to sit tight),
But fancying you improve her. Where’s the sense
In saying love, but meaning indifference ?
You’ll only change her. Still, I’m sure you’re right.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Doomes-Day: The Eleventh Houre by William Alexander
- Doomes-Day: The Ninth Houre by William Alexander
- Rosalie’s Good Eats Cafe by Shel Silverstein
- Омар Хайям – Из допущенных в рай и повергнутых в ад
- Михаил Кузмин – Уж не слышен конский топот
- The Lotus by Rabindranath Tagore
- Владимир Маяковский – Чтоб с голодом справиться и с разрухой-дурой (Главполитпросвет)
- Sonnet LIII by William Shakespeare
- The Drunken Fisherman by Robert Lowell
- Give Me Strength by Rabindranath Tagore
- Николай Языков – Чувствительное путешествие в Ревель
- The Unsound Utterance by Raju Baruah
- Forget-me-nots by Vishü Rita Krocha
- After Long Silence by William Butler Yeats
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Твой знак пред жизнью
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.