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
- Concerning Emperors by Vachel Lindsay
- That devil of a man
- Love’s Fitfulness poem – Alfred Austin
- Yadwigha, On A Red Couch, Among Lillies by Sylvia Plath
- Book First [Introduction-Childhood and School Time] by William Wordsworth
- Как сегодня тихо в классе
- Hypatia by Stanley Wilkin
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Мне были дороги мгновенья
- A Love Song from the North by Sarojini Naidu
- Иван Варавва – На окраине села
- Владимир Корнилов – Слепец
- Ode to Duty by William Wordsworth
- The Innocence by Robert Creeley
- “Life of my life, you seem to me” by Torquato Tasso
- Houses Of Dreams by Sara Teasdale
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.