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
- A Carta/The Letter by Soaroir de Campos
- Владимир Маяковский – Октябрьский марш
- Sonnet 58: That god forbid, that made me first your slave by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Британишский – Далекая скрипка
- Jock O The Side poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Love Sonnet XXI poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- Омар Хайям – Не оплакивай, смертный, вчерашних потерь
- Covering Two Years by Weldon Kees
- Владимир Британишский – Уронили, потеряли
- The Snake Charmer by Sarojini Naidu
- A spirit sped by Stephen Crane
- Владимир Маяковский – Праздновать способы разные, как мы праздник отпразднуем? (РОСТА № 383)
- Олег Бундур – Идем мы с дедом
- Earth the Healer, Earth the Keeper by William Morris
- Dove in the Arch by Robert Desnos
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.