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
- The Wind At The Door by William Barnes
- Robert Burns: Verses Written With A Pencil Over the Chimney-piece in the Parlour of the Inn at Kenmore, Taymouth.:
- Николай Карамзин – К версальским садам
- Sonnet. To A Young Lady Who Sent Me A Laurel Crown poem – John Keats poems
- Николай Карамзин – Из письма к И. И. Дмитриеву (Что ж может быть любви и счастия быстрее)
- Canto I poem – Ezra Pound poems
- Виктор Гусев – Октябрьский смотр
- Forty Years Later by Martin Willitts, Jr
- София Парнок – Триолеты
- Someone Ate The Baby by Shel Silverstein
- Sonnet 104: To me, fair friend, you never can be old by William Shakespeare
- Arcadian Winter by Willa Cather
- The gypsy song by Sunil Sharma
- Владимир Корнилов – Платформа 126-го км
- Михаил Лермонтов – Благодарность
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.