by Alan Noakes
Yes the ‘if onlys’ seem to persist for ever
As hovering wraithlike used-up dreams.
‘if only ‘ this or that
On such and such a day
Had varied by an hour or an inch
Or something neglected had been done
Or that something done had been neglected
Then ‘perhaps’ the other might have been:
But then
‘perhaps’ and ‘if only’ are first cousins
Addicted to survival only in our minds.
Copyright ©:
Alan Noakes
A few random poems:
- The Happy Days When I Wer Young by William Barnes
- To a Common Prostitute. by Walt Whitman
- Winter Landscape, With Rooks by Sylvia Plath
- Totem by Sylvia Plath
- A Song In Storm by Rudyard Kipling
- Robert Burns: To Daunton Me:
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Туча
- To A Cricket by Michael McGovern
- He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Высоцкий – Не могу ни выпить, ни забыться
- We Astronomers by Rebecca Elson
- Олег Бундур – Папа пристал
- The War Films by Sir Henry Newbolt
- Владимир Маяковский – Шумики, шумы и шумищи
- The Cleaving by Samuel Hazo
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Indian Wedding Customs – Eastern and Western Indian Wedding Traditions
- Latino Author and Educator Provides Tools for College and Life Success
- The Merchant of Copan [In English and Spanish]
- Knowing God Part 1 – Finding God, Knowing Him, and Doing His Works
- The Art of Cake Decorating – A Beginners Recommendation For Cake Decorating Books
- Creativity: The Top 10 Ways to Increase Your Creativity
- Learning to Study – Hindrances to Study
- Feeling Lucky to Be Irish
- Source of Life – Gives Hope in Adversity?
- The Importance of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
- Work in Game Design Rather Than Other Design
- 9 Types of Lovers – The Twisted Version
- May You Encounter Christ’s Inclusive Church
- Shaun White – The Power Behind the Snowboard Throne
- Ways to Make Money Online Easily for Free – 4 Important Tips to Make Money Online
- Stretch Mark Cream – How Creams Help Remove Stretch Marks
- How To Use Vellum For Your Card Making Ideas
- Neglecting the Word of God: A Foundational Cause of Lukewarmness
- Celebrity Style Of The Week: Gabriel Akinosho
- The Dying of America and How to Save Her
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
