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:
- “`Were I a Poet, I would dwell” poem – Alfred Austin
- Bahut Kathin Hai poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Two sparrows and my heart by Nizar Sartawi
- Ольга Седакова – Маленькое посвящение Владимиру Ивановичу Хвостину
- The Invisible by Rixa White
- Robert Burns: Wandering Willie: Revised Version
- English Poetry. Mary Wortley Montagu. Epigram, 1734. Мэри Уортли Монтегю.
- Владимир Британишский – Океан с континентом воюют
- Lepracaun or Fairy Shoemaker, The by William Allingham
- Robert Burns: Ode On The Departed Regency Bill:
- The Laird Of Waristoun poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Теоретики
- Ольга Берггольц – Борису Корнилову
- Robert Burns: Scots’ Prologue For Mr. Sutherland: On his Benefit-Night, at the Theatre, Dumfries.
- Cromwell’s Return poem – Andrew Marvell poems
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
- What is Creativity Anyway and How Come the Human Mind is So Good at It?
- Poetry and the Power of Words
- Stop Looking For Broken Heart Poems and Quotes and Win Your Ex Back Instead!
- How to Become an Inspiration
- Finding Your Creative Self
- English Literature for Shaping Your Ideas
- Towards Understanding, Through Poetry
- Creativity Leads to Family Enrichment
- Heal Your Broken Heart With Heart Touching Poems
- Poetry of Our Time
- Quietness, Something to Consider… Or Not (2 Poems)
- Kids and Teens and the Phone: Creative Solutions for Your Family
- Teaching Children to Write by Free Writing
- The Dawn Of American Literature
- Seven Deadly Signs of Poetry Scams
- The Key Role of Creativity in Advertising
- Development of Indian English Poetry
- Funny Networking Poem and Do’s and Don’ts
- City Times and Other Poems
- Flowers notebook
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
