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:
- Snakecharmer by Sylvia Plath
- Аля Кудряшева – Октябрь был дождем, непонятным месяцем
- Владимир Высоцкий – Я стою, стою спиною к строю
- To a Beloved Child by Patrick Pearse
- In The Early Pearly Morning
- Please Don’t Judas Me by Mark Miller
- Михаил Кузмин – Зеленая птичка
- On the Field of Kulicovo poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- Poema II, “Pañuelos de La Alhambra” by Mara Romero Torres
- Robert Burns: On Seeing Mrs. Kemble In Yarico:
- Robert Burns: My Peggy’s Charms:
- Mi ha el by Vinko Kalinić
- The 9th Inning poem – Ygor Noblott poems | Poetry Monster
- Как тяжело, когда идет война
- Indian Love Song by Sarojini Naidu
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
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
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
