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:
- Adelgitha by Thomas Campbell
- If I Got You by Miraj Patel
- Madonna of the Evening Flowers poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet 151: Love is too young to know what conscience is by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Британишский – Первая послевоенная осень
- Вероника Тушнова – Кто-то в проруби тонет
- Grass is a taut crew; poem – Amy Michelle Mosier poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot
- Inspiration poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Clouds by Rupert Brooke
- Олег Бундур – Первый пирог
- Funny Networking Poem and Do’s and Don’ts
- Sonnet. Written On A Blank Page In Shakespeare’s Poems, Facing ‘A Lover’s Complaint’ poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Корнилов – В прачечной
- Song—Beware o’ Bonie Ann by Robert Burns
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
- The Deserted Garden
- The Bayadere
- The Aisne
- Tezcotzinco
- Sonnet Xvi Who Shall Invoke Her
- Sonnet Xv
- Sonnet Xiv
- Sonnet Xiii
- Sonnet Xii
- Sonnet Xi
- Sonnet X
- Sonnet Viii
- Sonnet Vii
- Sonnet Vi
- Sonnet V
- Sonnet Ix
- Sonnet Iv
- Sonnet Iii
- Sonnet Ii
- Sonnet I
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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