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 Law of the Jungle by Rudyard Kipling
- Владимир Высоцкий – Милицейский протокол
- Me’th Below The Tree by William Barnes
- Владимир Маяковский – Братство РОСТА БН
- A High-Toned Old Christian Woman by Wallace Stevens
- Metaphysical View by Satish Verma
- A Cradle Song by William Butler Yeats
- A Form Of Women by Robert Creely
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня Вани перед студентами
- Константин Бальмонт – Чудовище с клеймом
- Владимир Набоков – Есть в одиночестве свобода
- Over The Hill From The Poor-House by Will McKendree Carleton
- Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Final Soliloquy Of The Interior Paramour by Wallace Stevens
- Robert Burns: Epistle To Major Logan:
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
- Transient
- To The Serpent
- To The Nameless Soldier
- The Woman And The Flame
- The Wolf039s Postcript To 039little Red Riding Hood039
- The Riddle
- The Queen
- The Poisoned Present
- The Markets Are Down 2 Amp A Quarter
- The Maharishi And The Baby
- The Immigrant
- The Fallen House
- The Poetry That Is Life
- Take My Hands
- Tablet
- Stroll In A Particle
- Stones
- Spanish Banks
- Somber Song
- Poem65
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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
