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:
- An Horatian Ode Upon Cromwell’s Return from Ireland poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Sea Shell poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Minuet Of Mozart’s by Sara Teasdale
- Ольга Седакова – Три богини
- Let The Weary World Go Round poem – Alfred Austin
- Ten Years After by Graham Rowlands
- The Rape of the Lock poem – Alexander Pope
- Mourning poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Владимир Высоцкий – Вратарь (Льву Яшину)
- Федор Тютчев – Анненковой (D’une fille du Nord, chetive et languissante)
- Your souls are ours by Philo Ikonya
- Address spoken by Miss Fontenelle by Robert Burns
- There is a life-force within your soul by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Яков Полонский – Подойди ко мне, старушка
- Sonnet 108: What’s in the brain that ink may character by William Shakespeare
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
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
- Afridi Love
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
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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