Thinking in terms of one
Is easily done—
One room, one bed, one chair,
One person there,
Makes perfect sense; one set
Of wishes can be met,
One coffin filled.
But counting up to two
Is harder to do;
For one must be denied
Before it’s tried.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- An Ode to the Queen by William Topaz McGonagall
- Barren Woman by Sylvia Plath
- Ольга Седакова – Липа
- Beautiful Balmoral by William Topaz McGonagall
- The Deeper Shadow by Pierre Reverdy
- Валерий Брюсов – И снова давние картины
- I’m So Good That I Don’t Have To Brag by Shel Silverstein
- Fool’s Money Bags poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- My Sad Self poem – Allen Ginsberg
- Ballade of a Special Edition poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Subject to Change by Marilyn L. Taylor
- Let’s pray the divine by Nikunj Sharma
- Михаил Кузмин – Трое (Нас было трое)
- The Germans On The Heighs Of Hochheim by William Wordsworth
- Father And Son by Mac McGovern
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985), Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Cavalier of the Order of the Companions of Honour, was an English poet, novelist, and librarian.