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
- Анатолий Жигулин – Белый-белый торжественный снег
- Федор Сологуб – В камине пылания много
- Upon The Sight Of A Beautiful Picture Painted By Sir G. H. Beaumont, Bart by William Wordsworth
- Jerusalem Delivered – Book 02 – part 03 by Torquato Tasso
- A Wink From Hesper by William Ernest Henley
- English Poetry. Madison Julius Cawein. Home. Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн.
- Владимир Корнилов – Дом
- Омар Хайям – Будь хмельным и влюбленным всегда
- Corn A-Turnen Yollow by William Barnes
- On Deck by Sylvia Plath
- A Child by William Ernest Henley
- Shattered Head
- Three Songs by William Shakespeare
- A Grace after Meat by Robert Burns
- Ольга Седакова – Сновидец
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.