Detached Living
by P.J.Reed
Detached, aloof in
Red bricked splendour,
Roof tiles sat in
Frowning rows and
Watched with stony stares.
The chimney pot
Refused to smoke.
In a haze of purple velour
Bay windows shut their eyes;
While greying garden statues
Slowly turned away.
Golden leaves floated,
Whispering softly to
A wandering, wintry breeze.
The white gate screamed
On bleeding hinges;
Moaning to the wind.
And the robin flew away
And I was left outside, alone,
The dog, my child
And me.
Copyright ©: P.J.Reed
End of the poem
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- Robert Burns: Epistle To John Maxwell, ESQ., Of Terraughty : On His Birthday.
- Salut au Monde. by Walt Whitman
- Robert Burns: Epigram At Brownhill Inn:
- An Expostulation to Lord King by Thomas Moore
- Philosophy poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Корнилов – Маросейка
- Шекспир – Но не боюсь и смерть – Сонет 80
- At Dover by William Lisle Bowles
- The Progress of Poesy by Thomas Gray
- Жан де Лафонтен – Предостережение богов Симониду
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 29. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- Владимир Данько – Верхом на палочке
- Eclogue:–Racketèn Joe by William Barnes
- Tonight she remembers by Rita Odessa Villaruel
- Goatsucker by Sylvia Plath
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