Down stucco sidestreets,
Where light is pewter
And afternoon mist
Brings lights on in shops
Above race-guides and rosaries,
A funeral passes.
The hearse is ahead,
But after there follows
A troop of streetwalkers
In wide flowered hats,
Leg-of-mutton sleeves,
And ankle-length dresses.
There is an air of great friendliness,
As if they were honouring
One they were fond of;
Some caper a few steps,
Skirts held skilfully
(Someone claps time),
And of great sadness also.
As they wend away
A voice is heard singing
Of Kitty, or Katy,
As if the name meant once
All love, all beauty.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Dying of America and How to Save Her
- Омар Хайям – Мир любви обрести без терзаний нельзя
- You Felons on Trial in Courts. by Walt Whitman
- Юрий Галансков – Мне больно
- Зинаида Александрова – Белочка
- Ольга Берггольц – Порука
- Юлия Друнина – Есть время любить
- Must Work by Steve Downes
- Lost Delight
- Raindrops by Michael Mulcahy
- After Parting by Sara Teasdale
- A Bay In Anglesey poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Common A-Took In by William Barnes
- Tim Turpin by Thomas Hood
- Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought by William Shakespeare
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.