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
- Christopher Found poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- Give Me Back My Rags by Vasko Popa
- Владимир Маяковский – Врангель – фон… (РОСТА №472)
- Mother by Shahida Latif
- How I Walked Alone in the Jungles of Heaven by Vachel Lindsay
- The Soul’s Prayer by Sarojini Naidu
- The Houses by Rudyard Kipling
- Written Upon A Blank Leaf In “The Complete Angler.” by William Wordsworth
- The Fairies by William Allingham
- Жан де Лафонтен – Врачи
- Олег Бундур – Про любовь
- I Didn’t Apologize to the Well by Mahmoud Darwish
- If Truth in Hearts That Perish poem – A. E. Housman
- I am the earthworm, Lord of the Underworld by Raj Arumugam
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.