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 Railroad by William Barnes
- Владимир Маяковский – Версаль
- Степан Щипачев – Лил дождь осенний
- That Is by Satish Verma
- Winter by Shaunna Harper
- Василий Жуковский – Теснятся все к тебе во храм
- Эмиль Верхарн – Хвала человеческому телу
- Владимир Маяковский – Не вразброд, не случайно (Главполитпросвет)
- The Raft by Vachel Lindsay
- Федор Сологуб – Терцинами писать как будто очень трудно
- George and Sarah Green by William Wordsworth
- In Barracks by Siegfried Sassoon
- A Soldier’s Song by Stephenie Tucker
- Planetarium
- That Summer by Nijole Miliauskaite
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.