For C.G.B.
When she came on, you couldn’t keep your seat;
Fighting your way up through the orchestra,
Tup-heavy bumpkin, you confused your feet,
Fell in the drum; how we went ha ha ha!
But once you gained her side and started waltzing
We all began to cheer; the way she leant
Her cheek on yours and laughed was so exalting
We thought you were stooging for the management.
But no. What you did, any of us might.
And saying so I see our difference:
Not your aplomb (I used mine to sit tight),
But fancying you improve her. Where’s the sense
In saying love, but meaning indifference ?
You’ll only change her. Still, I’m sure you’re right.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Владимир Степанов – Двенадцать месяцев
- The Owners Of The Little Box by Vasko Popa
- Love and Folly by William Cullen Bryant
- Second Epistle to Davie by Robert Burns
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Калиф и раб
- Ольга Ермолаева – Этот позорный ужас
- Kumarakom (after the boat tragedy) by Shreekumar Varma
- The Boy by William Allingham
- My Mother Would Be a Falconress by Robert Duncan
- On The Wedding Of The Aeronaut poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Children’s Games by William Carlos Williams
- Twins by Vinko Kalinić
- The Rose Of Battle by William Butler Yeats
- Robert Burns: Up In The Morning Early:
- Winter Seascape poem – John Betjeman poems
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.