by Alan Noakes
Yes the ‘if onlys’ seem to persist for ever
As hovering wraithlike used-up dreams.
‘if only ‘ this or that
On such and such a day
Had varied by an hour or an inch
Or something neglected had been done
Or that something done had been neglected
Then ‘perhaps’ the other might have been:
But then
‘perhaps’ and ‘if only’ are first cousins
Addicted to survival only in our minds.
Copyright ©:
Alan Noakes
A few random poems:
- Омар Хайям – Египет, Рим, Китай держи ты под пятой
- Private Ground by Sylvia Plath
- Алексей Жемчужников – Современному гражданину
- Sonnet # 13 by Luis A. Estable
- From The Dark Chambers Of Dejection Freed by William Wordsworth
- Depression Before Spring by Wallace Stevens
- Spirituality of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Gerard Manley Hopkins: a shepherd poet
- The Last Judgment poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Epigram—The True Loyal Natives by Robert Burns
- Lover’s Gifts XXVIII: I Dreamt by Rabindranath Tagore
- If Only by Mary Etta Metcalf
- The Aquittal Of Phryne poem – Alfred Austin
- English Poetry. Thomas Moore. From “Irish Melodies”. 44. She Is Far From the Land. Томас Мур.
- Sonnet LXII by William Shakespeare
- The Ravaged Face by Sylvia Plath
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Out Of The Window
- On The Bus
- Minoan Porcelain
- Love Song
- Lapr S Midi Dun Faune
- Italy
- Inspiration
- In Uncertainty To A Lady
- Doors Of The Temple
- Darkness
- Crapulous Impression
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- By The Fire
- Books And Thoughts
- Anniversaries
- A Melody By Scarlatti
- A Little Memory
- The Storm
- The State
- The Poor Fisherman
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
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Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
