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:
- Вера Павлова – Нет, нет, не ревность
- Song Of Khan Zada
- The Melancholy of Birth
- Федор Тютчев – А. Н. М.
- Ольга Берггольц – Новогодний тост
- Wibble Wobble poem – Alexander E Musset poems | Poetry Monster
- Олег Бундур – Заповедная жизнь
- Sonnet 89: Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault by William Shakespeare
- Жан Расин – Решенье принято, час перемены пробил
- American Feuillage. by Walt Whitman
- A Prayer For My Son by William Butler Yeats
- A Rebus, By I. B. by Phillis Wheatley
- Владимир Британишский – Ностальгия
- The Ghost by Sara Teasdale
- Song IV: Draw Near and Behold Me by William Morris
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
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
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