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:
- The Dream by W H Auden
- Eavesdropper by Sylvia Plath
- Robert Burns: O Can Ye Labour Lea?:
- The Bean Vield by William Barnes
- Вера Полозкова – Есть дерево, в лесу всего древней
- The Name poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Flower by Rabindranath Tagore
- Robert Burns: Epigram To Miss Ainslie In Church: Who was looking up the text during sermon.
- On Your Midnight Pallet Lying poem – A. E. Housman
- Федор Сологуб – Золушка
- Николай Рубцов – Возвращение из рейса
- The Castle By The River by Vaishnavi Prakash
- The Snowy Spring Is Raging Mad poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- The Rabbit Catcher by Sylvia Plath
- Robert Burns: Epitaph For Robert Aiken, Esq.:
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
- Golden Eyes
- From Behind The Lattice
- Feroza
- Feroke
- Fate Knows No Tears
- Farewell
- Fancy
- Famine Song
- Early Love
- Disappointment
- Deserted Gipsys Song Hillside Camp
- Dedication
- Dedication To Malcolm Nicolson
- Camp Followers Song Gomal River
- Back To The Border
- Au Salon
- Atavism
- Ashore
- Among The Sandhills
- Among The Rice Fields
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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The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
