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:
- Insolent Storm Strikes At The Skull by Sylvia Plath
- The Eagle and the Dove by William Wordsworth
- Sonnet 10: For shame, deny that thou bear’st love to any by William Shakespeare
- Олег Григорьев – Вперед не рвись
- Lover’s Gifts LII: Tired of Waiting by Rabindranath Tagore
- She’s Flawless by Mandy Williams
- Binsey Poplars poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- To England At The Outbreak Of The Balkan War
- Ibant Obscur? by Thomas Edward Brown
- TRUNCATED by Satish Verma
- Inscription for an Alter of Independence by Robert Burns
- Яков Полонский – На пути
- Robert Burns: Caledonia -A Ballad :
- I Loved
- Владимир Британишский – Перед самой войной
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
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
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
