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:
- Огюст Барбье – Кьяйя
- An Inion poem – by Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: Clarinda, Mistress Of My Soul:
- Валерий Брюсов – In hас lackimarum valle (в этой долине слез )
- Vacant Lot With Pokeweed poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet 5: Those hours, that with gentle work did frame by William Shakespeare
- Robert Burns: Impromptu Lines To Captain Riddell: On Returning a Newspaper.
- Robert Burns: O May, Thy Morn:
- Mother Earth; Her Beauty And Her Destruction by TMBedell
- Future Verdict
- Unsung Hands by Satish Verma
- The King of Yellow Butterflies by Vachel Lindsay
- Sweethearts of the Year by Vachel Lindsay
- Николай Огарев – Выпьем, что ли, Ваня
- Юлия Друнина – Баллада о десанте
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
- Hand Dark
- Granny
- Future Verdict
- Easter Decorations
- Dawnlight On The Sea
- Dawn
- Dawn God039s Sabbath
- Candle Lord
- By The Camp Fire
- By A Norfolk Broad
- Baptistry
- Aunt Dorothys Lecture
- At Sea
- At Long Last
- An Old Doll
- An Anniversary
- All Saints Day 1868
- All Saints Day 1867
- After Our Likeness
- A Story At Dusk
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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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
