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:
- My New-Cut Ashler by Rudyard Kipling
- Pan’s Lament by Rose Mary Boehm
- Степан Щипачев – За селом синел далекий лес
- Шекспир – Бессмертную хоронят красоту – Сонет 83
- April Is The Saddest Month by William Carlos Williams
- Near The Wall Of A House by Yehuda Amichai
- Жан де Лафонтен – Лев, сраженный Человеком
- Владимир Маяковский – Четвертый вывоз
- Владимир Британишский – Огонь
- Нина Гаген-Торн – Колыма
- The Mysterious Cat by Vachel Lindsay
- Optimist poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Poem by Murali Sivaramakrishnan
- Lines For Winter by Mark Strand
- William Stafford – William Stafford
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
- Reason Use It Divine Matters
- Reason The Use Of It In Divine Matters
- Platonick Love
- On The Death Of Sir Henry Wootton
- On The Death Of Mr William Hervey
- On The Death Of Mr Crashaw
- Of Wit
- Not Fair
- Life
- Hymn To Light
- Hymn Light
- Epitaph
- Despair
- Death Sir Henry Wootton
- Davideis Sacred Poem Troubles David Excerpt
- Davideis A Sacred Poem Of The Troubles Of David Excerpt
- Cousel
- Constantias Song
- Constantia039s Song
- Concealment
More external links (open in a new tab):
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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
