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:
- Homer’s Seeing-Eye Dog by William Matthews
- Михаил Лермонтов – Баллада (Куда так проворно, жидовка младая)
- Юрий Коринец – Листопад
- Федор Сваровский – Путешественники во времени — копенгаген 1969
- Vacillation by William Butler Yeats
- Paradise Regained: The Second Book poem – John Milton poems
- A Reminiscence poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Oh, see how thick the goldcup flowers poem – A. E. Housman
- Владимир Высоцкий – Михаилу Шемякину под впечатлением от серии “Чрево”
- A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall by Robert Herrick
- The Lent Lily by A. E. Housman
- Алишер Навои – Если б был я быстрым ветром
- Hurting Dive by Satish Verma
- Trial by Ruth Padel
- AMBITION by Robert Herrick
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
- Playing With Big Numbers
- Percy Janes Boarding The Bus
- One Word
- Once She Dreamed
- O God
- Notebook Of A Return To The Native Land
- Night Words
- Negligence
- Mustard Flowers
- Meditation With Feet
- Love
- Little Talk
- Light The Festive Candles
- Levitation
- Labor Pains
- Labels
- Kalli
- Insect039s Nest
- In This Cul De Sac
- I See Chile In My Rearview Mirror
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
