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:
- Ribblesdale poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Mammary Tunes by Mark R Slaughter
- A Shropshire Lad poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- Psalm 03 poem – John Milton poems
- Two Sisters Of Persephone by Sylvia Plath
- Robert Burns: Auld Lang Syne:
- Федор Сологуб – В моей лампаде ясный свет
- On Death poem – John Keats poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Реклама Резинотрест
- Prison Souvenirs, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem: Prière by T. Wignesan.
- A Ballad That We Do Not Perish poem – Zbigniew Herbert poems | Poetry Monster
- An Incantation by Thomas Moore
- Владимир Корнилов – Белые слоны
- Олег Григорьев – Комары
- Михаил Кузмин – В раскосый блеск зеркал забросив сети
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
- The Old Maids Story
- The Night
- The Mob
- The Midnight Mass
- The Magic Wand
- The Legend Of Lady Gertrude
- The Last Battle Of The Cid
- The Kind Word
- The Hands That Hang Down
- The Hand In The Dark
- The Future Verdict
- The Easter Decorations
- The Dawn
- The Dawn Of Gods Sabbath
- The Crown Of Thorns
- The Coo Of The Cushat
- The Candle Of The Lord
- The Baptistry
- Sic Vos Non Vobis
- Seed Time And Harvest
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
