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:
- To A Child Dancing In The Wind by William Butler Yeats
- Sonnet 152: In loving thee thou know’st I am forsworn by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet. On Leigh Hunt’s Poem ‘The Story of Rimini’ poem – John Keats poems
- Earth the Healer, Earth the Keeper by William Morris
- Ad Magistrum Ludi by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Валерий Брюсов – Газели
- Яков Полонский – Поэт и гражданин, он призван был учить
- To The Hills
- Владимир Корнилов – Гитара
- Sonnet: When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be poem – John Keats poems
- Gratitude, Addressed To Lady Hesketh by William Cowper
- A Dogs Love Is a Never Ending Game by Stacey Chillemi
- Владимир Британишский – По волхову
- A Hedge Of Rubber Trees poem – Amy Clampitt poems | Poems and Poetry
- Red Planet Haiku by Thomas J Camp
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):
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
