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:
- the branches of pine tree by Mousumi Guha Roy
- A Visit to Yu’s Cave poem – Yang Wan-Li poems | Poetry Monster
- The Inheritance by Thomas J Camp
- In The Arc Of Your Mallet by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Cinema Calendar Of The Abstract Heart; 09 by Tristan Tzara
- Adventures of King Robert the Bruce by William Topaz McGonagall
- Жан де Лафонтен – Виноградник и Олень
- Elegy on the late Miss Burnet of Monboddo by Robert Burns
- There Pass the Careless People poem – A. E. Housman
- Hope, Like The Short-lived Ray That Gleams Awhile by William Cowper
- Hypatia by Stanley Wilkin
- Зинаида Александрова – Смешные человечки
- A man feared that he might find an assassin by Stephen Crane
- Loves Blindness
- The Reverie of Poor Susan by William Wordsworth
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
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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
