If Only – The Poetry Monster

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.

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Two Lovers And A Beachcomber By The Real Sea by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
Two Campers In Cloud Country by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
Trio Of Love Songs by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
To Eva Descending The Stair by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
To A Jilted Lover by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
Tinker Jack And The Tidy Wives by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Trial Of A Man by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Tour by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Times Are Tidy by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Thin People by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Swarm by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Surgeon At 2 A.M. by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Stones by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Snowman on the Moor by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Sleepers by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Shrike by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Rival by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Ravaged Face by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Rabbit Catcher by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
The Queen’s Complaint by Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath

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