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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A New Year’s Resolution to Leave Dundee by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
A Humble Heroine by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
A Christmas Carol by William Topaz McGonagall by Anglo File
On The Porch At The Frost Place, Franconia, N. H. by William Matthews by Anglo File
On the Nativity of Christ by William Dunbar by William Dunbar
On a Soldier Fallen in the Philippines by William Vaughn Moody by Anglo File
Ode to My Guitar by William Wright Harris by Anglo File
No Return by William Matthews by Anglo File
Mingus At The Showplace by William Matthews by Anglo File
Memory by William Browne by Anglo File
Lament for the Makers by William Dunbar by William Dunbar
Job Interview by William Matthews by Anglo File
In Honour of the City of London by William Dunbar by William Dunbar
Homer’s Seeing-Eye Dog by William Matthews by Anglo File
Gloucester Moods by William Vaughn Moody by Anglo File
Earliest Spring by William Dean Howells by Anglo File
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth by Anglo File
Britannia’s Pastorals by William Browne by Anglo File
Between the Dusk of a Summer Night by William Ernest Henley by Anglo File

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