Vers De Soci (Philip Larkin Poems)
My wife and I have asked a crowd of crapsTo come and waste their time and ours: perhapsYou'd care to ...
Philip Larkin Poems on Youth (10 Poems)
Maiden Name (Philip Larkin Poem)
Marrying left yor maiden name disused. Its five light sounds no longer mean your face, Your voice, and all your ...
Wires (Philip Larkin Poem)
The widest prairies have electric fences, For though old cattle know they must not stray Young steers are always scenting ...
Send No Money (Philip Larkin Poem)
Standing under the fobbed Impendent belly of Time Tell me the truth, I said, Teach me the way things go. ...
Vers De Société (Philip Larkin Poem)
My wife and I have asked a crowd of craps To come and waste their time and ours: perhaps You'd ...
How Distant (Philip Larkin Poem)
How distant, the departure of young men Down valleys, or watching The green shore past the salt-white cordage Rising and ...
Story (Philip Larkin Poem)
Tired of a landscape known too well when young: The deliberate shallow hills, the boring birds Flying past rocks; tired ...
The Building (Philip Larkin Poem)
Higher than the handsomest hotel The lucent comb shows up for miles, but see, All round it close-ribbed streets rise ...
Essential Beauty (Philip Larkin Poem)
In frames as large as rooms that face all ways And block the ends of streets with giant loaves, Screen ...
Sad Steps (Philip Larkin Poem)
Groping back to bed after a piss I part the thick curtains, and am startled by The rapid clouds, the ...