Arrival di Philip Larkin Morning, a glass door, flashes Gold names off the new city, Whose white shelves and domes trav The slow sky all day. I land to stay here;
Take One Home for the Kiddies di Philip Larkin On shallow straw, in shadeless gla Huddled by empty bowls, they sleep No dark, no dam, no earth, no gras Mam, get us one of them to keep. Living toys are something novel, 1
This Be the Verse di Philip Larkin They fuck you up, your mum and dad They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their t 3 1
The Spirit Wooed di Philip Larkin Once I believed in you, And then you came, Unquestionably new, as fame Had said you were. But that was l You launched no argument, 1
Is It for Now Or for Always di Philip Larkin Is it for now or for always, The world hangs on a stalk? Is it a trick or a trysting—place, The woods we have found to walk? Is it a mirage or miracle, 1
Annus Mirabilis di Philip Larkin Sexual intercourse began In nineteen sixty—three (which was rather late for me) — Between the end of the Chatterley And the Beatles’ first LP. 2
Sunny Prestatyn di Philip Larkin Come To Sunny Prestatyn Laughed the girl on the poster, Kneeling up on the sand In tautened white satin. Behind her, a hunk of coast, a
At Grass di Philip Larkin The eye can hardly pick them out From the cold shade they shelter i Till wind distresses tail and main Then one crops grass, and moves ab —The other seeming to look on— 1
The North Ship di Philip Larkin I saw three ships go sailing by, Over the sea, the lifting sea, And the wind rose in the morning s And one was rigged for a long jour The first ship turned towards the
Homage to a Government di Philip Larkin Next year we are to bring all the For lack of money, and it is all r Places they guarded, or kept order We want the money for ourselves at Instead of working. And this is a