Thats a matter of opinion . Larkin is excellent, but so are several others from the same era .We are all free to enjoy our own choice of poet ,and of course their interest to us can vary from day to day .There is more than one God in the world of poetry . . .all the best !
the last stanza has to be my favourite written words of the english language ever ever
peachydarl 9 months ago 5
There's a certain zen-quality to this, I think.
BanteJante 11 months ago
The profane and the sublime, youth and age, joy and bitterness, all wrapped up together in a few verses.
searcherboy 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this.
lwcigirl 1 year ago
my god, I love this poem (and I usually hate poetry), but this...there are no words to describe it. Thanks for posting this;)
Hopjumpskip 2 years ago
thanks for posting this. where'd you get the recording, if I may ask?
esiotrot17 2 years ago
I took the recording from a audio tape (20th Century Poetry).
mousegeek 2 years ago
The best writer of English in the second half of the century - and no comments?! Ah well.
CharitableView 2 years ago
Thats a matter of opinion . Larkin is excellent, but so are several others from the same era .We are all free to enjoy our own choice of poet ,and of course their interest to us can vary from day to day .There is more than one God in the world of poetry . . .all the best !
MrBillgreaves 2 years ago