I love Philip Larkin for making me sh-t my pants laughing at my parents, and older fools in old-style hats and coats... and on the next page, scaring the holy living sh-t out of me, by reminding me acutely of what I already know, and spend my waking life like Canute trying like a fool to stave it off... I am going to f-cking die.
In sum, Pip the Lark is good at getting my bowels moving. Oh, lordy, how I love him!
@timco2007 cos he hasnt a clue
ybot1983 1 year ago
@falstaffswims hes the greatest poet of the second half of the 20th century, probably better than Eliot the greatest of the first half
ybot1983 1 year ago
I love Philip Larkin for making me sh-t my pants laughing at my parents, and older fools in old-style hats and coats... and on the next page, scaring the holy living sh-t out of me, by reminding me acutely of what I already know, and spend my waking life like Canute trying like a fool to stave it off... I am going to f-cking die.
In sum, Pip the Lark is good at getting my bowels moving. Oh, lordy, how I love him!
falstaffswims 1 year ago
over acted, much as I like this actor - and this poem. and the music! F*** !
spitfirepilot 2 years ago
I enjoyed this reading.Many thanks for posting it.
Ivanhoe2 4 years ago
It is a little aggressive, I grant you. But a change from Alan Bennett.
DavidQuantick 5 years ago
Why (as Larkin would surely say) doesn't he just read the fucker out? The actor doesn't need to supply the beats.
Larkin wrote it!
campbellonia 5 years ago