Afternoons: : By Philip Larkin : : Summer is fading:The leaves fall in ones and twosFrom trees borderingThe new recreation ground.In the hollows of afternoonsYoung mothers assembleAt swing and sandpitSetting free their children. 8 Behind them, at intervals,Stand husbands in skilled trades,An estateful of washing,And the albums, letteredOur Wedding, lyingNear the television:Before them, the windIsContinue reading “Afternoons : Philip Larkin : : Afternoon Poems : :”
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Morning Song : Sylvia Plath : : Morning Poems : :
Morning Song : : BY SYLVIA PLATH : Love set you going like a fat gold watch.The midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry Took its place among the elements. Our voices echo, magnifying your arrival. New statue.In a drafty museum, your nakednessShadows our safety. We stand round blankly as walls. I’m no moreContinue reading “Morning Song : Sylvia Plath : : Morning Poems : :”
MADHU MALTI 