Philip Larkin Comments

Larkin is like Fritos: you can read a book of his poems but nobody can read just one. Such a tonic!

New, impressive biography out by James Booth. Reviewed in WSJ,11/28/14. Maybe Dan Reynolds should read.

You show some promise, but the archaic language lets you down. Try to read some good contemporary poets and expand your thoughts without the restriction of form.

How come Larkin's poem, This Be the Verse, is not in the poem list?

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I request your permission to include the attached extrac from poemhunter: Title: Night-Music by Philip Larkins.We want to use this and all subsequent editions of the above-referenced book, in all media of expression now known or later developed, and in all foreign language translations and other derivative works published or prepared by Mystar Education & Business Solutions (Pty) Ltd or its licensees, for distribution throughout the world, and also in versions made by non-profit organisations for use by blind or physically handicapped persons. Appropriate credit will be given on the imprint page of the book. If specific credit is required, please provide this. If the permission request relates to an image, please send us a high-resolution JPEG, TIFF or PDF of the image, since this will ensure the quality of the image during printing. Kind Regards Chris-Ann Chikane chrism@starschools.co.za

I am probably making a very silly error....I am unable to select Phillip Larkin’s poems; can anyone help?

Well it wasn't mum and dad who phucked this poets poems up! It was poemshuntered down and deleted. Philip! if you are up there, curse them for their bad taste. with a smile from Tai, from his neck of the midland woods

Hi-the word anaesthetic is misspelled: 'anasthetic' in the Larkin poem 'Aubade' on this site. Please correct! Cheers.

Oblivion, Ill drink to oblivion. A rutting alchemist just like the rest, my potent breath warms their swollen breast's, the differentiation between truth and lies blurred, and my eloquent post modernist jive now slurred, ...so, dazed... i drift into the night, head filled with romance, seduced by the city lights. larkin taught me my moral views, nescient i, ever obtuse; subscribed to the school of self abuse. Now the smoky sweet taste of vomit brings dawn. I write on the walls, the words 'Vacant' and 'Forlorn.'

Not to be Anywhere Forever Philip Larkin said in “Aubade” but we are always in the hearts of those who love us, though we are apart. That is the place we rest and are remembered. That which must not be spoken of, no not the name Macbeth by an actor, gives the zing to the smallest of things; the minutiae that makes up life. Without death there can be no life, no life without death. Interminably biting at each others’ tails. We all fail, in the end. Good Night, Good Morning, again.

the poems nerrate the simple and complex side of life.

A suprizing anthology of english writing. It is a bit above my understanding. But I enjoyed the story. Thank You.