Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
Philip Arthur Larkin CH CBE FRSLwas an English poet, novelist and librarian. His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in 1945, followed by two novels, Jilland A Girl in Winter, and he came to prominence in 1955 with the publication of his second collection of poems, The Less Deceived, followed by The Whitsun Weddingsand High Windows. He contributed to The Daily Telegraph as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, articles gathered in All What Jazz: A...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 August 1922
simple sea support
Uncontradicting solitude Supports me on its giant palm; And like a sea-anemone Or simple snail, there cautiously Unfolds, emerges, what I am.
art children life-is
I feel the only thing you can do about life is to preserve it, by art if you're an artist, by children if you're not.
reading book crap
Get stewed:Books are a load of crap.
age three should
Everyone should be forcibly transplanted to another continent from their family at the age of three.
past men garden
Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word--the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again.
death courage mean
Courage is no good: It means not scaring others. Being brave Lets no one off the grave. Death is no different whined at than withstood.
years aging century
I have started to say "A quarter of a century" Or "thirty years back" About my own life.
be-kind should be-careful
We should be careful / Of each other, we should be kind / While there is still time.
sex people overcoming
SEX is designed for people who like overcoming obstacles.
meals eating good-meals
A good meal can somewhat repair / The eatings of slight love
night drunk half
I work all day, and get half-drunk at night,
work benefits way
The only way to eliminate unemployment is to eliminate unemployment benefits.
men feet literature
Life and literature is a question of what one thrills to, and further than that no man shall ever go without putting his foot in a turd.
photography art faithful
But O, Photography! as no art is, Faithful and disappointing!