Stephanie Butland

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Tag: Philip Larkin

At Easter

Easter tends to pass me by. Or rather, I see it at the very last minute and grab onto its yellow ribbons just in time to make sure I’m never completely left behind. I think it’s the fact that the date moves. That, and the whole not-being-a-Christian thing.
But I love the feeling of this time [...]

Going, going

A news item yesterday prompted me to look this up. It’s Philip Larkin reading his own poem, which was written in 1972. It’s hard to believe this is thirty years old. Some of the language dates it, of course, but… well, listen to it and you’ll see what I mean.