Dinesh

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Posted: 16 Jun 2013


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Philip Larkin
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Poet Philip Larkin

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HFF and a nice week end to all
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 Dinesh
Dinesh club
Once I am sure there's nothing going on
I step inside, letting the door thud shut.
Another church: matting, seats, and stone,
And little books; sprawlings of flowers, cut
For Sunday, brownish now; some brass and stuff
Up at the holy end; the small neat organ;
And a tense, musty, unignorable silence,
Brewed God knows how long. Hatless, I take off
My cycle-clips in awkward reverence,
Move forward, run my hand around the font.
From where I stand, the roof looks almost new-
Cleaned or restored? Someone would know: I don't.
Mounting the lectern, I peruse a few
Hectoring large-scale verses, and pronounce
"Here endeth" much more loudly than I'd meant.
The echoes snigger briefly. Back at the door
I sign the book, donate an Irish sixpence,
Reflect the place was not worth stopping for.

Yet stop I did: in fact I often do,
And always end much at a loss like this,
Wondering what to look for; wondering, too,
When churches fall completely out of use
What we shall turn them into, if we shall keep
A few cathedrals chronically on show,
Their parchment, plate, and pyx in locked cases,
And let the rest rent-free to rain and sheep.
Shall we avoid them as unlucky places?

Or, after dark, will dubious women come
To make their children touch a particular stone;
Pick simples for a cancer; or on some
Advised night see walking a dead one?
Power of some sort or other will go on
In games, in riddles, seemingly at random;
But superstition, like belief, must die,
And what remains when disbelief has gone?
Grass, weedy pavement, brambles, buttress, sky,

A shape less recognizable each week,
A purpose more obscure. I wonder who
Will be the last, the very last, to seek
This place for what it was; one of the crew
That tap and jot and know what rood-lofts were?
Some ruin-bibber, randy for antique,
Or Christmas-addict, counting on a whiff
Of gown-and-bands and organ-pipes and myrrh?
Or will he be my representative,

Bored, uninformed, knowing the ghostly silt
Dispersed, yet tending to this cross of ground
Through suburb scrub because it held unspilt
So long and equably what since is found
Only in separation -- marriage, and birth,
And death, and thoughts of these -- for whom was built
This special shell? For, though I've no idea
What this accoutred frowsty barn is worth,
It pleases me to stand in silence here;

A serious house on serious earth it is,
In whose blent air all our compulsions meet,
Are recognised, and robed as destinies.
And that much never can be obsolete,
Since someone will forever be surprising
A hunger in himself to be more serious,
And gravitating with it to this ground,
Which, he once heard, was proper to grow wise in,
If only that so many dead lie round.

"Church Going" ~ Philip Larkin
10 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Outstanding shot! Stay well!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
I dream of a world without religions and therefore in peace…
HFF Dinesh
6 months ago.
Dinesh club has replied to Xata club
The renowned writer, atheist late Christopher HItchens, admired this poet and this poem. It certainly something other, … some sort of spiritual concept. Something poetic / artistic Thanks for the feedback
6 months ago.
David G Johnson club has replied to Xata club
true ,.. most conflicts are due to strong differences in beliefs.
6 months ago.
 David Slater (Spoddendale)
David Slater (Spodde… club
HFF Dinesh and best wishes for the weekend
6 months ago.
 David G Johnson
David G Johnson club
Have a fine and good weekend Dinesh,.. keep well and a ''HFF;; from > Dj.
6 months ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
A peaceful hFF and a good weekend to you!
6 months ago.
 gezginruh
gezginruh club
I agree with Isabel!
HFF and have a great weekend,Dinesh!

Best wishes
Füsun
6 months ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
HFF and a nice weekend ahead, Dinesh !
6 months ago.
 Stephan Fey
Stephan Fey club
HFF, Dinesh. Have a good weekend ahead.
6 months ago.
 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
Lovely crisp photo, Dinesh, and the poem too…too much religion is not helpful to the world…
Enjoy your weekend
6 months ago. Edited 6 months ago.
 Bergfex
Bergfex club
HFF and a nice weekend!
6 months ago.
 Dimas Sequeira
Dimas Sequeira club
Imposant façade! Belated HFF, Dinesh!
6 months ago.

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