Happy Philip Larkin

[bainbrig]

Mrs B challenges me to come up with a Philip Larkin poem which is happy, full of fun.

I love Larkin, with his insights into life’s misery, but can’t think of any of his poems that fit the bill.

Anyone know any?

BB

[maggiebee]

Now that is a challenge! I've read a few, but happy they 'aint.

[bainbrig]

An Arundel Tomb always strikes me as upbeat, though not, I suppose, a bundle of laughs.

[brainiac]

This is quite jolly:

Administration

Day by day your estimation clocks up
Who deserves a smile and who a frown,
And girls you have to tell to pull their socks up
Are those whose pants you'd most like to pull down.

[bainbrig]

I might get a red card for promoting sexism with that.