Talking In Bed - A poem by Philip Larkin

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Philip Larkin - Talking In Bed

Talking in bed ought to be easiest 
Lying together there goes back so far 
An emblem of two people being honest.

Yet more and more time passes silently.
Outside the wind's incomplete unrest
builds and disperses clouds about the sky.

And dark towns heap up on the horizon.
None of this cares for us. Nothing shows why
At this unique distance from isolation

It becomes still more difficult to find
Words at once true and kind 
Or not untrue and not unkind.

Added: on June 7th, 2005 at 10:06 AM | Viewed: 8995 times | Comments ()

Talking In Bed - Comments and Information
Poet: Philip Larkin Poem: Talking In Bed Volume: The Whitsun Weddings Year: Published/Written in 1960 Poem of the Day on: Jun 6 2003 Comment 0 of , added on July 10th, 2005 at 8:33 AM. As part of Larkin's poetry was devoted to the problem of passing of time, I have the impression that in this poem he longs for his 'young days", because finally when there was end of hypocrisy and"sexual intercourses began" and "Life was never better than in ninteen sixty three" it was rather late for him. Justyna from Poland Comment -1 of , added on June 7th, 2005 at 10:06 AM. Talking in Bed expresses misgivings about the possibility of human intimacy and thus touches upon the problematic value of human communication in general. This image of conversation within which there are no barriers to sincerity, he claims is never fully lives up to; as time goes by, within a relationship or a marriage , then a certain silence enroaches, a certain reserve or perhaps a drought of things to say. When reading this poem for the first time, I couldn't quite underdstand why the two people are finding it difficult to communicate, they seem isloated, but they are far from isloation. It's a very ambiguous poem!! Feel free to to disagree! Sukhi from United Kingdom More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Talking In Bed, has not yet been commented on. You can click here to be the first to post a comment about it. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Philip Larkin with others on the Poetry Connection poetry forum!

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Talking In Bed Volume: The Whitsun Weddings Year: Published/Written in 1960 Last read: 2008-09-05 23:11:27 Poem of the Day on: Jun 6 2003 Viewed 8995 times. Added on June 7th, 2005 at 10:06 AM.

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