Quote by: Philip Larkin

Loneliness clarifies. Here silence stands Like heat. Here leaves unnoticed thicken, Hidden weeds flower, neglected waters quicken, Luminously-peopled air ascends; And past the poppies bluish neutral distance Ends the land suddenly beyond a beach Of shapes and shingle. Here is unfenced existence: Facing the sun, untalkative, out of reach.


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Author Bio


  • NamePhilip Larkin
  • DescriptionPoet, Novelist, Jazz critic, Librarian
  • BornAugust 9, 1922
  • DiedDecember 2, 1985
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionJournalist; Poet; Librarian; Novelist; Writer
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Cholmondeley Award; Queen's Gold Medal For Poetry