List of poems by Philip Larkin

List of poems by Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin (1922–1985) published four volumes of poetry during his lifetime: [ [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3083819.ece "The 50 greatest postwar writers"] The Times, 5 January 2008.] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3193692.stm "Larkin is nation's top poet"] BBC News 15 October 2003]

*The North Ship (July 1945)
*The Less Deceived (November 1955)
*The Whitsun Weddings (February 1964)
*High Windows (June 1974)He also published other poems, included in the 2003 edition of his "Collected Poems" as two appendices to the four volumes listed above. The 1988 edition additionally includes those that he did not publish during his lifetime, plus an appendix of early work. Since 1988 a handful of other unpublished, and as yet uncollected, poems have come to light.

List of poems

244 poems are attributed to Philip Larkin:
*Completion date is in format YYYY-MM-DD
*Ellipsis (...) indicates first line of an untitled poem

Footnotes

# "Dry-point" written as second part of "Two Portraits about Sex"
# "Oils" written as first part of "Two Portraits about Sex"
# "Waiting for breakfast while she brushed her hair..." only published in the 1966 Faber and Faber reissue
# "We met at the end of the party..." only published in issue 14 of The Larkin Society's journal "About Larkin"

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