Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.
- John Betjeman
People, Like, Many, Too Many People
Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.
- John Betjeman
Red, Silver, Port, Wine
People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.
- John Betjeman
Interesting, More, Gardens, Railways
Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
- John Betjeman
Harvest, Give, Over, Give Me
Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
- John Betjeman
Reason, Measured, Grows, Sounds
I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.
- John Betjeman
I Am, Thought, Think, Good
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