After Philip Larkin

That was my most recent 'Larkin' poem, and followed my reading some of his less well-known works, although you may get some of the references.

We're often advised not to mistake the poem for the poet, and I think it's a mistake to take any writing as too representative of its author, even when the author would like us to. I wonder how much Larkin played up to his 'image'?

Certainly, much of his poetry was serious to the point of sombre, but there was some humour too.