The Whitsun Weddings

This article is about a collection of poems. For the poem by this title, see The Whitsun Weddings (poem).

The Whitsun Weddings
First edition
AuthorPhilip Larkin
LanguageEnglish
GenrePoetry
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Published in English
1964
Preceded byThe Less Deceived 
Followed byHigh Windows 

The Whitsun Weddings is a collection of 32 poems by Philip Larkin. It was first published by Faber in the United Kingdom on 28 February 1964. It was a commercial success, by the standards of poetry publication, with the first 4,000 copies being sold within two months. A United States edition appeared some seven months later.

It contains many of Larkin's best known poems, such as "The Whitsun Weddings", "Days", "Mr Bleaney", "MCMXIV", and "An Arundel Tomb".

Poems

  • Here
  • Mr Bleaney
  • Nothing To Be Said
  • Love Songs in Age
  • Naturally the Foundation will Bear Your Expenses
  • Broadcast
  • Faith Healing
  • For Sidney Bechet
  • Home is so Sad
  • Toads Revisited
  • Water
  • The Whitsun Weddings
  • Self's the Man
  • Take One Home for the Kiddies
  • Days
  • MCMXIV
  • Talking in Bed
  • The Large Cool Store
  • A Study of Reading Habits
  • As Bad as a Mile
  • Ambulances
  • The Importance of Elsewhere
  • Sunny Prestatyn
  • First Sight
  • Dockery and Son
  • Ignorance
  • Reference Back
  • Wild Oats
  • Essential Beauty
  • Send No Money
  • Afternoons
  • An Arundel Tomb

See also