Lar‧kin, Philip /ˈlɑːkɪn $ ˈlɑːr-/
(1922–85) a British poet. He often wrote about death and loneliness and his poems are sometimes very sad, but people like them because they are written in plain and simple language. His most famous poems are
Aubade, High Windows, and
Whitsun Weddings. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲