Application For A Driving License
by Michael Ondaatje
Two birds loved
in a flurry of red feathers
like a burst cottonball,
continuing while I drove over them.
I am a good driver, nothing shocks me.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Thatchen O’ The Rick by William Barnes
- Sonnet CXXIV by William Shakespeare
- In Memoriam 16: I envy not in any moods poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Владимир Вишневский – В Мисхоре
- The Sonnet, The Lady, And The Prince by William Alexander
- Владимир Луговской – Спасибо
- Ольга Берггольц – Февральский дневник
- Владимир Маяковский – Новогодние поздравления (РОСТА №704)
- Snarleyow by Rudyard Kipling
- Robert Burns: There Was A Bonie Lass:
- Robert Burns: The Inventory: In answer to a mandate by the Surveyor of the Taxes
- He Hears The Cry Of The Sedge by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Корнилов – Место
- Backtracking by Satish Verma
- Abbey Assaroe by William Allingham
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
Michael Ondaatje (b. 1943) is a renowned Canadian author and poet. He is best known for his novel “The English Patient,” which won the Booker Prize and was later adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. Ondaatje’s works often explore themes of identity, memory, and the impact of war. He has received numerous accolades for his contributions to literature and is considered a significant figure in contemporary Canadian literature.