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
- Savour Your Life by Ronald G. Auguste
- The Sun Of The First Day by Rabindranath Tagore
- At Dawn poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Михаил Лермонтов – Хоть давно изменила мне радость
- Николай Некрасов – Влас
- Ольга Берггольц – Бабье лето (надо любить, жалеть, прощать)
- I Went Down into the Desert by Vachel Lindsay
- John Milton As Author of Pornographic Verse: An Extempore Upon a Faggot
- Dear Alzheimer’s by Maria Knox
- Canzone by W H Auden
- Cousel
- A Girl Sang a Song poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- Robert Burns: The Lass O’ Ecclefechan:
- Glory To God Alone by William Cowper
- Paris In Spring by Sara Teasdale
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.