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
- Mystic by Sylvia Plath
- Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College by Thomas Gray
- Ярослав Смеляков – Шинель
- The joyful things in life by Martin Smith
- The Hero by Rabindranath Tagore
- A Poet039s Privilege
- Westgate-On-Sea poem – John Betjeman poems
- Even As A Dragon’s Eye That Feels The Stress by William Wordsworth
- Нина Воронель – Природа сама сочиняет стихи
- Николай Заболоцкий – Слепой
- Жан де Лафонтен – Карман
- Alexander by Walter de la Mare
- Number 3 on the Docket poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Robert Burns: Frae The Friends And Land I Love:
- Lost Time by Rabindranath Tagore
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.