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
- Низами Гянджеви – Розу пологом колючим
- Валерий Брюсов – Дворец любви
- A Heart Divided by Pierre Reverdy
- Forgotten by Priya Prithviraj
- A Poet’s Welcome to his Love-Begotten Daughter by Robert Burns
- Passing Time by Maya Angelou
- Николай Языков – Валдайский узник
- One Ran Before by Yvor Winters
- Владимир Британишский – Царство – одно, но России-то – две
- Face To Face by Rabindranath Tagore
- Gadara, A.D. 31 by John Oxenham
- Ольга Седакова – Вьюга
- Sakal Bun poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Popcorn, Glass Balls, and Cranberries by Vachel Lindsay
- Night In Arizona 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.