Bearhug
by Michael Ondaatje
Griffin calls to come and kiss him goodnight
I yell ok. Finish something I’m doing,
then something else, walk slowly round
the corner to my son’s room.
He is standing arms outstretched
waiting for a bearhug. Grinning.
Why do I give my emotion an animal’s name,
give it that dark squeeze of death?
This is the hug which collects
all his small bones and his warm neck against me.
The thin tough body under the pyjamas
locks to me like a magnet of blood.
How long was he standing there
like that, before I came?
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Paris, Translation of Paul Verlaine’s poem: Paris by T. Wignesan.
- Robert Burns: Election Ballad For Westerha’:
- Drift Wood by Satish Verma
- Delight in Disorder by Robert Herrick
- To a Western Boy. by Walt Whitman
- Владимир Маяковский – Четвертый вывоз
- Tom’s Garland poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Robert Burns: Grace Before And After Meat :
- My Views of Man by Ronald G. Auguste
- Илона Грошева – Когда приходит Дима в парк
- My Heart Screams by Roberto Cocina
- Why the Young Men Are So Ugly by Tony Hoagland
- Song Of The Furies
- Tractor by Ted Hughes
- Aboard at a Ship’s Helm. by Walt Whitman
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.