In the Forest of Life
by Mike Yuan
like an open cage
like a free hotel
my balcony has become a home
to many wild city birds
pigeons philosophizing in private
seagulls stalking with arrogance
crows beaking at unseen seeds
sparrows quarreling non-stop
on the branched-out railings
behind the dusk dyed wall
sometimes all alone
more often in company
looking out of my wingless window
i find myself to be one of them
coming to perch here by chance
but ready to flee by need
(sept.11, 2004)
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Otho The Great – Act III poem – John Keats poems
- Children’s Children by William Barnes
- The Clasp by Sharon Olds
- Monster’s Cave
- The Gardener XLII: O Mad, Superbly Drunk by Rabindranath Tagore
- Олег Григорьев – Много нас по подобию божию
- The Soldier poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Olney Hymn 55: The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy by William Cowper
- Алишер Навои – Птицу-сердце полонила нежных локонов силком
- I know our friendship wil never end by Miraj Patel
- Robert Burns: On Being Shewn A Beautiful Country Seat : Belonging to the same Laird [not quite so wise as Solomon].
- Иван Мятлев – Сельское хозяйство
- Михаил Лермонтов – Валерик
- Infinite Journey by Pawan Kumar
- Chi È? poem – Alfred Austin
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).
