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
- The Storm
- Further You Go Longer You Stay
- Михаил Кузмин – Возможно ль: скоро четверть века
- Seal
- Владимир Маяковский – Ты обут? Тебя обувает фабрика… (РОСТА №601)
- Игорь Северянин – Памяти О.Н. Чюминой
- The Progress of Spring poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Jilted by Sylvia Plath
- Robert Burns: Inscription To Miss Jessy Lewars: On a copy of the Scots Musical Museum, in four volumes, presented to her by Burns.
- The Decree Of Athena
- Song, by a Person of Quality poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- nominalism_is_a_liquid_kuhi.html
- A Petition poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Countess Cathleen In Paradise by William Butler Yeats
- Byzantium by William Butler Yeats
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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).
