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 Chambermaid’s Second Song by William Butler Yeats
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Ткач
- To Natasha poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Orlando Furioso Canto 19 by Ludovico Ariosto
- Rhymes for Gloriana by Vachel Lindsay
- A Clear Day And No Memories by Wallace Stevens
- Владимир Маяковский – Порядочный гражданин
- Olney Hymn 28: Jesus Hasting To Suffer by William Cowper
- Владимир Маяковский – Обряды кому и на кой ляд целовальный обряд
- All in June by William Henry Davies
- Dawn God039s Sabbath
- My Heart Leaps Up by William Wordsworth
- THE WARS by Satish Verma
- Sonnet 101: O truant Muse, what shall be thy amends by William Shakespeare
- Noe more unto my thoughts appeare by Sidney Godolphin
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).
