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
- Зинаида Александрова – Подснежник
- Robert Burns: What Can A Young Lassie Do Wi’ An Auld Man:
- Олег Бундур – Бесконечность
- Kiss by Ruth Padel
- Жан де Лафонтен – Астролог, упавший в колодец
- On Returning To England poem – Alfred Austin
- The Swamp Fox by William Gilmore Simms
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Не называй далекой бездной
- Владимир Высоцкий – Живу я в лучшем из миров
- Ben Nevis: A Dialogue poem – John Keats poems
- Canal Bank Walk by Patrick Kavanagh
- Who Learns My Lesson Complete? by Walt Whitman
- Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803 XII. Sonnet Composed At —- Castle by William Wordsworth
- Fleckno, an English Priest at Rome poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- It Is March by W. S. Merwin
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).
