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 Betrothed by Rudyard Kipling
- krishna039s_advice_to_arjuna.html
- Юрий Левитанский – Кто-то так уже писал
- He’s on the porch by Yosa Buson
- Владимир Гиппиус – Писать стихи
- Did Shakespeare write his own plays and poems?
- A Cozy Little Room by Mary Etta Metcalf
- Extracts From An Opera poem – John Keats poems
- Sonnet 127: In the old age black was not counted fair by William Shakespeare
- Marks Of Disrespect by Graham Rowlands
- Владимир Маяковский – Помощь не придет на такой вой… (Главполитпросвет №14)
- Tithonus poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Столп
- A Forest Hymn by William Cullen Bryant
- of spiritual matters by Raj Arumugam
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).
