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
- St. Francis of Assisi by Vachel Lindsay
- Exodus by Michael Nikoletseas
- To Sleep poem – John Keats poems
- Let Him In by Vishnu J Mohan
- If Only by Mary Etta Metcalf
- Nightfall In The City Of Hyderabad by Sarojini Naidu
- My Mother On An Evening In Late Summer by Mark Strand
- Song—Willie brew’d a Peck o’ Maut by Robert Burns
- NOCHE MARINA by Victoria l.mora paoli
- Михаил Лермонтов – В рядах стояли безмолвной толпой
- Alone by Siegfried Sassoon
- As Kingfishers Catch Fire poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Владимир Британишский – Крепостная интеллигенция
- Yadwigha, On A Red Couch, Among Lillies by Sylvia Plath
- Olney Hymn 38: Looking Upwards In A Storm by William Cowper
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).
