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
- Яков Полонский – Цветок
- Morning at the Window by T. S. Eliot
- Владимир Маяковский – Служака
- Владимир Высоцкий – Сыт я по горло, до подбородка
- Poem (The lump of coal my parents teased) by William Matthews
- Gratitude, Addressed To Lady Hesketh by William Cowper
- Ring Of Grass by Shel Silverstein
- The Tale of the Tiger-Tree by Vachel Lindsay
- Love Sonnet LIV poem – Zora Bernice May Cross poems
- Robert Burns: The Parting Kiss:
- Homecoming by Robert Lowell
- Crawling At Sea by Vaishnavi Prakash
- Robert Burns: Epistle To James Smith:
- Top Benefits of Wearing Peridot Birthstone
- A Servant to Servants by Robert Frost
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).
