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
- Robert Burns: Epitaph On A Lap-Dog Named Echo:
- My prayers must meet a brazen heaven poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Ткач
- Little Clock by T. Wignesan
- birch_tree.html
- Couplet 2 poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Маяковский – Стой, товарищ! Стонет Поволжье, о помощи моля (Главполитпросвет №344)
- The Princess (The Conclusion) poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Farewell to the Court by Sir Walter Raleigh
- Eve- Song by Mary Gilmore
- Robert Burns: Merry Hae I Been Teethin A Heckle:
- Song: Eternity of Love Protested by Thomas Carew
- Hira Singhs Farewell To Burmah
- Федор Тютчев – Как он любил родные ели
- Нина Воронель – Бабий стих
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).
