Speaking To You (From Rock Bottom)
by Michael Ondaatje
Speaking to you
this hour
these days when
I have lost the feather of poetry
and the rains
of separation
surround us tock
tock like Go tablets
Everyone has learned
to move carefully
‘Dancing’ ‘laughing’ ‘bad taste’
is a memory
a tableau behind trees of law
In the midst of love for you
my wife’s suffering
anger in every direction
and the children wise
as tough shrubs
but they are not tough
–so I fear
how anything can grow from this
all the wise blood
poured from little cuts
down into the sink
this hour it is not
your body I want
but your quiet company
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Crown Of Thorns
- The Book Of The World by William Drummond
- Николай Гербель – Простор
- To My Lord Fairfax poem – John Milton poems
- English Poetry. Philip James Bailey. Festus – 23.1. Филип Джеймс Бэйли.
- Feast of the Eyes
- Attack On The Ad-Man
- Николай Рубцов – Ветер всхлипывал, словно дитя
- The Vrost by William Barnes
- Sonnet 58: That god forbid, that made me first your slave by William Shakespeare
- A Man Young And Old: VIII. Summer And Spring by William Butler Yeats
- Юргис Балтрушайтис – Чем больше в мире я живу
- Imitated From The Japanese by William Butler Yeats
- The Lost Friend poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Song Of The Kasak poem – Alexander Pushkin
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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).
Michael Ondaatje (b. 1943) is a renowned Canadian author and poet. He is best known for his novel “The English Patient,” which won the Booker Prize and was later adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. Ondaatje’s works often explore themes of identity, memory, and the impact of war. He has received numerous accolades for his contributions to literature and is considered a significant figure in contemporary Canadian literature.