The Mouse
by Mac McGovern
When the owl screeches and the wolf howls,
the mouse lies quietly in the field.
Is it the influence of the moon,
a demonstration of anger,
or celebration?
For the mouse cares not
the reason.
His destiny the same,
whether the owl or the wolf,
he fulfills their need.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Олег Бундур – В гостях на великом
- As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free. by Walt Whitman
- Do Not Accept by Yehuda Amichai
- Владимир Высоцкий – Королевский крокей
- Николай Языков – Песня (Дороже почестей и злата)
- Kindness by Sylvia Plath
- nonsense verse by Raj Arumugam
- The Tree and the Marble by Mike Yuan
- The First Part: Sonnet 13 – O sacred blush, impurpling cheeks’ pure skies by William Drummond
- Robert Burns: On Hearing It Asserted Falsehood: is expressed in the Rev. Dr. Babington’s very looks.
- Olney Hymn 54: Love Constraining To Obedience by William Cowper
- Virginibus Puerisque
- Robert Burns: Epitaph On A Noted Coxcomb: Capt. Wm. Roddirk, of Corbiston.
- The Old Gumbie Cat by T. S. Eliot
- Certain Maxims Of Hafiz by Rudyard Kipling
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).
