Application For A Driving License
by Michael Ondaatje
Two birds loved
in a flurry of red feathers
like a burst cottonball,
continuing while I drove over them.
I am a good driver, nothing shocks me.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Иван Крылов – Лев состаревшийся (Басня)
- Creativity Leads to Family Enrichment
- Владимир Бенедиктов – Что ж делать
- Fox
- When I Watch the Living Meet poem – Alfred Edward Housman
- Николай Языков – Песня (Дороже почестей и злата)
- Fabliau Of Florida by Wallace Stevens
- The Banyan Tree by Rabindranath Tagore
- On Being Brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley
- The Emotion Line by Rita Odessa Villaruel
- Владимир Луговской – Обращение
- Yet Gentle Will the Griffin Be by Vachel Lindsay
- If I Had A Brontosaurus by Shel Silverstein
- Алишер Навои – О таинствах любви
- Владимир Британишский – Фет в кирасирском полку
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).
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.