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
- When I Met My Muse by William Stafford
- I Thought I was not Alone. by Walt Whitman
- World Below the Brine, The. by Walt Whitman
- Lodged by Robert Frost
- The Riddle of the World poem – Alexander Pope
- Robert Burns: A Fiddler In The North:
- Robert Burns: Epitaph For Gavin Hamilton, Esq.:
- Владимир Высоцкий – Одесские куплеты
- Aplolgia Pro Vita Sua by Samuel Coleridge
- Владимир Корнилов – Небо
- Testament by Wendell Berry
- A Journey Through The Moonlight by Russell Edson
- Аля Кудряшева – Поперек
- The Devil Outwitted by William Somervile
- He Gives His Beloved Certain Rhymes by William Butler Yeats
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.