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
- The Poetic Principle by Mark Olynyk
- Владимир Маяковский – Посмотрим сами, покажем им
- The Kiss: A Dialogue by Robert Herrick
- A Prayer For My Son by William Butler Yeats
- A High-Toned Old Christian Woman by Wallace Stevens
- English Poetry. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The Blasphemy of Guns. Элла Уилкокс.
- Ring Of Grass by Shel Silverstein
- Ольга Седакова – Первая тетрадь
- The Solitary Oak On Mount Kremlin Bicetre
- Winter039s Fall
- Bond and Free by Robert Frost
- Lover’s Gifts XLVII: The Road Is by Rabindranath Tagore
- Николай Тихонов – Баллада о гвоздях
- Appeal by Ndue Ukaj
- Вера Павлова – По счету
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.