In the Forest of Life
by Mike Yuan
like an open cage
like a free hotel
my balcony has become a home
to many wild city birds
pigeons philosophizing in private
seagulls stalking with arrogance
crows beaking at unseen seeds
sparrows quarreling non-stop
on the branched-out railings
behind the dusk dyed wall
sometimes all alone
more often in company
looking out of my wingless window
i find myself to be one of them
coming to perch here by chance
but ready to flee by need
(sept.11, 2004)
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Defeat of Youth poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Verses on Sir Joshua Reynold’s Painted Window at New College, Oxford by Thomas Warton
- The New House A-Gettèn’ Wold by William Barnes
- Demeter And Persephone poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Hope In Spring by William Barnes
- Федор Сологуб – В лунном озарении
- Владимир Маяковский – Notre-Dame
- Summer We Called Home by Vinita Agrawal
- The Fable of Dryope – Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 9, [v. 324-393] poem – Alexander Pope poems | Poetry Monster
- Endymion: Book I poem – John Keats poems
- Олег Бундур – Старания
- Олег Григорьев – Зашли мы к Сизову с приятелем
- Николай Заболоцкий – Летний вечер
- Федор Сваровский – Насрулло и Курбон
- The Fragrance of life by Preeth Nambiar
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