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
- Who is the Bogeyman? by Ross D Tyler
- Как Лера чудо искала
- Низами Гянджеви – Розу пологом колючим
- The Years by Sara Teasdale
- Владимир Высоцкий – Это вовсе не френч-канкан
- Владимир Гиляровский – Грядущее
- For Anne Gregory by William Butler Yeats
- Epigoni by Neil Outar
- Farmers Market by Mary TallMountain
- Юрий Верховский – Как раненый олень кидается в поток
- The Black Tower by William Butler Yeats
- Владимир Маяковский – Гимн судье
- Lines on the Fall of Fyers by Robert Burns
- Hymn Before Action by Rudyard Kipling
- “When the reaper lays the sickle by ” poem – Alfred Austin
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).
