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
- To Any Dead Officer by Siegfried Sassoon
- Sir Hugh; Or The Jew’s Daughter poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Владимир Маяковский – Эй, онанисты, кричите «Ура!»
- Point Shirley by Sylvia Plath
- The Cross-Roads poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Rainy Day by Rabindranath Tagore
- Жан Расин – Решенье принято, час перемены пробил
- An Autumn-Blooming Rose poem – Alfred Austin
- Yadwigha, On A Red Couch, Among Lillies by Sylvia Plath
- Complaint Of A Poet Manqu
- Oh Life I Have Taken You For My Lover
- Road and Hills by Stephen Vincent Benet
- In Westminster Abbey poem – John Betjeman poems | Poems and Poetry
- Sonnet LVI by William Shakespeare
- Николай Некрасов – Взирает он на жизнь сурово, строго
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