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
- Владимир Степанов – Конкурс красоты
- Immortal Indian Legend by Vasishta Sharma Gudi
- Sonet 34 by William Alexander
- Carnal Knowledge by Rebecca Elson
- Amy Margaret’s Five Year Old by William Allingham
- The Two Thieves; Or, The Last Stage Of Avarice by William Wordsworth
- Robert Burns: Another [Epigram On The Said Occasion… On A Henpecked Country Squire]:
- To A Young Beauty by William Butler Yeats
- MANY NAMESAKES by Satish Verma
- Zunsheen In The Winter by William Barnes
- This Aloneness by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- The Sanctuary by Sara Teasdale
- The Grasshopper
- An Attempt At The Manner Of Waller by William Cowper
- With Scindia to Delphi by Rudyard Kipling
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).
