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 Маяковский – Сейчас беднее нас нет… (РОСТА №742)
- “My northern blood exults to face” poem – Alfred Austin
- If Thou Could’st Empty All Thyself Of Self by Thomas Edward Brown
- Flowers From Sion: Sonnet 25 – More oft than once death whispered by William Drummond
- Юлия Друнина – Русский вечер
- Олег Бундур – Если умываться лень
- Words You Said poem – Andrew Neil Maternick poems | Poems and Poetry
- The Pretense of Gathering Pebbles by the Shore by Syed Kawsar Jamal
- Владимир Корнилов – Белые слоны
- An Ode to Beer
- Николай Гумилев – Маргарита
- Владимир Высоцкий – Величальная отцу
- The Scholars by William Butler Yeats
- The Human Tragedy ACT II poem – Alfred Austin
- A Poet by Thomas Hardy
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).
