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
- Memorial Tablet by Siegfried Sassoon
- The Scarecrow by Ross D Tyler
- Colbert Report: Australia by Raj Arumugam
- The Wound by Robert McNamara
- Away, Melancholy by Stevie Smith
- By The Seaside by William Wordsworth
- Олег Григорьев – Мотылек
- He Tells Of A Valley Full Of Lovers by William Butler Yeats
- The Passion poem – John Milton poems
- Kiss by Ruth Padel
- Where Are You?
- Николай Гумилев – Он воздвигнул свой храм на горе
- Westward on the High-Hilled Plains poem – A. E. Housman
- Ольга Берггольц – Украина
- Вероника Тушнова – Знаешь ли ты, что такое горе
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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).
