On the warm July river
head back
upside down river
for a roof
slowly paddling
towards an estuary between trees
there’s a dog
learning to swim near me
friends on shore
my head
dips
back to the eyebrow
I’m the prow
on an ancient vessel,
this afternoon
I’m going down to Peru
soul between my teeth
a blue heron
with its awkward
broken backed flap
upside down
one of us is wrong
he
his blue grey thud
thinking he knows
the blue way
out of here
or me
End of the poem
15 random poems
- On the Threshold poem – Amy Levy poems | Poems and Poetry
- Eclogue VIII by Virgil
- After Reading a Child’s Guide to Modern Physics by W. H. Auden
- Stupid by Raymond Carver
- Жан де Лафонтен – Скупой, потерявший свое богатство
- Couplet 6 poem – Amir Khusro poems | Poems and Poetry
- Олег Бундур – Умный кот
- Ballade Of Dead Ladies poem – Andrew Lang poems
- Corn by Sidney Lanier
- At Dover by William Lisle Bowles
- Lover’s Gifts XVI: She Dwelt Here by the Pool by Rabindranath Tagore
- Prayer of St. Francis Xavier poem – Alexander Pope
- At Sea by Sara Teasdale
- The Picture Of Little T.C. In A Prospect Of Flowers poem – Andrew Marvell poems
- Ode On The Spring by Thomas Gray
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).
Michael Ondaatje (b. 1943) is a renowned Canadian author and poet. He is best known for his novel “The English Patient,” which won the Booker Prize and was later adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. Ondaatje’s works often explore themes of identity, memory, and the impact of war. He has received numerous accolades for his contributions to literature and is considered a significant figure in contemporary Canadian literature.