Walls - Yahia Lababidi

Walls cannot contain
the human spirit —
they cannot hold back love
or keep out hate…

Unwritten History - Neba Terry

Decades ago, our essence was termed folly;
Like a python, we were designed to swallow another’s heritage,
Regarded as cousins to apes,
And our languages crafted and refined only to be erased.

The great work - Nizami Ganjavi

A hundred arms were weak one block to move 
Of thousands, molded by the hand of Love 
Into fantastic shapes and forms of grace.
Which crowd each nook of that majestic place.

South Sudanese Girl - Jackline Ateng

She is tall.
Tall and slender.
Slender and dark.
Dark and beautiful.
She is comely and graceful.
Like a giraffe gracing the glades of Mara.

Lekha Dodi - Solomon ha-Levi Alkabetz

Chorus:
Come, my friend, to meet the bride; 
let us welcome the Sabbath.

“Ob​serve” and “Rememb​er,” in a single command, 
the One God announced​ to us. 
The Lord is One, and his name is One, 
for fame,​ for glory and for praise.

With the Wind - Konstantin Balmont

My soul is borne out on the wind.
Through the opaqueness of her earthly case she glitters like a sword.
She is free; she rides her body as the whirlwind the storm.

Farruca - Severo Sarduy

WITHIN A WHITE CUBE	the body is a volume
SUPERIMPOSED EDGES
THE BODY	Opaque dimensions

I Greet You - Jan Greshoff

I greet you, neighbor, comrade,
I greet you, hurdy-gurdy man, soldier,
Deliverer, farmer and beggar!
I greet you, blind fiddler!

Sevenfold (A Lamentation) - Ber Kotlerman

Tear your eyes away from the grey news stream
Sit on the floor and weep, and moan, and keen
At the sheer horror, obscene.

Occupation 1943 - Saadi Youssef

We boys, the neighborhood’s barefoot
We boys, the neighborhood’s naked
We boys of stomachs bloated from eating mud
We boys of teeth porous from eating dates and pumpkin rind