Act - Mildred Sope

People of the earth

Where are you going

Fast

     Faster

          Faster yet

Where is the limit

To what end do we rush

Spring's Messengers in Australia - Frances Tyrrell Gill

Eve winds awake the crocus-flower. 

The faint narcissus dares unfold 

Her face uncaring of the cold; 

As though in dream she heard the shower, 

And breathed the sunshine of that hour 

The roses may behold. 

I traverse the world - Benumah

I traverse this world as though

As though I am not supposed to be here

Not as a Christian with a view of her heavenly home

No

In Damen - Frank Báez

In Damen there’s a bar

where the employees loosen their ties

and drink beer with girls who steal

poetry from the bookstore on the corner.

Splendid are the heavens high - N. F. S. Grundtvig

Splendid are the heavens high,
Beautiful the radiant sky,
Where the golden stars are shining,
And their rays, to earth inclining,
-: Beckon us to heaven above :-

Rejoice (Oh Ye Africans) - Gladys May Casely-Hayford

Rejoice and shout with laughter

Throw all your burdens down,

If God has been so gracious

As to make you black or brown.

The Beloved - A.R. Cliff-Lubwa

Lapobo,

Tall but not too tall,

Short but not too short,

She is of medium size.

Parting from the Eldest Youth of the Tung Family - Kao-Shih

Long leagues of tawny sky shut out the day:

On the North Wind wind geese are whirled:

And fast, fast drives of snow.

The Bombax Tree - Fily Dabo Sissoko

Stripped of his crown

he stands

at the center of the town,

the crooks of his branches

heavy with enormous

warts.

Visions - Caetano da Costa Alegre

I saw you pass, far from me, far away, 

Like a walking ebony statue; 

Dubai - Ozy Prince

The morning is traffic,

More work, everyone is waiting, but,

The night shines like the sun and the stars together.

I can touch gold and diamond because it is everywhere.

Excuse me, I think I am dying - Lena Ruth Stefanović

Two years ago I passed away

No, really

I haven’t written about it

Which is unusual

Given that I write about almost everything

City Sunset - Celestine Kulagoe

At six

the sun sets

escorted by puffs of blushing clouds,

Curaçao - Pierre A. Lauffer

Where there are rocks
As far as eyes can reach,
     Stubborn, stingy,
     That turn
     And look down
     Disdainfully

Peace to the Amir - Mubarak bin Saif al Thani

Swearing by God who upraised the sky,

Swearing by God who spread the light,

Qatar will always be free,

Pan's Pub - Tibor Babiczky

Everything must be paid for, I reflected,

as we sat beneath

an impossibly yellow sunshade,

not waiting for anything in particular,

we just sat, it was a pleasant and enjoyable

The Advent candles - Inger Hagerup

Then we light a candle tonight,

we light it for joy.

It stands shining by itself

and for us who are present..

Then we light a candle tonight,

we light it for joy.

Hope - Chanbo Keo

Hope for a better day,

Hope for the sunray

Of a great weather,

Tomorrow...

Little Bird - Katama Wui

One morning I got up

to pick oranges in the garden.

And I saw this.

Yes, I do love Allah! - Siham

I knelt to pray but not for long,

I had too much to do.

I had to hurry and get to work

For bills would soon be due.

hearts of stone - Farah Didi

we are persistence,

and you, intolerance,

embodied in human form,

patronus - Anita Pajević

there, on the ground floor of our sitting room

in a pot squats a tree

made of life

mum hasn’t changed its soil

in 17 years

The Wind Keeps Blowing - Anonymous

Through the trees the wind keeps blowing,

In our homes we sense its might.

Heritage! - Kélétigui Abdourahmane Mariko

Heritage! Gado!

Nothing is more valuable than heritage

In the Field Filling Up with Snow - Seo Jeong-ju

It’s   all   right,

It’s   all   right,

It’s   all   right,

It’s   all   right–

My City - Medardo Ángel Silva

        Strong waters and oil paintings of

        the city of Santiago de Guayaquil

Island in the light - Sara de Ibáñez

The dove burnt in its whiteness.

The doe dead in the cold grass.

The flower dead, still unnamed,

and the delicate wolf of dark innocence.