The Calling - Aaron Brown

I 

In three days, they took down the temple brick by brick:

the steel-toothed claws ripping apart tile and mortar, 

The Cry of the Bird - Nimrod Bena Djangrang

I wanted to be overcome with silence

I abandoned the woman I love

I closed myself to the bird of hope

Love song - Anonymous Misīrī tribesman

Fair without [adornment of] beads and necklace,
I pray for you to God the One the Creator
that graciously He may grant you a divorce.

To Laokein B. - Koulsy Lamko

Every night when the storm blows down sun-dried brick

houses and huts

Every warm night when men are at the mercy of mosquitoes

Every silent night that will echo the howl of the owl

Every night when the revival of the soil will grow its cotyledon