Clarification to My Poetry-Readers - Nizar Qabbani

And of me say the fools:
I entered the lodges of women
And never left.
And they call for my hanging,
Because about the matters of my beloved
I, poetry, compose.

A Ballad That We Do Not Perish - Zbigniew Herbert

Those who sailed at dawn
but will never return
left their trace on a wave—

To the Tune of Qing and Ping, I of Three (Verses for the Lady Yang) - Li Bai

In clouds, I think of her raiment, in flowers, see her face,

Accept It - Solveig von Schoultz

Accept it, God.
I give you my defeat.

Remember man - Anonymous

Remember man
As thou goest by,

The Water Butt - Solveig von Schoultz

The water butt by the corner
has an eye that I love.

Sun is in the East! - Leng Mei

Sun is in the East!
This lovely man
Is in my house,

Breakfast - Jacques Prévert

He poured the coffee
Into the cup
He put the milk
Into the cup of coffee
He put the sugar
Into the coffee with milk
With a small spoon

Eight Line Poem - David Bowie

The tactful cactus by your window
Surveys the prairie of your room

Song of the Full Catch - Constance Lindsay Skinner

Here's good wind, here's sweet wind,
Here's good wind and my woman calls me!