Inspired - Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout

Ancestors,

sing it to the priests

in the open yard

The Vision - Armando Rojas Guardia

Unobstructed, the building

suspends itself in the still

timid light of dawn.

I, environment - Djeri Wapondi

I, environment I moan, I agonize

By compassion, the ozone layer reddens, roars and shatters.

To save me and to save you,

listen and write down this ordinance and recommendation

for such evil is its remedy and action.

Palauan Culture - Hermana Ramarui

Culture!
Maintain it, they say.
I say, please tell me.
What is Palauan culture?

Ode (from Job) - Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov

O man! whose weakness dares rebel 
Against the Almighty's strength, draw nigh 
And listen, for my tongue shall tell 
His message from the clouded sky. 
Midst rain, and storm, and hail, he spoke,
Around the piercing thunder broke; 
At his proud word the clouds disperse, 
And thus he shakes the universe:

 

The Blues - Léon Damas

Give back my black dolls

that they can dispel

the image of wan whores

selling love and promenading

on the boulevard of my ennui

Jobs - Mubarak Ouassat

The platanus tree

That grows suddenly in the middle of the room

Bend on me

Like a beloved

I will care for it in my turn

Because I was once

A gardener...

I remember now my past because astonishment

Grows in front of my patient eyes

Because tonight's mysteries lock my eyelids

Thamyris to her Roses - Götz

'Twas the promise of my lover 

Ere you blossomed to appear. 

Grounded - Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner

Anchor yourself outside her room. A jaki
to sleep on, a cooler for drinks. Hands flexed
and prepared to ground her in this life.

A Leader’s Vision - Fawziya al Maskiry

From under the shade of a tree
He said we can learn
Old and young
Our Country’s future is his concern.