Only the dog walkers will survive - Oral Arukenova

zhanna’s gonna crash

kurban’s gonna snap

anel’s got a bruise

that fits right under her mask

The Fish Market in Athens - Ivan Theofilov

In the cheerful narrow backstreets

with shops of advertisingly confessive mood

along the motley swarming crowds

where oriental customs reign,

here they are – a commercial cathedral

Sonnet X - Carlo Maggi

Soul, by thy deep demerit sore distressed, 

Dear to thy Lord — ah! why by woe subdued? 

He asks thy love: — but thou wouldst love exclude 

For love must fail, if hope forsake the breast! 

Datur Hora Quieti - Sir Walter Scott

The sun upon the lake is low,

The wild birds hush their song,

The hills have evening’s deepest glow,

Yet Leonard tarries long.

To Italy - Luigi Alamanni

Thanks be to God, my feet are now addressed,

Proud Italy, at least to visit thee,

After six weary years, since destiny

Forbids me in thy dear-loved lap to rest.

Letter to my Unborn Child - Batsirai E. Chigama

Child

When I get the courage

When I am ready and brave

To bring you in a world

With too many clenched fists

Too many open palms

Too many potholes

And Z.E.S.Aless nights

Too many frolicking leaders

I want to make sure

You are strong and ready

The Sea has its Transformations ... Make Way - Qassim Haddad

Whoever saw a sea so narrow

narrow narrow

like the pupil of an eye

I mean - who

I have seen

and it's narrowing still

hardly space enough for the sputter of a strange gull

small fish can find no space in which to make a turn

Good Sense - Xasan Sheekh Muumin

The ostrich places

Her young in the open

Where the hawk kills

But the small bird marries

And beds her young

In a nest that's safe

Trapped in a puddle - Amin Kassam

how long will you fight
little ant
before you are crushed?

Shaken but not shattered - Sirbestian Nzula

The devil is a liar

He will attack your soul

Your soul will be on fire

Let Christ take control