Lament to the Spirit of War - Enheduanna

You hack down everything you see, War God!

Rising on fearsome wings

you rush to destroy our land:

raging like thunderstorms,

howling like hurricanes,

screaming like tempests,

thundering, raging, ranting, drumming,

whiplashing whirlwinds!

Abe no Nakamaro - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

When I look abroad

O'er the wide-stretched "Plain of Heaven,"

Boy And Squirrel - Juliana Horatia Ewing

Oh boy, down there, I can't believe that what they say is true!

We squirrels surely cannot have an enemy in you;

We have so much in common, my dear friend, it seems to me

That I can really feel for you, and you can feel for me.

One drop of blood - Aistis Jonas

One drop of blood would have cleansed you,

          But in your misery you missed it,

And though we drew our strength from the old times -

          Our promises remained unfulfilled...

What Is A Poet's Soul Like - Ivan Vazov

A tight and chiming string

that resounds to anything—

Faith in God Amist Disasters (Sonnet XVII) - Vincenzo da Filicaja

Deaf to those flattering zephyrs from the strand, 

My fragile skiff with cautious foot I steer'd, 

And, softest gales distrusting as they veer'd, 

With this oar touch'd the wave, with that the sand.

Ribs - Danielle Boodoo-Fortuné

This is not a poem about

the sound of my voice.

Love at my door - Anonymous

Love at my door 

Knocked and I gave him bed. 

When sleep saw this 

He took offence and fled. 

‘Give me back sleep; 

Where has he gone?’ I said. 

To Prague - Frantisek Halas

Ye faint of faith Bone gnawing time

has been her beauty giver

from wailing fields illuminated ever

those muralled texts of portals and of walls

I Recall Your Smile - Eugenio Montale

I recall your smile, and for me it is limpid water

witnessed by chance among the stones of a riverbed.