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▼ Chris Abani - Nigeria
► Chris Abani - Nigeria
CHANGING TIMES (CHANGING TIMES)
▼ Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi - Sudan
► Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi - Sudan
GARDEN STATUES (GARDEN STATUES)
▼ Meena Alexander - India
► Meena Alexander - India
▼ Simon Barraclough - United Kingdom
► Simon Barraclough - United Kingdom
▼ Umar Bin Hassan - USA
► Umar Bin Hassan - USA
FROG!... (frog!...)
GRACE (GRACE)
▼ Marianne Boruch - USA
► Marianne Boruch - USA
LITTLE WIFE (LITTLE WIFE)
ON RAIN WASHED PAPER DRIED, INK (ON RAIN WASHED PAPER DRIED, INK)
SOME DREAMILY SMOKE CIGARETTES, SOME TRACK (SOME DREAMILY SMOKE CIGARETTES, SOME TRACK)
HE WAS TOUCHED OR HE TOUCHED OR (HE WAS TOUCHED OR HE TOUCHED OR)
BIRDSONG, FACE IT, SOME MALE MACHINE (BIRDSONG, FACE IT, SOME MALE MACHINE)
IT INCLUDES THE BUTTERFLY AND THE RAT, THE SHIT (IT INCLUDES THE BUTTERFLY AND THE RAT, THE SHIT)
THE BODY (THE BODY)
AFTER THE MOON (AFTER THE MOON)
THE MAP (THE MAP)
▼ Peter Boyle - Australia
► Peter Boyle - Australia
FROM INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THE ROYAL EXAMINERS IN THE STATE OF CHI (FROM INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THE ROYAL EXAMINERS IN THE STATE OF CHI)
SEPARATION (SEPARATION)
WHEN EAGLES PAUSE TO TALK WITH YOUR SLEEPING BODY (WHEN EAGLES PAUSE TO TALK WITH YOUR SLEEPING BODY)
THE JOYS OF MATHEMATICS (THE JOYS OF MATHEMATICS)
FOUR VOICES FOR A CENTURY (FOUR VOICES FOR A CENTURY)
EDUCATION (EDUCATION)
SOME MOUNTAINS (SOME MOUNTAINS)
THE UNKNOWABLE (THE UNKNOWABLE)
IN THE SMALL HOURS (IN THE SMALL HOURS)
GROUP PORTRAIT, DELFT, LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY (GROUP PORTRAIT, DELFT, LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY)
MISSING WORDS (MISSING WORDS)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK I, XVI (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK I, XVI)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK I, XVII (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK I, XVII)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK II, XII (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK II, XII)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK II, XVII (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK II, XVII)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK II, XX (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK II, XX)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK III, I (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK III, I)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK III, IV (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK III, IV)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK III, IX (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK III, IX)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK IV, I (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK IV, I)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK IV, XIII (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK IV, XIII)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK VI, XI (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK VI, XI)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK V, XXVII (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK V, XXVII)
THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK III, XVI (THE APOCRYPHA OF WILLIAM O'SHAUNESSY: BOOK III, XVI)
▼ Bulawayo poets - Zimbabwe
► Bulawayo poets - Zimbabwe
▼ James Byrne - United Kingdom
► James Byrne - United Kingdom
▼ Anne Carson - Canada
► Anne Carson - Canada
TANGO VII (TANGO VII. BUT TO HONOR TRUTH WHICH IS SMOOTH DIVINE AND LIVES AMONG THE GODS WE MUST TRUST (WITH PLATO) DANCE LYING WHICH LIVES DOWN BELOW AMID THE MASS OF MEN BOTH TRAGIC AND ROUGH)
TANGO XII (TANGO XII HERE’S OUR CLEAN BUSINESS NOW LET’S GO DOWN THE HALL TO THE BLACK ROOM WHERE I MAKE MY REAL MONEY)
TANGO XiV (TANGO XIV. RUNNING YOUR HAND OVER IT TO CALCULATE ITS DIMENSIONS YOU THINK AT FIRST IT IS STONE THEN INK OR BLACK WATER WHERE THE HAND SINKS IN THEN A BOWL OF ELSEWHERE FROM WHICH YOU PULL OUT NO HAND)
TANGO XIX (TANGO XIX. AND KNEELING AT THE EDGE OF THE TRANSPARENT SEA I SHALL SHAPE FOR MYSELF A NEW HEART FROM SALT AND MUD)
TANGO XXII (TANGO XXII. HOMO LUDENS)
▼ Bernice Chauly - Malaysia
► Bernice Chauly - Malaysia
JERIT (Jerit)
SOMETIMES (Sometimes)
G MINOR (G Minor)
▼ Taurai Lovemore Chinyanganya - Zimbabwe
► Taurai Lovemore Chinyanganya - Zimbabwe
▼ Chirikure Chirikure - Zimbabwe
► Chirikure Chirikure - Zimbabwe
TIME TO MOVE ON (Time to Move On)
▼ Christopher Chiwanza - Zimbabwe
► Christopher Chiwanza - Zimbabwe
▼ Nitoo Das - India
► Nitoo Das - India
▼ Carol Ann Duffy - United Kingdom
► Carol Ann Duffy - United Kingdom
▼ Larry Eigner - USA
► Larry Eigner - USA
▼ Elke Erb - Germany
► Elke Erb - Germany
▼ Dawn Garisch - South Africa
► Dawn Garisch - South Africa
ALL THAT LIFE (ALL THAT LIFE)
MIRACLE (MIRACLE)
▼ Allen Ginsberg - USA
► Allen Ginsberg - USA
▼ Kenneth Goldsmith - USA
► Kenneth Goldsmith - USA
▼ Gulzar - India
► Gulzar - India
▼ Christian Hawkey - USA
► Christian Hawkey - USA
▼ Judith Herzberg - Netherlands
► Judith Herzberg - Netherlands
▼ Frieda Hughes - United Kingdom
► Frieda Hughes - United Kingdom
BREASTS (breasts)
BIRD (BIRD)
STONEPICKER (STONEPICKER)
▼ Aamer Hussein - Pakistan
► Aamer Hussein - Pakistan
THE SWAN’S WIFE (The Swan’s Wife)
▼ Jackie Kay - United Kingdom
► Jackie Kay - United Kingdom
SOMEBODY ELSE (somebody else)
THE PAST (the past)
▼ Edvard Kocbek - Slovenia
► Edvard Kocbek - Slovenia
PROMISED LAND (PROMISED LAND)
▼ Zaffar Kunial - United Kingdom
► Zaffar Kunial - United Kingdom
The Word (The Word)
Q (Q)
Poppy (Poppy)
▼ Emma Lew - Australia
► Emma Lew - Australia
PREY (Prey)
RIOT EVE (Riot Eve)
▼ Panashe Madziva - Zimbabwe
► Panashe Madziva - Zimbabwe
CHILD SOLDIER (CHILD SOLDIER)
▼ Dambudzo Marechera - Zimbabwe
► Dambudzo Marechera - Zimbabwe
▼ Jennifer Matthews - Ireland
► Jennifer Matthews - Ireland
▼ W. S. Merwin - USA
► W. S. Merwin - USA
LATE SPRING (LATE SPRING)
▼ Zolani Mkiva - South Africa
► Zolani Mkiva - South Africa
SON OF THE SOIL (son of the soil)
▼ Chris Mlalazi - Zimbabwe
► Chris Mlalazi - Zimbabwe
THEY ARE COMING (They Are Coming)
▼ Kobus Moolman - South Africa
► Kobus Moolman - South Africa
▼ Tswarelo Mothobe - Zimbabwe
► Tswarelo Mothobe - Zimbabwe
▼ Elizabeth Muchemwa - Zimbabwe
► Elizabeth Muchemwa - Zimbabwe
▼ Prathibha Nandakumar - India
► Prathibha Nandakumar - India
▼ Robin Ngangom - India
► Robin Ngangom - India
▼ Nuala Ní Chonchúir - Ireland
► Nuala Ní Chonchúir - Ireland
▼ Sharon Olds - USA
► Sharon Olds - USA
▼ Michael Palmer - USA
► Michael Palmer - USA
▼ Nilmani Phookan - India
► Nilmani Phookan - India
MATING MUSIC (Mating Music)
▼ Robert Pinsky - USA
► Robert Pinsky - USA
SAMURAI SONG (samurai song)
▼ Dorothy Porter - Australia
► Dorothy Porter - Australia
▼ Lawrence Raab - USA
► Lawrence Raab - USA
▼ Lesego Rampolokeng - South Africa
► Lesego Rampolokeng - South Africa
HABARI GANI AFRICA (habari gani africa)
▼ Lisa Robertson - Canada
► Lisa Robertson - Canada
▼ Mark Roper - Ireland
► Mark Roper - Ireland
FIELDS (Fields)
DISTANCE (Distance)
▼ Gwinyai Runyowa - Zimbabwe
► Gwinyai Runyowa - Zimbabwe
▼ Mithu Sen - India
► Mithu Sen - India
▼ Vikram Seth - India
► Vikram Seth - India
▼ Charles Simic - USA
► Charles Simic - USA
▼ Michael Symmons Roberts - United Kingdom
► Michael Symmons Roberts - United Kingdom
PELT (Pelt)
JAIRUS (Jairus)
FOX IN A MAN SUIT (Fox in a Man Suit)
▼ Anitha Thampi - India
► Anitha Thampi - India
▼ Truong Tran - USA
► Truong Tran - USA
▼ Jessica L. Wilkinson - Australia
► Jessica L. Wilkinson - Australia
▼ Rosalie Wilson - Zimbabwe
► Rosalie Wilson - Zimbabwe
A SPACE OF WAITING (A Space of Waiting)
▼ Jūkichi Yagi - Japan
► Jūkichi Yagi - Japan