“When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats (born 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland – died 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France)

“For Virginia Chavez” by Lorna Dee Cervantes (born 6 August 1954 in San Francisco, California, USA)

“Silet” by Ezra Pound (born 30 Oct 1885 in Hailey, Idaho, USA – died 1 Nov 1972 in Venice, Italy)

“Janice’s Poem by Rethabile Masilo (born 1961 in Morija, Maseru, Lesotho)

“Drink Your Tea by Thich Nhat Hanh (born 11 Oct 1926 in Quảng Ngãi Province, Vietnam – died 22 Jan 2022 in Huế, Vietnam)

“Thanks by W.S. Merwin (born 30 September 1927 in New York City, NY, USA – died 15 March 2019 in Haiku, Hawaii, USA)

“The Funeral by Donald Hall (born 20 Sept 1928 in Hamden, Connecticut, USA – died 23 June 2018 in Wilmot, New Hampshire, USA)

“My drought land by Kelwyn Sole (born 1951 in Johannesburg, South Africa)

“The Harlem Dancer” is a poem by Claude McKay (born 15 Sept 1889 in Nairne Castle, Jamaica, British West Indies – died 22 May 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, USA)

“This Is What You Shall Do” is a poem by Walt Whitman (born 31 May 1819 in West Hills, New York, USA – died 26 March 1892 in Camden, New Jersey, USA)

“The Old Boat” is a poem by Michael Cope (born 1952 in Cape Town, South Africa)

“Remember” is a poem by Joy Harjo (born on 9 May 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)

“Recreation” is a poem by Audre Lorde (born 18 Feb 1934 in New York City, New York, USA – died 17 Nov 1992 in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands)

“Upon Reading Facts About The Moon” is a poem by Rethabile Masilo (born 20 June 1961 in Morija, Lesotho)

“Facts About The Moon” is a poem by Dorianne Laux (born 1952 in Augusta, Maine, USA)

“Manenburg” is a poem by Abigail George (born in 1979 in Port Elizabeth, now Gqeberha, South Africa)

“Allegro” is a poem by Tomas Tranströmer (born 15 April 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden – died 26 March 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden)

“Adolescence-II” is a poem by Rita Dove (born 28 August 1952 in Akron, Ohio, USA)

“Meanwhile” is a poem by Jack Gilbert (born 18 February 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA – died 13 November 2012 in Berkeley, California, USA)

“Traveling Through The Dark” is a poem by William Stafford (born 17 Jan 1914 in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA – died 28 Aug 1993 in Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA)