“A Song in the Frontyard” by Gwendolyn Brooks (born 7 June 1917 in Topeka, Kansas, USA – died 3 December 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, USA).

“When?” by Albino Pierro (born 19 November 1916 in Tursi, Basilicata, Italy – died 23 March 1995 in Rome, Italy).

“Haunted Importantly” by Jack Gilbert (born 18 February 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA – died 13 November 2012 in Berkeley, California, USA).

“When?” by Albino Pierro (born 19 November 1916 in Tursi, Basilicata, Italy – died 23 March 1995 in Rome, Italy).

“My Grandmother’s Love Letters” by Harold Hart Crane (21 July 1899 – 27 April 1932)

“December” by Sihle Ntuli (born in KwaMashu, South Africa, in 1990)

“Anguish Longer Than Sorrow” by Keorapetse William Kgositsile (born 19 September 1938 in Johannesburg, South Africa – died 3 January 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa).

“Nothing” by Jorge Carrera Andrade (born 18 Sept 1902 in Quito, Ecuador – died 7 Nov 1978 in Quito, Ecuador).

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

“The Bay” by Fiona Zerbst (born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1969).

“The Mountain” by Elizabeth Bishop (born 8 February 1911 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA – died 6 October 1979 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA).

“Prayer” by Carol Ann Duffy (born 23 December 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland)

“Prayer” by Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 23 November 1965 in Glen Cove, New York, USA)

“September” by Jennifer Michael Hecht (born 23 November 1965 in Glen Cove, New York, USA)

“Words Against the Clouds” by Breyten Breytenbach (born 16 Sept 1939 in Bonnievale, South Africa – died 24 Nov 2024 in Paris, France).

“Dig” by Vonani Bila (born 1972 in Shirley village, Limpopo province, South Africa)

“America Is A Gun” by Brian Bilston is the pen name of Paul Millicheap (born in Birmingham, England).

“In a Country Church” by R. S. Thomas (born 29 March 1913 in Cardiff, Wales – died 25 September 2000 in Pentrefelin, Wales)

“In Your Presence” by David Mandessi Diop (born 9 July 1927 in Bordeaux, France – died 29 August 1960 in the Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, Senegal, in a plane crash)

“If This Life Is All We Have” by Dennis Brutus (born 28 November 1924 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia [now Harare, Zimbabwe] – died 26 December 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa).