“Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden (born 4 Aug 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, USA – died 25 Feb 1980 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA)

“Bachata” by Geoffrey Philp (born 1958 in Kingston, Jamaica) — Jamaican-American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. A major influence on me.

“i carry your heart with me” E. E. Cummings (born 14 Oct 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA – died 3 Sept 1962 in Madison, New Hampshire, USA)

“Come to me his blood” by Martha Rhodes (born in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American poet, teacher, and publisher.

“Killing” by Rethabile Masilo (born on 20 June 1961 in Morija, Lesotho. Lives in Paris, France)

“Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas (born 27 October 1914 in Swansea, Wales – died 9 November 1953 in New York City, USA)

“Death in Detention” by Chris Van Wyk (born 19 July 1957 in Soweto, Johannesburg – died 3 October 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa)

“The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski (born 16 August 1920 in Andernach, Germany – died 9 March 1994 in San Pedro, California, USA)

“Murder of Buddha” by M. A. Nuhman (born 10 August 1944 in Kalmunaikudi, Amparai District, Sri Lanka)

“Acquainted With The Night” by Robert Frost (born 26 March 1874 in San Francisco, California, USA – died 29 January 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

“The Boy Child” by Abigail George (born in 1979) — South African poet, writer, essayist, blogger, and short-story writer from Gqeberha, South Africa.

“Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes (1901–1967) — American poet, novelist, playwright, and social activist.

“A Poem for the Innocents” by Geoffrey Philp (born 1958 in Jamaica) — poet and writer living in Miami.

“Approaching Acheron Passage From the Open Sea” by Claire Beynon (born 1960) — South African-born NZ poet, visual artist, writer, and interdisciplinary researcher — lives in Ōtepoti (Dunedin), NZ.

“If You Are Lucky” by Michelle McGrane (born on 23 August 1974 in Mutare, Zimbabwe — called Rhodesia then)

“Gericault's Letter to Nietzsche” by William Walrond Strangmeyer (born in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1945 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he went to Rutgers University)

“on viewing the grave of my infant brother” by Peter Midgley (born 1964 in Namibia) — Namibian-Canadian writer, editor, and translator.

“Evening Hawk” by Robert Penn Warren (born 24 April 1905 in Guthrie, Kentucky, USA – died 15 September 1989 in Stratton, Vermont, USA)

“Journey” by Leopoldo Lugones (born 13 June 1874 in Villa de María del Río Seco, Argentina – died 18 February 1938 in Tigre, Argentina)

“Summer” by Rethabile Masilo (born in Morija, Lesotho, on 20 June 1961)