“If I Must Die” is a poem by Refaat Alareer (born 23 Sept 1979 in Gaza City, Palestine – died 6 Dec 2023 in Gaza City, Palestine)

“To The One Upstairs” is a poem by Charles Simic (born 9 May 1938 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia – died 9 Jan 2023 in Dover, New Hampshire, USA)

“Frederick Douglass” is a poem by Robert Hayden (born on 4 Aug 1913 in Detroit, Michigan, USA, and died on 25 Feb 1980 in Ann Arbor, Michigan)

“Considering The Snail” is a poem by Thom Gunn (born 29 Aug 1929 in Gravesend, Kent, England – died 25 Apr 2004 in San Francisco, California, USA)

“When Death Comes” is a poem by Mary Oliver (born 10 Sept 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA – died 17 Jan 2019 in Hobe Sound, Florida, USA)

“Wellwater” is a poem by Karen Solie (born 1966 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada)

“Wristwatch” is a poem by Ron Padgett (born 17 June 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)

“The Other Option” is a poem by Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, writerand poet-in-residence with SpokenWord Paris.

“Hibernal” is a poem by Babette Deutsch (born 22 Sept 1895 in NYC, USA – died 13 Nov 1982 in NYC, USA)

“About The Teeth Of Sharks” is a poem by John Ciardi (born 24 June 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA – died 30 March 1986 in Edison, NJ, USA)

“What Lips My Lips Have Kissed” is a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay (born 22 Feb 1892 in Rockland, Maine, USA – died 19 Oct 1950 in Austerlitz, NY, USA)

“The Word That Is A Prayer” is a poem by Ellery Akers (born 1950 in New York City, New York, USA)

“A Radio With Guts” is a poem by Charles Bukowski (born 16 August 1920 in Andernach, Germany – died 9 March 1994 in San Pedro, California, USA)

The rebellious link on “Kingdom of Rats” has been fixed. Enjoy the poem.

“Kingdom of Rats” is a poem by Rustum Kozain (born in August 1966 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa)

“Kumina” is a poem by Kamau Brathwaite (born 11 May 1930 in Bridgetown, Barbados – died 4 February 2020 in Barbados)

“The Orange” is a poem by Wendy Cope (Born 21 July 1945 in Erith, Kent, England)

“The Dance of Death” is a poem by Charles Baudelaire (born 9 Apr 1821 in Paris, France – died 31 Aug 1867 in Paris, France)

“The Wild Swans at Coole” is a poem by W. B. Yeats (born 13 Jun 1865 in Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland – died 28 Jan 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France)

“On Friday Night With The Mood Up” is a poem by Rethabile Masilo (born 1961 in Morija, Lesotho)