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

“Cleaning” by Kwame Dawes (born 28 July 1962 In Ghana. Happy birthday to him!)

“On the Pulse of Morning” by Maya Angelou (born 4 April 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA – died 28 May 2014 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)

“Warning” by Jenny Joseph (born 7 May 1932 in Birmingham, England – died 8 January 2018 in Swansea, Wales)

“Gaza” by Bill Manhire (born 27 December 1946 in Invercargill, New Zealand)

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

“The Quarrel” by Stanley Kunitz (born 29 July 1905 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA – died 14 May 2006 in New York City, New York, USA)

“Sacred Days” by Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953, Tuatapere, Southland, New Zealand)

“A Cradle Song” by William Butler Yeats (born 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland – died 28 January 1939 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France)

“He Pleaded Ignorance by Kobus Moolman (born on 29 March 1964 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa)

“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)