“The War in the Air” by Howard Nemerov (Born 29 Feb 1920 in New York City, United States; died 5 Jul 1991 in Burlington, United States)

“Sun to God” by Ladan Osman (Born 1986 in Mogadishu, Somalia)

“Soldier’s Dream” by Wilfred Owen (Born on 18 March 1893 in Oswestry, England, died on 4 November 1918 in Ors, France).

“Memorial Day for the War Dead” by Yehuda Amichai (Born: 3 May 1924, in Würzburg, Germany— Died: 22 Sept 2000 in Jerusalem, Israel)

“The Last Thing” by Ada Limón (born 28 March 1976, Sonoma, California, United States).

“The End and the Beginning” by Wisława Szymborska (Born 2 July 1923, Prowent—now part of Kórnik, Second Polish Republic, Died 1 February 2012, Kraków, Poland)

“from ‘War poem’” by Warsan Shire (born in 1988 in Nairobi, Kenya.)

“Bluebird” by Charles Bukowski (Born: 16 August 1920, Andernach, Germany — Died: 9 March 1994, Sa Pedro, USA, aged 73)

“Fire” by Rethabile Masilo (Born: 20 June 1961, Morija, Lesotho)

“Men” by Maya Angelou (Born: 4 April 1928, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. — Died: 28 May 2014, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.)

“Midnight in Early Spring” by W. S. Merwin (Born: 30 September 1927, New York City, New York, U.S.—Died: 15 March 2019, Maui, Hawaii, U.S.)

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost (Born: 26 March 1874, San Francisco, California, U.S.—Died: 29 January 1963, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.)

“Wanting to Die” by Anne Sexton (born Nov 9, 1928, Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.—died Oct 4, 1974, Weston, Massachusetts)

“Witness” by Ellen Rowland (She is described as a contemporary poet and writer living with her family on a small island in Greece)

“First They Came” by Martin Niemöller (born 14 January 1892, Lippstadt, Germany — died 6 March 1984, Wiesbaden, Germany)

“Season’s Wishes” are in order. May this year-end take away the misery of war and bring us a joyous life of peace.

“Tell Me” by The Rev. Ms. Julia Carter Aldrich (b: 1930, Webster Groves, Missouri — d: 21 June 2020, Cummington, Massachusetts)

“Sailing to Byzantium” by W. B. Yeats (born 13 June 1865, Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland — died 28 January 1939, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France)

“The Artist Orpheus” by Donald Justice (12 August 1925 – 6 August 2004 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States)

“Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa (born 29 April 1947 in Bogalusa, Louisiana, United States)