“Sonnet—Ballad” by Gwendolyn Brooks (born in Topeka, Kansas on 7 June 1917. Died on 3 December 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, USA).

“So Now What?” by Abigail George (Born in 1979 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa).

“You Reading This, Be Ready” by William Stafford (Born on 17 January 1914 in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States, died on 28 August 1993 in Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States).

“The War in the Air” by Howard Nemerov (Born 29 Feb 1920, died 26 July 1991).

“Somehow We Survive” by Dennis Brutus (Born 28 Nov 1924 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, died 26 Dec 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa).

“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)