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

“Instead of Depression” by Andrea Faye Gibson (born on 13 August 1975 – died on 14 July 2025) 

“When We Are Weak” by R. S. Thomas (Born on 29 March 1913 in Cardiff, Wales, died on 25 Sept 2000 in Llanfairynghornwy, Wales).

“Why Do We Set The Table” by Nabeela Washington (Born in Birmingham, USA).

“This is the Dark Time My Love” by Martin Carter (Born on 07 June 1927 in Georgetown, British Guiana, died on 13 December 1997 in Georgetown, Guyana).

“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.)