“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)

“Wanting To Die” is a poem by Anne Sexton (born 9 November 1928 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA – died 4 October 1974 in Weston, Massachusetts, USA)

“Nostalgia” is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy (born 23 December 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland)

“Putting in the Seed” is a poem by Robert Frost (born 26 Mar 1874 in San Francisco, California, USA – died 29 Jan 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

“The Thing Is” is a poem by Ellen Bass (born 16 June 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

“Hymn to Eros” is a poem by Denise Levertov (born 24 Oct 1923 in Ilford, Essex, England, died 20 Dec 1997 in Seattle, Washington, USA)

“After the Loss of a Limb” is a poem by Elena Wilkinson — little bio information available. "After the Loss of a Limb" appeared in The Paris Review's Spring 1974 issue. The contributor's note at the time stated only that she lived in New York City.

“Nothing Gold” is a poem by Kim Addonizio (born 31 July 1954 in Washington, D.C., USA)

“Preface to a Twenty-Volume Suicide Note” is a poem by Amiri Baraka (born 7 Oct 1934 in Newark, NJ, USA – died 9 Jan 2014 in Newark, NJ, USA)

“A Blessing” is a poem by James Wright (born 13 Dec 1927 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, USA – died 25 Mar 1980 in NYC, New York, USA)

“They Sit Together on the Porch” is a poem by Wendell Berry (Born 5 Aug 1934 in Henry County, Kentucky)

“In a Dark Time” is a poem by Theodore Roethke (Born 25 May 1908 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA, died 1 Aug 1963 in Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA)

“The Encounter” is a poem by Louise Glück (born 22 Apr 1943 in NYC, New York, USA – died 13 Oct 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

“the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls” is a poem by Lord Byron (Born Oct 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; died Sept 3, 1962 in North Conway, New Hampshire, USA)

“She Walks in Beauty” is a poem by Lord Byron (Born Jan 22, 1788 in London, England; died Apr 19, 1824 in Missolonghi, Greece)

“She Walks in Beauty” is a poem by Lord Byron (Born Jan 22, 1788 in London, England; died Apr 19, 1824 in Missolonghi, Greece)