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Street Market - by Jean Guthrie-Smith

{ Poem }

Here, under the awning of cotton,
/ Tomatoes are heaped in a flare
/ Of glossy red beauty, and rotten
/ Sick-sweet smells of fruit fill…

Human Chain - by Seamus Heaney

{ Poem }

for Terence Brown
/
/ Seeing the bags of meal passed hand to hand
/ In close-up by the aid workers, and soldiers
/ Firing over the…

Rabbie, Rabbie, Burning Bright - by W. N. Herbert

{ Poem }

Fae dregs o Daft Deys debt comes hame
and we gaither in depression’s wame
aa duty-crossed –
but Burns’s birthday is a flame
set tae Defrost.

The Cotter’s Saturday Night - by Robert Burns

{ Poem }

O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! / For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, / Long may…

Last Supper - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

She is getting good and ready to renounce
/ his sweet flesh.
/ Not just for lent. (For
/ Ever)
/ But meanwhile she is assembling the ingredients
/ for…

im delikatessenladen - by Ernst Jandl

{ Poem }

bitte geben sie mir eine maiwiesenkonserve etwas höher gelegen aber nicht zu
/ abschüssig so, daß man darauf noch sitzen kann.
/
/ nun,…

Grains of Rice - by Phan Van Tri

{ Poem }

They leave rice fields to travel far and wide:
/ who doesn’t count on them for sustenance?
/ Doffing their golden coats, they bask…

Eating Together - by Li-Young Lee

{ Poem }

In the steamer is the trout
/ seasoned with slivers of ginger.
/ two sprigs of green onion, and sesame oil.
/ We shall eat it…

To Eat of Meat Joyously - by Bertolt Brecht

{ Poem }

To eat of meat joyously, a juicy loin cut
/ And with the fresh-baked, fragrant rye bread
/ Chunks from the whole cheese, and…

Poetry in Hiligaynon - by Richard John Alayon

{ Poem }

‘Ne, please prepare
/ lunch
/ for we have a guest.
/ He was my companion
/ when I was still studying
/ the foolish ways of the town.
/
/ Tell…

Woman Selling Fruit - by Gabrielle DiLorenzo

{ Poem }

Her wares
/ adorn the front
/ of a mustard-yellow building
/ She scolds her grandson
/ and arranges mangos, bananas, ginger root
/ and grapes
/ in glorious disorder
/ She is tiny,
/ well-shaped,
/ piquant
/ as…

The Mitchells - by Les Murray

{ Poem }

I am seeing this: two men are sitting on a pole
/ they have dug a hole for and will, after dinner,…

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