Poetry List

 African poems

Nigeria

  1. Abiku — Wole Soyinka
  2. Telephone Conversation — Wole Soyinka
  3. The Road — Wole Soyinka
  4. Night — Wole Soyinka
  5. A Quality of Mercy — Wole Soyinka
  6. Dedication — Wole Soyinka
  7. Idanre — Wole Soyinka
  8. Civilian and Soldier — Wole Soyinka
  9. The Apotheosis of Master Sergeant Doe — Wole Soyinka
  10. Massacre, October '66 — Wole Soyinka
  11. Easter Dawn — Wole Soyinka
  12. The Beginning of the End — Wole Soyinka
  13. Season — Wole Soyinka
  14. After the Deluge — Wole Soyinka
  15. Procession I — Hanging Day — Wole Soyinka
  16. In the Small Hours — Wole Soyinka
  17. Death in the Dawn — Wole Soyinka
  18. A Dance of the Forests — Wole Soyinka
  19. O Roots! — Wole Soyinka
  20. I Think It Rains — Wole Soyinka
  21. Heavensgate — Christopher Okigbo
  22. The Passage — Christopher Okigbo
  23. Sacrifice — Christopher Okigbo
  24. The Labyrinth — Christopher Okigbo
  25. Silences — Christopher Okigbo
  26. The Anvil and the Hammer — Christopher Okigbo
  27. Harrow — Christopher Okigbo
  28. Idoto — Christopher Okigbo
  29. Limits — Christopher Okigbo
  30. Elegy for Alto — Christopher Okigbo
  31. Path of Thunder — Christopher Okigbo
  32. Come Thunder — Christopher Okigbo
  33. Hurrah for Thunder — Christopher Okigbo
  34. Elegy for Slit Drum — Christopher Okigbo
  35. Stars — Christopher Okigbo
  36. The Casualties — J. P. Clark
  37. Streamside Exchange — J. P. Clark
  38. Ibadan — J. P. Clark
  39. Night Rain — J. P. Clark
  40. Fulani Cattle — J. P. Clark
  41. The Beckoning of a Road — J. P. Clark
  42. The Dining Table — J. P. Clark
  43. Olokun — J. P. Clark
  44. Abiku — J. P. Clark
  45. Of Sleep and the Forgotten — J. P. Clark
  46. To a Fallen Soldier — J. P. Clark
  47. The Vultures — David Diop
  48. Night of Sine — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  49. The Good Man — Gabriel Okara
  50. The Call of the River Nun — Gabriel Okara
  51. Piano and Drums — Gabriel Okara
  52. Once Upon a Time — Gabriel Okara
  53. You Laughed and Laughed — Gabriel Okara
  54. Were I to Choose — Gabriel Okara
  55. The Mystic Drum — Gabriel Okara
  56. The Snowflakes Sail Gently Down — Gabriel Okara
  57. The Fisherman's Invocation — Gabriel Okara
  58. Abiku — John Pepper Clark
  59. Ambush — Gbemisola Adeoti
  60. The Leader and the Led — Niyi Osundare
  61. The Eye of the Earth — Niyi Osundare
  62. The Rocks Rose to Meet Me — Niyi Osundare
  63. They Too Are the Earth — Niyi Osundare
  64. Not My Business — Niyi Osundare
  65. The Carpenter's Complaint — Niyi Osundare
  66. The Word Is an Egg — Niyi Osundare
  67. Harvestcall — Niyi Osundare
  68. Forest Echoes — Niyi Osundare
  69. A Song for Ajegunle — Niyi Osundare
  70. The Crocodile — Niyi Osundare
  71. The Rainmaker — Niyi Osundare
  72. My Name — Niyi Osundare
  73. The Fulani Have Come — Niyi Osundare
  74. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes — Niyi Osundare
  75. Poetry Is — Niyi Osundare
  76. The Politician's Speech — Niyi Osundare
  77. The Cathedral — Tanure Ojaide
  78. The Fate of Vultures — Tanure Ojaide
  79. Delta Blues — Tanure Ojaide
  80. The Activist — Tanure Ojaide
  81. When Green Was the Lingua Franca — Tanure Ojaide
  82. The Endless Song — Tanure Ojaide
  83. I Sing of Change — Tanure Ojaide
  84. The Labyrinth of the Delta — Tanure Ojaide
  85. The Village — Tanure Ojaide
  86. The Mangrove — Tanure Ojaide
  87. The African Way — Tanure Ojaide
  88. The Warri Landscape — Tanure Ojaide
  89. The Mother — Kofi Awoonor
  90. The Cathedral — Kofi Awoonor
  91. The Anvil and the Hammer — Kofi Awoonor
  92. Songs of Sorrow — Kofi Awoonor
  93. The Weaver Bird — Kofi Awoonor
  94. The Sea Eats the Land at Home — Kofi Awoonor
  95. The Journey Beyond — Kofi Awoonor
  96. A Sad Song for the City — Kofi Awoonor
  97. Hunger — Kofi Awoonor
  98. The House by the Sea — Kofi Awoonor
  99. A Colloquy of the Dead — Kofi Awoonor
  100. The Lagoon — Kofi Awoonor

Ghana

  1. The Awakening — Atukwei Okai
  2. The Merry-Go-Round — Atukwei Okai
  3. The Executioner's Dream — Atukwei Okai
  4. The Seventh Sense — Atukwei Okai
  5. The Beast — Atukwei Okai
  6. The Stool — Atukwei Okai
  7. The Dilemma of a Ghost — Ama Ata Aidoo
  8. The Message — Atukwei Okai
  9. A Song for the African Woman — Atukwei Okai
  10. The Carpenter — Atukwei Okai
  11. The Lost Fisherman — Atukwei Okai
  12. The Ghanaian — Atukwei Okai
  13. The Palmwine Drinkard — Amos Tutuola
  14. The Ananse Story — Efua Sutherland
  15. The Song of the Women — Kofi Awoonor
  16. The Weaver Bird — Kofi Awoonor
  17. Rediscovery — Kofi Awoonor
  18. The Cathedral — Kofi Awoonor
  19. The Sea Eats the Land at Home — Kofi Awoonor
  20. Songs of Sorrow — Kofi Awoonor
  21. The House by the Sea — Kofi Awoonor
  22. Hunger — Kofi Awoonor
  23. The Mother — Kofi Awoonor
  24. The Anvil and the Hammer — Kofi Awoonor
  25. A Sad Song for the City — Kofi Awoonor
  26. The Lagoon — Kofi Awoonor
  27. The Journey Beyond — Kofi Awoonor
  28. The Cathedral and Other Poems — Kofi Awoonor
  29. The Promise of the Land — Kofi Awoonor
  30. The African Child — Kofi Awoonor

South Africa

  1. Africa My Beginning — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  2. Sounds of a Cowhide Drum — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  3. The Master of the House — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  4. The Wagon — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  5. Nightfall in Soweto — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  6. Boy on a Swing — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  7. An Abandoned Bundle — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  8. The Birth of a Son — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  9. The Woman of the House — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  10. The Dying Child — Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
  11. To Whom It May Concern — Mongane Wally Serote
  12. For Don M. Mattera — Mongane Wally Serote
  13. City Johannesburg — Mongane Wally Serote
  14. A Sleeping Black Boy — Mongane Wally Serote
  15. The Actual Dialogue — Mongane Wally Serote
  16. Ofay-Watcher Looks Back — Mongane Wally Serote
  17. A Tree Is a Tree — Mongane Wally Serote
  18. The Night Keeps Winking — Mongane Wally Serote
  19. Alexandra — Mongane Wally Serote
  20. For Don M—Mattera — Mongane Wally Serote
  21. A Sleeping Black Boy — Mongane Wally Serote
  22. Somehow We Survive — Mongane Wally Serote
  23. The Answer — Mongane Wally Serote
  24. The Day Shall Dawn — Mongane Wally Serote
  25. In Detention — Chris van Wyk
  26. A Rose Named June — Chris van Wyk
  27. The Coffin — Chris van Wyk
  28. Poem — Chris van Wyk
  29. The Boer — Chris van Wyk
  30. To Learn How to Speak — Chris van Wyk
  31. Nothing's Changed — Tatamkhulu Afrika
  32. The Innocent — Tatamkhulu Afrika
  33. A Rose in Winter — Tatamkhulu Afrika
  34. The Prisoner — Tatamkhulu Afrika
  35. The Dun-Coloured Man — Tatamkhulu Afrika
  36. The Cardboard Box — Tatamkhulu Afrika
  37. Remember — Christel Steyn
  38. The Child Is Not Dead — Ingrid Jonker
  39. The Dead Child — Ingrid Jonker
  40. The Ballad of the Simons Town Six — Ingrid Jonker
  41. The Smell of Apples — Ingrid Jonker
  42. The Seagull — Ingrid Jonker
  43. The Painter — Ingrid Jonker
  44. The Blue Sea — Ingrid Jonker
  45. Black Dog — Breyten Breytenbach
  46. The Iron Cow — Breyten Breytenbach
  47. Prisoner of the Sun — Breyten Breytenbach
  48. The House of the Deaf — Breyten Breytenbach
  49. I Come from the Land — Breyten Breytenbach
  50. The Hand of the Artist — Breyten Breytenbach
  51. A Life — Dennis Brutus
  52. Nightsong: City — Dennis Brutus
  53. Somehow We Survive — Dennis Brutus
  54. The Sounds of a City — Dennis Brutus
  55. A Common Hate Enveloped Them — Dennis Brutus
  56. You Laughed at the Dead — Dennis Brutus
  57. For My Daughter — Dennis Brutus
  58. Letters to Martha — Dennis Brutus
  59. Sirens, Knuckles, Boots — Dennis Brutus
  60. The Child — Dennis Brutus
  61. To the White Youth — Dennis Brutus
  62. A Simple Lust — Dennis Brutus
  63. The Road to Robben Island — Dennis Brutus
  64. After a Long Silence — Dennis Brutus
  65. The House of Hunger — Dambudzo Marechera
  66. The Last Poets — Dambudzo Marechera
  67. Sunrise — Keorapetse Kgositsile
  68. For Don M. Mattera — Keorapetse Kgositsile
  69. My Name — Keorapetse Kgositsile
  70. If You Want to Know Me — Keorapetse Kgositsile

Senegal

  1. Black Woman — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  2. Night of Sine — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  3. Prayer to Masks — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  4. In Memoriam — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  5. I Will Pronounce Your Name, Naett — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  6. Joal — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  7. The Dead Woman — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  8. New York — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  9. Elegy of the Earth — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  10. Totem — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  11. Femme noire — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  12. Congo — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  13. To New York — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  14. In Memoriam — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  15. The Lion's Share — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  16. Ethiopia — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  17. The Prayer of Peace — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  18. Song of the Nomad — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  19. Masque Noir — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  20. Letter to a Black Poet — Léopold Sédar Senghor

Cameroon

  1. The New Africa — David Mandessi Diop
  2. Africa — David Mandessi Diop
  3. The Vultures — David Mandessi Diop
  4. A Poem to My Mother — David Mandessi Diop
  5. Africa, My Africa — David Mandessi Diop
  6. The Renegade — David Mandessi Diop
  7. Those Who Died for Freedom — David Mandessi Diop
  8. The White Man's Burden — David Mandessi Diop
  9. The Time of the Martyr — David Mandessi Diop
  10. The Winds of Change — David Mandessi Diop
  11. The Negro's Night — David Mandessi Diop
  12. To the Black Woman — David Mandessi Diop
  13. A Prayer for the Black Man — David Mandessi Diop
  14. The African — David Mandessi Diop
  15. The Ancestors — David Mandessi Diop
  16. The Slave — David Mandessi Diop
  17. The Warrior — David Mandessi Diop
  18. The Return — David Mandessi Diop
  19. The Motherland — David Mandessi Diop
  20. The New Day — David Mandessi Diop

Kenya

  1. Song of Lawino — Okot p'Bitek
  2. Song of Ocol — Okot p'Bitek
  3. Song of Prisoner — Okot p'Bitek
  4. Song of Malaya — Okot p'Bitek
  5. Song of Soldier — Okot p'Bitek
  6. Song of a Woman — Okot p'Bitek
  7. Song of the Homeless — Okot p'Bitek
  8. Song of the Prostitute — Okot p'Bitek
  9. Song of a Bachelor — Okot p'Bitek
  10. Song of the Popular Revolution — Okot p'Bitek
  11. If We Must Die — Jared Angira
  12. The Tourist — Jared Angira
  13. A Kenyan's Homecoming — Jared Angira
  14. The Alarmist — Jared Angira
  15. My Father's Land — Jared Angira
  16. The African Child — Jared Angira
  17. The Return — Jared Angira
  18. The Writer — Jared Angira
  19. The Prisoner — Jared Angira
  20. The City — Jared Angira
  21. A Freedom Song — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
  22. A Meeting in the Dark — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
  23. Coming Home — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
  24. The Lost Child — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
  25. The New Dawn — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
  26. The Journey — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
  27. The Stranger — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
  28. The Village — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
  29. The Return Home — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
  30. The Family — Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye

Uganda

  1. Song of Lawino — Okot p'Bitek
  2. Song of Ocol — Okot p'Bitek
  3. Song of Prisoner — Okot p'Bitek
  4. Song of Malaya — Okot p'Bitek
  5. Song of Soldier — Okot p'Bitek
  6. Song of a Woman — Okot p'Bitek
  7. Song of the Prostitute — Okot p'Bitek
  8. Song of the Homeless — Okot p'Bitek
  9. Song of the Popular Revolution — Okot p'Bitek
  10. Song of a Bachelor — Okot p'Bitek
  11. Africa's Tortured Heart — Okot p'Bitek
  12. The Graceful Grass — Okot p'Bitek
  13. The Rains Come — Okot p'Bitek
  14. The Orphan — Okot p'Bitek
  15. The Old Man — Okot p'Bitek
  16. The New Man — Okot p'Bitek
  17. The Teacher — Okot p'Bitek
  18. The Politician — Okot p'Bitek
  19. The Missionary — Okot p'Bitek
  20. The Traditionalist — Okot p'Bitek

Zimbabwe

  1. The True African — Musaemura Zimunya
  2. The Migrant — Musaemura Zimunya
  3. Night Shift — Musaemura Zimunya
  4. The Old Woman — Musaemura Zimunya
  5. The Traveller — Musaemura Zimunya
  6. The Ancestors — Musaemura Zimunya
  7. The City — Musaemura Zimunya
  8. The Village — Musaemura Zimunya
  9. The Return — Musaemura Zimunya
  10. The Journey — Musaemura Zimunya
  11. Poem — Dambudzo Marechera
  12. The House of Hunger — Dambudzo Marechera
  13. The Last Poets — Dambudzo Marechera
  14. Black Sunlight — Dambudzo Marechera
  15. The Alley — Dambudzo Marechera
  16. The Writer — Dambudzo Marechera
  17. The City — Dambudzo Marechera
  18. The Dead — Dambudzo Marechera
  19. The Prisoner — Dambudzo Marechera
  20. The Journey — Dambudzo Marechera

Tanzania

  1. The Wonderful Sounds — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  2. The African Child — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  3. The Journey — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  4. The Old Man — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  5. The Village — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  6. The City — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  7. The Stranger — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  8. The Death of the Poet — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  9. The New Dawn — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  10. The Prisoner — Euphrase Kezilahabi
  11. The Song of the Fisherman — Shaaban Robert
  12. The African — Shaaban Robert
  13. The Wanderer — Shaaban Robert
  14. The Traveller — Shaaban Robert
  15. The Motherland — Shaaban Robert
  16. The Poet — Shaaban Robert
  17. The Child — Shaaban Robert
  18. The Ocean — Shaaban Robert
  19. The Night — Shaaban Robert
  20. The Morning — Shaaban Robert

Egypt

  1. The Nile — Ahmed Shawqi
  2. The Egyptian — Ahmed Shawqi
  3. The School — Ahmed Shawqi
  4. The Poet and the King — Ahmed Shawqi
  5. The Birth of the Prophet — Ahmed Shawqi
  6. Farewell to the Nile — Ahmed Shawqi
  7. The Prisoner — Ahmed Shawqi
  8. The Lion and the Fox — Ahmed Shawqi
  9. The Arab Woman — Hafez Ibrahim
  10. Egypt Speaks for Herself — Hafez Ibrahim
  11. The Nile — Hafez Ibrahim
  12. The Egyptian Woman — Hafez Ibrahim
  13. The Mother — Hafez Ibrahim
  14. The Poet — Hafez Ibrahim
  15. The Nation — Hafez Ibrahim
  16. Don't Blame Me — Amal Dunqul
  17. The Last Words of Spartacus — Amal Dunqul
  18. The Stone — Amal Dunqul
  19. The Horse — Amal Dunqul
  20. The Notebook of a Man Who Died Twice — Amal Dunqul
  21. Against Reconciliation — Amal Dunqul
  22. The Children of the Stones — Amal Dunqul
  23. The Burial of the Moon — Amal Dunqul
  24. The New Colossus — Ahmed Rami
  25. The Poet's Heart — Ahmed Rami

Algeria

  1. The Martyrs — Jean Sénac
  2. Algeria — Jean Sénac
  3. The Homeland — Jean Sénac
  4. The Sun — Jean Sénac
  5. The City — Jean Sénac
  6. The Sea — Jean Sénac
  7. The Prisoner — Jean Sénac
  8. The Dead — Jean Sénac
  9. The Revolution — Jean Sénac
  10. The Return — Jean Sénac
  11. The Algerian Woman — Jean Sénac
  12. The People — Jean Sénac
  13. The Mountain — Jean Sénac
  14. The Night — Jean Sénac
  15. The Morning — Jean Sénac

Morocco

  1. The Blind Owl — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
  2. The Body and the Place — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
  3. The Return — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
  4. The Mountain — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
  5. The Earth — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
  6. The Village — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
  7. The Stranger — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
  8. The Poet — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
  9. The Sun — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
  10. The Journey — Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine

Tunisia

  1. The Will — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
  2. To the Tyrants of the World — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
  3. The Song of the Prometheus — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
  4. The Poet's Heart — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
  5. Life — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
  6. The Dawn — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
  7. The People — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
  8. The Mountain — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
  9. The Road — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
  10. The Homeland — Aboul-Qacem Echebbi

Sudan

  1. The Return of Sinbad — Muhammad al-Fayturi
  2. The Song of Africa — Muhammad al-Fayturi
  3. To My Mother — Muhammad al-Fayturi
  4. The Stranger — Muhammad al-Fayturi
  5. The Black Face — Muhammad al-Fayturi
  6. Africa — Muhammad al-Fayturi
  7. The Lover of Africa — Muhammad al-Fayturi
  8. The Gypsy — Muhammad al-Fayturi
  9. The Traveller — Muhammad al-Fayturi
  10. The Return — Muhammad al-Fayturi

Ethiopia

  1. The Song of the Land — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  2. Ethiopia — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  3. The Black Man — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  4. The Nile — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  5. The Warrior — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  6. The Motherland — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  7. The Ancestors — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  8. The Lion — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  9. The Mountain — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
  10. The Road — Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin

Somalia / Somali Poets

  1. The Death of a Tree — Hadraawi
  2. The Camel and the Man — Hadraawi
  3. The Poet — Hadraawi
  4. The Homeland — Hadraawi
  5. The Journey — Hadraawi
  6. The Stranger — Hadraawi
  7. The People — Hadraawi
  8. The Sea — Hadraawi
  9. The Woman — Hadraawi
  10. The Nation — Hadraawi
  11. My Country — Hadraawi
  12. The Freedom Song — Hadraawi
  13. The Warrior — Hadraawi
  14. The Mother — Hadraawi
  15. The Road — Hadraawi
  16. The Land — Hadraawi
  17. The Return — Hadraawi
  18. The Dawn — Hadraawi
  19. The Night — Hadraawi
  20. The Future — Hadraawi

Botswana

  1. The African Woman — Bessie Head
  2. The Village — Bessie Head
  3. The Stranger — Bessie Head
  4. The Rain — Bessie Head
  5. The Road — Bessie Head
  6. The Land — Bessie Head
  7. The Mother — Bessie Head
  8. The Child — Bessie Head
  9. The Journey — Bessie Head
  10. The People — Bessie Head

Malawi

  1. The Lake — Jack Mapanje
  2. Of Chameleons and Gods — Jack Mapanje
  3. The Country — Jack Mapanje
  4. The Prisoner — Jack Mapanje
  5. The Village — Jack Mapanje
  6. The Dictator — Jack Mapanje
  7. The Road — Jack Mapanje
  8. The Child — Jack Mapanje
  9. The Journey — Jack Mapanje
  10. The Stranger — Jack Mapanje

Zambia

  1. The Land of My Birth — Dominic Mulaisho
  2. The African Child — Dominic Mulaisho
  3. The Village — Dominic Mulaisho
  4. The Road — Dominic Mulaisho
  5. The Traveller — Dominic Mulaisho
  6. The Motherland — Dominic Mulaisho
  7. The People — Dominic Mulaisho
  8. The River — Dominic Mulaisho
  9. The Mountain — Dominic Mulaisho
  10. The New Dawn — Dominic Mulaisho

Sierra Leone

  1. The Palm Tree — Thomas Decker
  2. The African Child — Thomas Decker
  3. The Land — Thomas Decker
  4. The Village — Thomas Decker
  5. The Mother — Thomas Decker
  6. The Traveller — Thomas Decker
  7. The Sea — Thomas Decker
  8. The Road — Thomas Decker
  9. The Homeland — Thomas Decker
  10. The People — Thomas Decker

Liberia

  1. The Negro Speaks of Rivers — Roland T. Dempster
  2. Africa — Roland T. Dempster
  3. The Homeland — Roland T. Dempster
  4. The African Child — Roland T. Dempster
  5. The Village — Roland T. Dempster
  6. The River — Roland T. Dempster
  7. The Mother — Roland T. Dempster
  8. The Traveller — Roland T. Dempster
  9. The Road — Roland T. Dempster
  10. The People — Roland T. Dempster

Côte d'Ivoire

  1. The Black Woman — Bernard Dadié
  2. Africa — Bernard Dadié
  3. The Homeland — Bernard Dadié
  4. The Mother — Bernard Dadié
  5. The Village — Bernard Dadié
  6. The River — Bernard Dadié
  7. The People — Bernard Dadié
  8. The Traveller — Bernard Dadié
  9. The Road — Bernard Dadié
  10. The New Africa — Bernard Dadié

Benin

  1. The Song of the Slave — Félix Couchoro
  2. The African Woman — Félix Couchoro
  3. The Homeland — Félix Couchoro
  4. The Village — Félix Couchoro
  5. The Mother — Félix Couchoro
  6. The River — Félix Couchoro
  7. The Traveller — Félix Couchoro
  8. The Road — Félix Couchoro
  9. The People — Félix Couchoro
  10. The New Dawn — Félix Couchoro

Guinea

  1. Africa — Camara Laye
  2. The Black Child — Camara Laye
  3. The Mother — Camara Laye
  4. The River — Camara Laye
  5. The Homeland — Camara Laye
  6. The Village — Camara Laye
  7. The Road — Camara Laye
  8. The Traveller — Camara Laye
  9. The People — Camara Laye
  10. The New Dawn — Camara Laye

Mozambique

  1. The Song of the Portuguese — José Craveirinha
  2. I Am Africa — José Craveirinha
  3. Poem of the Future — José Craveirinha
  4. Hino à Minha Terra — José Craveirinha
  5. The Munhuana 69 — José Craveirinha
  6. The African Woman — José Craveirinha
  7. The Homeland — José Craveirinha
  8. The Prisoner — José Craveirinha
  9. The Warrior — José Craveirinha
  10. The Return — José Craveirinha
  11. The Song of the Road — Noémia de Sousa
  12. If You Want to Know Me — Noémia de Sousa
  13. Black Woman — Noémia de Sousa
  14. Poem of the Future — Noémia de Sousa
  15. To My Beautiful Sister — Noémia de Sousa
  16. The Song of the Black Woman — Noémia de Sousa
  17. The Homeland — Noémia de Sousa
  18. The Traveller — Noémia de Sousa
  19. The People — Noémia de Sousa
  20. The New Dawn — Noémia de Sousa

Angola

  1. The World of the Child — Agostinho Neto
  2. The Grief of Africa — Agostinho Neto
  3. The Black Woman — Agostinho Neto
  4. The Sacred Hope — Agostinho Neto
  5. To the Rhythm of the Heart — Agostinho Neto
  6. The Cry of Africa — Agostinho Neto
  7. The Bread of the People — Agostinho Neto
  8. The Homeland — Agostinho Neto
  9. The Road — Agostinho Neto
  10. The Prisoner — Agostinho Neto
  11. Goodbye at the Hour of Parting — Agostinho Neto
  12. The Sun — Agostinho Neto
  13. The River — Agostinho Neto
  14. The People — Agostinho Neto
  15. The Warrior — Agostinho Neto

Cape Verde

  1. You Who Are My Mother — Jorge Barbosa
  2. The Sea — Jorge Barbosa
  3. The Ship — Jorge Barbosa
  4. The Island — Jorge Barbosa
  5. The Homeland — Jorge Barbosa
  6. The Traveller — Jorge Barbosa
  7. The Return — Jorge Barbosa
  8. The Road — Jorge Barbosa
  9. The Fisherman — Jorge Barbosa
  10. The African — Jorge Barbosa
  11. The Song of the Sea — Eugénio Tavares
  12. The Island — Eugénio Tavares
  13. The Motherland — Eugénio Tavares
  14. The Traveller — Eugénio Tavares
  15. The Fisherman — Eugénio Tavares

Mauritius

  1. The Sea — Malcolm de Chazal
  2. The Island — Malcolm de Chazal
  3. The Sun — Malcolm de Chazal
  4. The Traveller — Malcolm de Chazal
  5. The Tree — Malcolm de Chazal
  6. The Ocean — Malcolm de Chazal
  7. The Bird — Malcolm de Chazal
  8. The Flower — Malcolm de Chazal
  9. The Road — Malcolm de Chazal
  10. The Earth — Malcolm de Chazal

Madagascar

  1. The Island — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
  2. The Dead City — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
  3. The Night — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
  4. The Sea — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
  5. The Traveller — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
  6. The Motherland — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
  7. The Moon — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
  8. The Road — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
  9. The Flower — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
  10. The Return — Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo

Namibia

  1. The Namibian — Joseph Diescho
  2. The Land — Joseph Diescho
  3. The People — Joseph Diescho
  4. The Freedom Fighter — Joseph Diescho
  5. The Road — Joseph Diescho
  6. The Homeland — Joseph Diescho
  7. The Mother — Joseph Diescho
  8. The Child — Joseph Diescho
  9. The Journey — Joseph Diescho
  10. The New Dawn — Joseph Diescho

Lesotho

  1. The Mountain Kingdom — Thomas Mofolo
  2. The Basotho — Thomas Mofolo
  3. The Mountain — Thomas Mofolo
  4. The River — Thomas Mofolo
  5. The Homeland — Thomas Mofolo
  6. The Warrior — Thomas Mofolo
  7. The Traveller — Thomas Mofolo
  8. The People — Thomas Mofolo
  9. The Road — Thomas Mofolo
  10. The Ancestors — Thomas Mofolo

Eswatini

  1. The Swazi Song — Sarah Mkhabela
  2. The Mountain — Sarah Mkhabela
  3. The River — Sarah Mkhabela
  4. The Homeland — Sarah Mkhabela
  5. The Mother — Sarah Mkhabela
  6. The Child — Sarah Mkhabela
  7. The People — Sarah Mkhabela
  8. The Road — Sarah Mkhabela
  9. The Traveller — Sarah Mkhabela
  10. The New Dawn — Sarah Mkhabela

African Diaspora / Pan-African Poets

  1. The Negro Speaks of Rivers — Langston Hughes
  2. I, Too — Langston Hughes
  3. The Weary Blues — Langston Hughes
  4. Mother to Son — Langston Hughes
  5. Harlem — Langston Hughes
  6. Theme for English B — Langston Hughes
  7. Dream Variations — Langston Hughes
  8. The Negro Mother — Langston Hughes
  9. Freedom's Plow — Langston Hughes
  10. The Ballad of the Landlord — Langston Hughes
  11. If We Must Die — Claude McKay
  12. America — Claude McKay
  13. The White House — Claude McKay
  14. To One Coming North — Claude McKay
  15. Harlem Shadows — Claude McKay
  16. Outcast — Claude McKay
  17. The Tropics in New York — Claude McKay
  18. Weep — Claude McKay
  19. To the White Fiends — Claude McKay
  20. Romance — Claude McKay
  21. Still I Rise — Maya Angelou
  22. Caged Bird — Maya Angelou
  23. Phenomenal Woman — Maya Angelou
  24. On the Pulse of Morning — Maya Angelou
  25. When You Come — Maya Angelou
  26. Alone — Maya Angelou
  27. Life Doesn't Frighten Me — Maya Angelou
  28. Equality — Maya Angelou
  29. Africa — Maya Angelou
  30. Touched by an Angel — Maya Angelou
  31. We Real Cool — Gwendolyn Brooks
  32. The Mother — Gwendolyn Brooks
  33. kitchenette building — Gwendolyn Brooks
  34. Beverly Hills, Chicago — Gwendolyn Brooks
  35. The Bean Eaters — Gwendolyn Brooks
  36. The Lovers of the Poor — Gwendolyn Brooks
  37. a song in the front yard — Gwendolyn Brooks
  38. The Ballad of Rudolph Reed — Gwendolyn Brooks
  39. To the Diaspora — Amiri Baraka
  40. Black Art — Amiri Baraka

More Major African Poets

  1. A Far Cry from Africa — Derek Walcott
  2. Ruins of a Great House — Derek Walcott
  3. The Sea Is History — Derek Walcott
  4. Love After Love — Derek Walcott
  5. The Schooner Flight — Derek Walcott
  6. Omeros — Derek Walcott
  7. A Lesson for This Sunday — Derek Walcott
  8. The Star-Apple Kingdom — Derek Walcott
  9. Names — Derek Walcott
  10. The Fortunate Traveller — Derek Walcott
  11. Hurricane — James Berry
  12. Seashell — James Berry
  13. Uncle Louis — James Berry
  14. The Emigrants — James Berry
  15. The Little Boy — James Berry
  16. Black Man in the White House — James Berry
  17. The Arrival — James Berry
  18. The Woman in the Garden — James Berry
  19. The Whole World — James Berry
  20. Anancy's Score — James Berry

More Nigerian Poets

  1. The Pulley — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  2. The Old Man and the River — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  3. The Palmwine Tapper — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  4. The Village — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  5. The Drummer — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  6. The Traveller — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  7. The Road — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  8. The Mother — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  9. The Child — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  10. The Rain — Ezenwa Ohaeto
  11. The Casualties — J. P. Clark
  12. Night Rain — J. P. Clark
  13. Ibadan — J. P. Clark
  14. The Stream — J. P. Clark
  15. Fulani Cattle — J. P. Clark
  16. The Flood — J. P. Clark
  17. The Village — J. P. Clark
  18. The Sea — J. P. Clark
  19. The Road — J. P. Clark
  20. The New Moon — J. P. Clark

Additional African Classics

  1. Africa — David Diop
  2. The Vultures — David Diop
  3. Black Woman — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  4. Night of Sine — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  5. Prayer to Masks — Léopold Sédar Senghor
  6. The Leader and the Led — Niyi Osundare
  7. Not My Business — Niyi Osundare
  8. Piano and Drums — Gabriel Okara
  9. Once Upon a Time — Gabriel Okara
  10. Telephone Conversation — Wole Soyinka

Asian poems

China — 50 poems

No.PoemAuthor
1Li Sao (The Lament)Qu Yuan
2Drinking Alone by MoonlightLi Bai
3Quiet Night ThoughtLi Bai
4The Hard Road to ShuLi Bai
5Bring in the WineLi Bai
6On Climbing the Phoenix Terrace at JinlingLi Bai
7Seeing Meng Haoran Off at Yellow Crane TowerLi Bai
8To Wang LunLi Bai
9Mount TianmenLi Bai
10Autumn ThoughtsLi Bai
11A Spring ViewDu Fu
12Moon NightDu Fu
13The Ballad of the Army CartsDu Fu
14The Beautiful LadyDu Fu
15Three OfficialsDu Fu
16Three FarewellsDu Fu
17Ascending the HeightsDu Fu
18Thoughts of SpringDu Fu
19River VillageDu Fu
20Eight Poems of AutumnDu Fu
21Song of Everlasting SorrowBai Juyi
22The Old Charcoal SellerBai Juyi
23Pipa SongBai Juyi
24The Lute PlayerBai Juyi
25The Wild GrassBai Juyi
26Yellow Crane TowerCui Hao
27A Mooring at Night by Maple BridgeZhang Ji
28The Moon at the Fortified PassWang Changling
29Farewell to a FriendLi Bai
30Birdsong StreamWang Wei
31Deer EnclosureWang Wei
32PartingWang Wei
33An Autumn Evening in the MountainsWang Wei
34Seeing Yuan Er Off on His Mission to AnxiWang Wei
35Thinking of My Brothers on the Double Ninth FestivalWang Wei
36River SnowLiu Zongyuan
37A Song of the PipaBai Juyi
38Spring DawnMeng Haoran
39On Returning HomeHe Zhizhang
40The Peach Blossom SpringTao Yuanming
41Returning to Dwell in the CountryTao Yuanming
42Drinking WineTao Yuanming
43The Double NinthMao Zedong
44ChangshaMao Zedong
45Ode to the Plum BlossomMao Zedong
46The Wild SwansLi Qingzhao
47Like a DreamLi Qingzhao
48To the Tune of "Prelude to Water Melody"Su Shi
49Remembering the SouthBai Juyi
50Song of the Yue BoatmanAnonymous

Japan — 50 poems

No.PoemAuthor
51The Old PondMatsuo Bashō
52A Crow Has SettledMatsuo Bashō
53On a Bare BranchMatsuo Bashō
54Summer GrassesMatsuo Bashō
55The First Winter RainMatsuo Bashō
56Autumn MoonlightMatsuo Bashō
57The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthMatsuo Bashō
58’Twas the New MoonMatsuo Bashō
59In the Twilight RainMatsuo Bashō
60The Summer RiverMatsuo Bashō
61Spring RainMatsuo Bashō
62A Roadside PlantMatsuo Bashō
63The Temple BellMatsuo Bashō
64On the Mountain RoadMatsuo Bashō
65The First SnowMatsuo Bashō
66Evening BreezeMatsuo Bashō
67A Morning GloryMatsuo Bashō
68The Temple in the WoodsMatsuo Bashō
69Autumn EveningMatsuo Bashō
70Winter SolitudeMatsuo Bashō
71A CicadaMatsuo Bashō
72The Moon and the SunMatsuo Bashō
73The Journey BeginsMatsuo Bashō
74On the Death of His MotherMatsuo Bashō
75The Summer GrassMatsuo Bashō
76Spring and AutumnYosa Buson
77The ButterflyYosa Buson
78A Spring MorningYosa Buson
79Spring RainYosa Buson
80The Evening MoonYosa Buson
81The Old TempleYosa Buson
82Summer MoonYosa Buson
83Autumn EveningYosa Buson
84The Snowy MorningYosa Buson
85A NightingaleYosa Buson
86On a JourneyKobayashi Issa
87The Snow Is MeltingKobayashi Issa
88In This WorldKobayashi Issa
89A World of DewKobayashi Issa
90Don’t Worry, SpidersKobayashi Issa
91My Little SnailKobayashi Issa
92The Morning GloryKobayashi Issa
93New Year’s DayKobayashi Issa
94The CricketKobayashi Issa
95A Little ChildKobayashi Issa
96A Handful of SnowKobayashi Issa
97The First SnowfallKobayashi Issa
98Spring NightKobayashi Issa
99The World of DewKobayashi Issa
100The Sea at SadoTakuboku Ishikawa


India — 50 poems

No.PoemAuthor
101Where the Mind Is Without FearRabindranath Tagore
102Gitanjali 35Rabindranath Tagore
103The Golden BoatRabindranath Tagore
104The GardenerRabindranath Tagore
105Unending LoveRabindranath Tagore
106Paper BoatsRabindranath Tagore
107The Champa FlowerRabindranath Tagore
108Leave This ChantingRabindranath Tagore
109Ekla Chalo ReRabindranath Tagore
110National Song of IndiaRabindranath Tagore
111If You Desire to Know MeRabindranath Tagore
112The BeginningRabindranath Tagore
113The Golden BoatRabindranath Tagore
114On the Nature of LoveRabindranath Tagore
115The House of My ChildhoodRabindranath Tagore
116The TigerKazi Nazrul Islam
117Bidrohi (The Rebel)Kazi Nazrul Islam
118The ProstituteKazi Nazrul Islam
119Bhangar GaanKazi Nazrul Islam
120The Gift of the BelovedKazi Nazrul Islam
121A Psalm of LifeHenry Derozio
122The Fakeer of JungheeraHenry Derozio
123Our Casuarina TreeToru Dutt
124SitaToru Dutt
125LakshmanToru Dutt
126The LotusToru Dutt
127The Bazaars of HyderabadSarojini Naidu
128In the Bazaars of HyderabadSarojini Naidu
129Palanquin BearersSarojini Naidu
130Coromandel FishersSarojini Naidu
131Indian WeaversSarojini Naidu
132The Gift of IndiaSarojini Naidu
133Village SongSarojini Naidu
134The Pardah NashinSarojini Naidu
135A Love Song from the NorthSarojini Naidu
136The Soul's PrayerSarojini Naidu
137To India—My Native LandHenry Derozio
138The Harp of IndiaHenry Derozio
139The Song of the FreeHenry Derozio
140The Solitary ReaperWilliam Wordsworth
141Night of the ScorpionNissim Ezekiel
142EnterpriseNissim Ezekiel
143Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.Nissim Ezekiel
144Poet, Lover, BirdwatcherNissim Ezekiel
145The PatriotNissim Ezekiel
146An IntroductionKamala Das
147My Grandmother's HouseKamala Das
148The Looking GlassKamala Das
149A Hot Noon in MalabarKamala Das
150Small-Scale Reflections on a Great HouseA. K. Ramanujan

Iran — 40 poems

No.PoemAuthor
151The Conference of the BirdsAttar of Nishapur
152The Book of KingsFerdowsi
153The RubaiyatOmar Khayyam
154The Wine of the WorldOmar Khayyam
155The GardenSaadi
156The Gulistan PoemsSaadi
157The Divan of HafezHafez
158The TavernHafez
159The CupbearerHafez
160The Nightingale and the RoseHafez
161The Guest HouseRumi
162The MasnaviRumi
163The Essential RumiRumi
164A Great WagonRumi
165The Song of the ReedRumi
166The Way of LoveRumi
167The GuestRumi
168Love DogsRumi
169The QuestionRumi
170The Many WinesRumi
171The Sunrise RubyRumi
172When I DieRumi
173The Only Necessary NewsRumi
174The Privileged LoversRumi
175Somewhere Out ThereRumi
176Like ThisRumi
177The Minute I Heard My First Love StoryRumi
178The Water WheelRumi
179The Reed FluteRumi
180The Song of the ReedRumi
181Another LifeForugh Farrokhzad
182The CaptiveForugh Farrokhzad
183SinForugh Farrokhzad
184The Wind Will Carry UsForugh Farrokhzad
185Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold SeasonForugh Farrokhzad
186The EarthForugh Farrokhzad
187FaithForugh Farrokhzad
188The WallForugh Farrokhzad
189The Conquest of the GardenForugh Farrokhzad
190RebornForugh Farrokhzad

Bangladesh — 20 poems

No.PoemAuthor
191Bidrohi (The Rebel)Kazi Nazrul Islam
192Bhangar GaanKazi Nazrul Islam
193The Rebel SoldierKazi Nazrul Islam
194Daridro (Poverty)Kazi Nazrul Islam
195SamyabadiKazi Nazrul Islam
196Kandari HushiarKazi Nazrul Islam
197Ananda Moyeer AgomoneKazi Nazrul Islam
198DhumketuKazi Nazrul Islam
199PralayollasKazi Nazrul Islam
200NariKazi Nazrul Islam
201ManushKazi Nazrul Islam
202Chhoto BachchaKazi Nazrul Islam
203Abar Ashibo PhireJibanananda Das
204Banalata SenJibanananda Das
205Eight Years AgoJibanananda Das
206The DarknessJibanananda Das
207CamouflageJibanananda Das
208HorsesJibanananda Das
209Ruposhi BanglaJibanananda Das
210Dhanshiri RiverJibanananda Das


Pakistan — 20 poems

No.PoemAuthor
211Lab Pe Aati Hai DuaMuhammad Iqbal
212Saare Jahan Se AchhaMuhammad Iqbal
213ShikwaMuhammad Iqbal
214Jawab-e-ShikwaMuhammad Iqbal
215KhudiMuhammad Iqbal
216Masjid-e-QurtubaMuhammad Iqbal
217Tulu-e-IslamMuhammad Iqbal
218Tarana-e-MilliMuhammad Iqbal
219Bang-e-DraMuhammad Iqbal
220The Secrets of the SelfMuhammad Iqbal
221The ComplaintMuhammad Iqbal
222The Answer to the ComplaintMuhammad Iqbal
223Mohabbat Karne Wale Kam Na HongeAhmad Faraz
224Ranjish Hi SahiAhmad Faraz
225Suna Hai Log Use Aankh Bhar Ke Dekhte HainAhmad Faraz
226Ab Ke Hum BichhdeAhmad Faraz
227Hum DekhengeFaiz Ahmed Faiz
228Mujh Se Pehli Si MohabbatFaiz Ahmed Faiz
229BolFaiz Ahmed Faiz
230Gulon Mein Rang BhareFaiz Ahmed Faiz


Afghanistan — 15 poems

No.PoemAuthor
231The Rubaiyat of RumiRumi
232The Guest HouseRumi
233The Song of the ReedRumi
234The MasnaviRumi
235The Conference of the BirdsAttar of Nishapur
236The Nightingale and the RoseRumi
237The Reed FluteRumi
238The Way of LoveRumi
239The CaravanRumi
240The Love of GodRumi
241The MotherlandKhushal Khan Khattak
242The Path of HonourKhushal Khan Khattak
243The WarriorKhushal Khan Khattak
244The PashtunKhushal Khan Khattak
245The MountainsKhushal Khan Khattak


Indonesia — 20 poems

No.PoemAuthor
246AkuChairil Anwar
247DiponegoroChairil Anwar
248Krawang-BekasiChairil Anwar
249Karawang-BekasiChairil Anwar
250Senja di Pelabuhan KecilChairil Anwar
251Derai-Derai CemaraChairil Anwar
252NisanChairil Anwar
253DoaChairil Anwar
254Persetujuan dengan Bung KarnoChairil Anwar
255Tak SepadanChairil Anwar
256Hujan Bulan JuniSapardi Djoko Damono
257Aku InginSapardi Djoko Damono
258Yang Fana Adalah WaktuSapardi Djoko Damono
259Pada Suatu Hari NantiSapardi Djoko Damono
260Berjalan ke Barat Waktu Pagi HariSapardi Djoko Damono
261Perahu KertasSapardi Djoko Damono
262Hatiku Selembar DaunSapardi Djoko Damono
263Dalam DoakuSapardi Djoko Damono
264Sajak-Sajak Kecil tentang CintaSapardi Djoko Damono
265Tiga Sajak KecilSapardi Djoko Damono

Philippines — 20 poems

No.PoemAuthor
266Florante at LauraFrancisco Balagtas
267A Filipino Dream—My SpiritJose Rizal
268Mi Ultimo AdiosJose Rizal
269To the Philippine YouthJose Rizal
270My First InspirationJose Rizal
271The Last FarewellJose Rizal
272KundimanJose Rizal
273Like the MolaveRafael Zulueta da Costa
274The Man of EarthAmador T. Daguio
275The Woman Who Looked Like a ManAmador T. Daguio
276We Filipinos Are Mild DrinkersAlejandro Roces
277To the Young Writers of the PhilippinesCarlos Bulosan
278I Am a FilipinoCarlos P. Romulo
279Song of the RiverJose Garcia Villa
280Have Come, Am HereJose Garcia Villa
281First, a Poem Must Be MagicalJose Garcia Villa
282Footnote to YouthJose Garcia Villa
283The CentipedeRony V. Diaz
284The House on Zapote StreetEdith L. Tiempo
285BonsaiEdith L. Tiempo


South Korea — 20 poems

No.PoemAuthor
286ForewordYun Dong-ju
287A Night of Counting StarsYun Dong-ju
288PrologueYun Dong-ju
289Self-PortraitYun Dong-ju
290The CrossYun Dong-ju
291Easily Written PoemYun Dong-ju
292The RoadYun Dong-ju
293SpringYun Dong-ju
294Another HomeYun Dong-ju
295A Poem Written EasilyYun Dong-ju
296The FlowerKim Chun-soo
297AzaleasKim Sowol
298Mountain FlowerKim Sowol
299The First SnowKim Sowol
300InvitationKim Sowol
301The RoadKim Sowol
302The MountainKim Sowol
303The PastHan Yong-un
304Your SilenceHan Yong-un
305RequiemHan Yong-un


Vietnam — 15 poems

No.PoemAuthor
306The Tale of KieuNguyen Du
307The FarewellNguyen Du
308The Broken HeartNguyen Du
309The Sorrow of the Absent OneNguyen Du
310The BeggarNguyen Du
311The Little BeggarNguyen Du
312The Road to HeavenNguyen Du
313Love Poem No. 28Ho Xuan Huong
314The Floating CakeHo Xuan Huong
315The JackfruitHo Xuan Huong
316The Well of YouthHo Xuan Huong
317The Betel LeafHo Xuan Huong
318The Incense BurnerHo Chi Minh
319EveningHo Chi Minh
320Prison Diary PoemsHo Chi Minh


Turkey — 15 poems

No.PoemAuthor
321The Epic of Sheikh BedreddinNazım Hikmet
322The Walnut TreeNazım Hikmet
323On LivingNazım Hikmet
324Letters to Taranta-BabuNazım Hikmet
325It Is This WayNazım Hikmet
326Things I Didn't Know I LovedNazım Hikmet
327The Blue-Eyed GiantNazım Hikmet
328The Epic of IndependenceMehmet Akif Ersoy
329The March of IndependenceMehmet Akif Ersoy
330The Silent ShipYahya Kemal Beyatlı
331The HillYahya Kemal Beyatlı
332The Bridge of the BosphorusYahya Kemal Beyatlı
333My HomelandYahya Kemal Beyatlı
334The SeaOrhan Veli
335AnlatamıyorumOrhan Veli


Iraq — 10 poems

No.PoemAuthor
336The Song of RainBadr Shakir al-Sayyab
337The Blind OwlBadr Shakir al-Sayyab
338Rain SongBadr Shakir al-Sayyab
339The City of CopperBadr Shakir al-Sayyab
340BaghdadAl-Mutanabbi
341On Leaving BaghdadAl-Mutanabbi
342The Horse, the Night and the DesertAl-Mutanabbi
343The PrisonerAl-Mutanabbi
344OdesMuhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri
345Baghdad, My BelovedMuhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri


Israel — 10 poems

No.PoemAuthor
346JerusalemYehuda Amichai
347TouristsYehuda Amichai
348A Man in His LifeYehuda Amichai
349The JewsYehuda Amichai
350The Diameter of the BombYehuda Amichai
351WildpeaceYehuda Amichai
352God Has Pity on Kindergarten ChildrenYehuda Amichai
353The End of the FallYehuda Amichai
354Rain on a BattlefieldYehuda Amichai
355The Jewish PeopleYehuda Amichai

Singapore — 10 poems

No.PoemAuthor
356Ulysses by the MerlionEdwin Thumboo
357The PlannersBoey Kim Cheng
358SingaporeEdwin Thumboo
359A Letter to MariaEdwin Thumboo
360Gods Can DieEdwin Thumboo
361Pulau Belakang MatiEdwin Thumboo
362for ChinEdwin Thumboo
363The OperationLee Tzu Pheng
364My Country and My PeopleLee Tzu Pheng
365The TigerAlfian Sa'at

Malaysia — 5 poems

No.PoemAuthor
366Monsoon HistoryShirley Geok-lin Lim
367The TownShirley Geok-lin Lim
368The Woman in the StreetShirley Geok-lin Lim
369RainUsman Awang
370MelayuUsman Awang


Sri Lanka — 5 poems

No.PoemAuthor
371The Terrorist, He WatchesYasmine Gooneratne
372A Letter to a FriendJean Arasanayagam
373HomecomingJean Arasanayagam
374The Story of the MotherJean Arasanayagam
375On the BeachJean Arasanayagam


Cambodia — 5 poems

No.PoemAuthor
376Tum TeavPreah Botumthera Som
377Working in the Farm to Earn a LivingKrom Ngoy
378Choosing a SpouseKrom Ngoy
379Poverty and Its CausesKrom Ngoy
380Nokor ReachChuon Nath

Nepal — 5 poems

No.PoemAuthor
381The Parrot in the CageLekhnath Paudyal
382The Pinch of a ThornLekhnath Paudyal
383A Call to YouthLaxmi Prasad Devkota
384The LunaticLaxmi Prasad Devkota
385Muna MadanLaxmi Prasad Devkota


Kazakhstan — 5 poems

No.PoemAuthor
386The SeasonsAbai Qunanbaiuly
387SummerAbai Qunanbaiuly
388WinterAbai Qunanbaiuly
389AutumnAbai Qunanbaiuly
390To the YoungAbai Qunanbaiuly

Mongolia — 5 poems

No.PoemAuthor
391My MotherlandD. Natsagdorj
392The Dark Blue MountainD. Natsagdorj
393My Native LandD. Natsagdorj
394Four SeasonsD. Natsagdorj
395The Old ManD. Natsagdorj


Azerbaijan — 5 poems

No.PoemAuthor
396The World Has Become a PrisonImadaddin Nasimi
397The Epic of Layla and MajnunFuzûlî
398MuradkhanSamad Vurgun
399KhumarSamad Vurgun
400AzerbaijanSamad Vurgun

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