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POEM
FLIGHT PATHS
Does Sir David Attenborough know that african blue-wing butterflies migrate?
My …
POEM
AFTER THE TERROR
Light a candle for her
Wherever you are
Lay down your wreath
On the stone cold …
POEM
DUST TO DUST
There are women left who have no rage in their wrists
As they slice greens or skin …
POEM
THE RETURNEES
Early December sees parts of South Africa
homing, relocating northwards to …
POEM
RUBBISH BIN
Not a place where you find
Dirt and saw dust
But pains
And stretch marks
Lining the …
POEM
EAVESDROPPING
I have a penchant for eavesdropping.
Each time I cross a border I find
myself …
POET
Eliza Griswold
POETRYFOUNDATION.ORG Eliza Griswold is a poet and reporter whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the …
POET
Tom Sleigh
POETRYFOUNDATION.ORG Tom Sleigh is the author of more than half a dozen volumes of poetry. Space Walk …
POET
Dana Levin
POETRYFOUNDATION.ORG Dana Levin grew up in California’s Mojave Desert and earned a BA from Pitzer …
POET
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen
Vigdis Hjorth Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen is a writer, architect, graphic artist and songwriter. …
POET
Tone Hødnebø
Janike Kampevold Larsen Tone Hødnebø was born in Oslo and grew up in Tønsberg, a …
POET
Monica Aasprong
Gunnar Wærness The work of Monica Aasprong (b. 1969, Kristiansund, Norway) is distinguished by a …
POET
Shuntaro Tanikawa
Takako Lento Shuntaro Tanikawa has been a phenomenon in Japan since the publication of his first …
POET
Bella Li
Bella Li
Bella Li is a Melbourne poet. Born in northeastern China, she immigrated to …
POET
Michelle Cahill
Michelle Cahill
Michelle Cahill is a Goan-Anglo-Indian writer who lives in Sydney. She writes …
POET
Merlinda Bobis
Merlinda Bobis Filipino-Australian writer Merlinda Bobis has published in three languages (English, …
ARTICLE
44th Poetry International Festival Rotterdam
For the 44th time in a row, Poetry International brings you a selection of the best …
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