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Dear Matafele Peinem

Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, "Dear Matafele Peinem" On 23 September 2014, 26 year old poet Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, from the Marshall Islands, addressed the Opening Ceremony of the UN Secretary-General's Climate Summit.

Oh Say

Matt Sedillo, "Oh Say"

Poem: Better With Your Stupid Face Covered

Poem: Better With Your Stupid Face Covered

Poem by Tim Mills. Illustration: Chaos Culture Jam, by Chris Dyer.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde, "The Ballad of Reading Gaol"

Poem: Rape of the Nation State

Poem: Rape of the Nation State

Poem by Dave Warren. Illustration by Rayaan Cassiem

Truce

by Sharee Anne Gorman (annienomad-cyberpoet)

Poem: Fire Shadows of Homo habilis

Poem: Fire Shadows of Homo habilis

Poem by Dave Warren. Photo: Yves Marchand, Romain Meffre. ...I was also a cynical shadow caught on the wall, where the poets shadows played, I doubted that the poets would make the world's dreams anew and maybe ...

Poem: Metallic, Ironic

Poem: Metallic, Ironic

Poem by Nicholai Vmir, Painting by Philip Stein

Poem: We Are Gaza. Look Into Our Eyes.

...We are the Palestinian mothers who continue to send their children to school amidst gunfire, children they gave birth to behind a checkpoint, take a long look... We are the shame on the face of a Zionist ...

Double-Bartered Dreams

Double-Bartered Dreams

Poem by Nicholai Vmir, Illustration by jamorro