Writing About Love and Its Opposite
Posted on January 25, 2021
With Valentine's Day swiftly approaching, we'd like to recommend 3 love poems:
"If we are to have peace on earth . . . "
Posted on January 18, 2021
"If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties . . . must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective." Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The Blackness That Defines a Black Man in the Eyes of Someone Who is Not Black"
Posted on January 10, 2021
I am whatever you think a black man is. You almost never think about black men.
Performance poet Ricardo Aleixo's "My Man," which first appeared several years ago in an issue of Words Without Borders dedicated to Afro-Brazilian writing, is now being republished as part of this month's focus on "International Black Voices on Race and Racism."
Start a Global Journey Here
Posted on January 01, 2021
Welcome to Words Without Borders Campus, where we publish free, full-text versions of the best international poetry, short stories, and graphic fiction, alongside multimedia learning resources and standards-aligned teaching ideas.
"I speak to . . .": Student Poems on Solitude and Connection
Posted on December 21, 2020
Last January, this blog published teaching suggestions for a poem about solitude that has become only more relevant over the past year of the pandemic.