If porcelain, then only the kind by Stanisław Barańczak
“who told you that this or that would last forever?” — Stanisław Barańczak
It No Longer Matters If Anyone Loves Us by Samer Abu Hawwash
“Hate-filled words have liberated us from our hearts, / in which we used to cherish the enchantments of love.” — Samer Abu Hawwash
Hand of War by Hosam Maarouf
“We hold war’s hand, / convinced that this is the last time / it waves catastrophe to us” — Hosam Maarouf
Letter From a Reader by Adam Zagajewski, Translated by Clare Cavanagh
“Write about those moments / when friendship’s footbridges / seem more enduring / than despair.” — Adam Zagajewski
The War Works Hard by Dunya Mikhail
“Some are lifeless and glistening / others are pale and still throbbing
Four in the Morning by Wislawa Szymborska
“The hour of and-what-if-nothing-remains-after-us.” — Wislawa Szymborska
Waiting by Yevgency Yevtushenko
“she’ll run upstairs through the decaying porch / burning with love and love’s happiness,” — Yevgeny Yevtushenko