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Belarus

Sunset over a field with melting snow

Photo by Vitali Adutskevich on Unsplash

Umbilical

By Julia Cimafiejeva

I thought I unburdened / myself / but even invisible / the braid grows / with memory

Translated from Belarusian by Valzhyna Mort & Hanif Abdurraqib

Multilingual

A sprig of berries in shadow

Photo by Dmitry Bukhantsov

A Little Hole

By Alhierd Bacharevič

They stuffed these intoxicating little spheres into their mouths and kissed the juice off of the palms of their hands.

Translated from Belarusian by Jim Dingley & Petra Reid

Shelter in Poems: Poetry to Break the Isolation of Social Distancing

By the Editors of Words Without Borders

Words Without Borders is leaning into poetry’s ability to fill the void of isolation.

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