World of Wonders

Fartia Farah Yusuf

A beautiful world with a lot of wonders
A beautiful world with many activities done
Look the blue water of the oceans
Look the beautiful waves and rides
Look the huge ships sailing across.

Look the blue sky and its highness
Look the white clouds covering the sky
Look the nimbus which carrying rain
Look the white patterns and pales of clouds.
The world of wonders.

Look the flatness of the earth
Look the vegetation covering the earth
Look the green forest and a lot of desert
Look the mountains and hugeness
Look the different types of soil (sandy, clay)
Look the barren and fertile soil.
World of wonders.

Look. Different creatures.
Look different types of people.
Black and white.
Coming different parts of the word.

In it is room we have different
People white and black.
Some are white like clouds
Others are black as charcoal.
World of wonders.

Different parts of the world in peace
Others are in serious war.

Compare Somalia and America
Great difference is there.
Somalia has no central government
America is the leading country
In terms of peace, political and the
High pop. High technology and high resources.

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  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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