| Poems | Themes |
| An African Thunderstorm David Rubadiri | Nature Experiences, Destruction, Fear, Children, Man vs Nature |
| Once Upon a Time Gabriel Okara | Hypocrisy, Dreams, People, Changes, Maturity, Adaptation, Childishness, Innocence, Appearance vs Reality, Childhood, Western Values, Regret, Purity, Deceit, Life and Its Experiences, Interpersonal Relationships |
| Orchids- Hazel Simmons-McDonald | Nature, Death, Survival, Resilience, Desires, Self-Discovery, Identity, Internal Conflict |
| Test Match Sabina Park Stewart Brown | Ethnocentrism, Racial Pride, White Privilege, Sports, Contrast. Language and Culture |
| Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen | War, Suffering, Expectation vs Reality, Criticism, Lies, Propaganda, Patriotism/Nationalism, Trauma, Death |
| West Indies, U.S.A. Stewart Brown | Appearance vs Reality, Places, Experiences, Discrimination, Prejudice, Culture, Oppression, Economic Contrast, Expectations, Poverty, Imperialism, Contrast (Culture) |
| Birdshooting Season Olive Senior | Experiences, Manliness, Gender Roles, Aspirations, Identity, Childhood |
| Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge – William Wordsworth | Nature, Appreciation/Admiration (of Nature), Peacefulness, Places, Experiences |
| It is the Constant Image of your Face – Dennis Brutus | Love, Patriotism, Internal Conflict, Hopes, Desires, Divided Loyalties, Romantic vs Patriotic Love, Relationships |
| My Parents – Stephen Spender | Parent-Child Relationships, Class Disparity, Bullying, Oppression, Love of Parents, Fear, Freedom, Wishes, Forgiveness, Childhood Experience |
| This is the Dark Time, My Love – Martin Carter | Oppression, War, Suffering, Fear, Negativity, Injustice, Military Oppression, Colonialism, Death, Cruelty, Pain, People, Conflict |
| The Woman Speaks to the Man who has Employed Her Son – Lorna Goodison | Motherhood, Hope, Dreams, Death, Sadness, Poverty, Crime, Expectations, Mother’s Love, Experience, Treatment of Women, Violence |
| South -Kamau Brathwaite | Social Unrest, Migration, The idealism of Childhood, Nature, Life, Experiences, Patriotism, Dreams, Nostalgia |
| A Stone’s Throw – Elma Mitchell | Hypocrisy, Treatment of Women, Extrajudicial Punishment, Religion and Gender, Insincere Morality, Violence, Abuse of Power |
| Dreaming Black Boy – James Berry | Race, Wishes/Hopes/Desires/Dreams/Aspiration, Unfulfilled Dreams, Oppression, Discrimination, Suffering, Life, Fear |
| Theme for English B – Langston Hughes | Race, Alienation, American Values, Culture, Truth, Identity (and Race), Contemplation, Life |
| Ol’Higue – Mark McWatt | Myths, Supernatural Phenomena |
| Little Boy Crying – Mervyn Morris | Parent-Child Relationships, Discipline, Childhood Experiences, Sadness, Anger, Appearance vs Reality, Love, Youth and Innocence, Vulnerability, Parenting |
| God’s Grandeur – Gerard Manley Hopkins | Admiration, The Glory of God/Religion, Man vs Nature, Destruction of Nature, The Recovering Quality of Nature |
| Mirror – Sylvia Plath | Aging, Youth, Womanhood, Life, Truth, Time, Appearance vs Reality, Self-Perception |
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