Palestine | Jaklin Shilbaya | 2023 thoughts about thinking i cant stand the racket of peace and quiet anymore the silence screams at me right in my ear
Germany | Amira Gudegast | 2018 The Germans The Germans are punctual, orderly and reliable. They work for society. They work a lot and with pleasure. That gives them strength.
Germany | Helena von Beyme | 2018 I’d Like to Say You Are Multi-Coloured Germany, you can be grey Your wind blows through narrow streets Through blonde and brown and black hair
Germany | Lotti Spieler | 2019 Means of Repression in Prenzlauer Berg I miss winter as much as summer, and always when the opposite season is not there. If I lose my arm, then I miss it too, because being without an arm, is terrible after all.
Germany | Rachel Ulrich | 2019 Language Is Life You read your poem In your native language About your longing About your life And I don’t really understand
Germany | Fanny Haimerl | 2019 Beautiful Munich How should I describe Munich? How should I describe its splendour to those who do not know it. A place for beautiful people. Envied by others. That is Munich.
Germany | Michael Krasnov | 2017 My last Summer in Berlin My last summer in Berlin was warm, The sun’s rays burned so strongly, That I went swimming almost every day. Who already works during summer break?
Germany | Tristan Ludwig | 2019 No Borders at All Hallo, hallo, where do you belong, where, where? No place inside Germany’s borders No place inside borders at all No, beyond them
Germany | Maya Taherpour Kalantari | 2019 Lie “She looks so happy!” “She´s always so confident!” “I wish I was her …” Everything you see of her is a lie. The only one who knows the truth is she.
Germany | Johin Nüße | 2019 Imagination Imagination creates mythical creatures Mythical creatures create friends Friends create family Family creates generations
Germany | Hanna Riegenring | 2019 Secret Dreams Elisa, five, dreams of peace, that the world will stop making war she no longer wants to lie awake every night.
Germany | Fabian Reuber | 2019 Cake for Everyone Chocolate cake for me Parrot cake for God Apple strudel with custard for mum Vanilla cake for dad
Switzerland | Lilly Boos | 2018 Faces at 7:15 am 7:15 Down the stairs, light a ciggy The ciggy goes out and the bus turns the corner Someone sprints, the others are ready Ticket out, get on board
Colombia | Gabriel Wolz | 2019 The Joy of Walking I am only happy when I walk, and so move away from the bad things that circle around me.
Germany | Sherin Cavlan | 2019 What if War, all of a sudden. What if there were suddenly war? Then I would run away. But where to?
Germany | Fatima Chouli | 2018 Wounded I am alone – alone in a foreign country. Alone, where no one is with me. I feel bad – bad, because I have no one by my side. I see alien looks – looks that attack me.
Germany | Sophia Detzner | 2019 Came and Went They came alone Full of hope, with a dream The dream was shattered, hope scarcely remained And they went alone
Burkina Faso | Téné Coulibaly | 2019 I am!!! I am!!! I am the one who saves people in all kinds of situations I am the one who wants to fulfil people’s dreams
Germany | Emma Sörgel | 2018 Our Job Integration can change so much. Not for the worse, but for the better. Towards coexistence. “But it’s not our job to integrate them!”
Germany | Samira Diesch | 2018 Integration Integration – a complicated word. Integration – what is expected from them. Adapting – is what they should do. But are we not the ones who must adapt?
Germany | Lulya Yigzaw | 2018 Stranger I felt like a stranger when I arrived at the new school. I felt like a stranger because I knew nobody.
Eritrea | Yohana Yohannes | 2017 Love Is Not Only a Word I have already loved Love is not only a word Love is pain Love is the windv
Eritrea | Hayelom Stege | 2017 What Freedom? Freedom? I did not know it My village? My small world Leave this world? Impossible
Ethiopia | Sadam Abdullahi | 2018 Home Is a Wall Home is not just a place. Home is where you feel at home. Where you want to stay. Home is not just a country.
Germany | Rachel Ulrich | 2019 Winter Five summers ago You were still there You said Rachel, take care
Germany | Rachel Ulrich | 2019 Lost for Words In the mornings Sounds from the radio: Seehofer, Söder, AfD, Bavaria While my head compiles to-do lists
Germany | Helena von Beyme | 2018 Where Do I Belong? It is not a place Perhaps a smile A friendly word My place is here
Germany | Fiona Zühlke | 2018 The Others Look, then look away again. Look how she is looking, but don’t look now, she’s looking. Why is she looking that way?
Germany | Fiona Zühlke | 2018 Arriving Aohmadan nafasheshidan man miajam. Arriving, breathing, I arrive. Arriving sounds like rest.
Germany | Lene Teufert | 2018 Broken Waves I have lost myself in the broken waves. In the past I often thought about myself, about people, and about how vain they are, myself included.
Germany | Lilly Friedrich | 2018 I Had It, It Has Gone I am alone. I sit here and think. The house is empty. The room is empty.
Germany | Lea-Marie Stampehl | 2018 Where Boundaries End Boundaries. Personal, geographical, moral. How close do I let someone get to me?
Germany | Jana Mihm | 2018 Paradox It is strange How, after a certain time, You can long for something That is so cold towards you.
Germany | Tamara | 2018 No Word Is Right No word is right. How can you express your feeling so well? You are so young. Your words so grown-up.
Czech Republic | Sebastian Byrtus | 2018 Best Friend My friend Honza was the best. Grey eyes, brown hair and very strong. We did everything together.
Romania | Alex Timotei | 2018 Guilt Violence on the street. The two are hitting and beating each other. The police are told. They carry on fighting.
Cambodia | Ngin Luy | 2018 Arrived Since I fled to Germany, I have had a strange feeling. I am afraid. I have worries.
Cambodia | Julina Paul | 2018 Fear I am a girl who grew up with grandmother. Fear. Everyone knows fear. But not all fears are the same.
Cambodia | Huy Luy | 2018 Truth Lying once or twice can become a habit. Even if you want to tell the truth, you go silent.
Cambodia | Hour Luy | 2018 Back I can’t cry but my heart is bleeding Laughter sticks in my throat They have said I must go home I don’t want to.
Germany | Emma Defty | 2018 Silent questions When they wait at the bus stop, I see the refugees who live in a home so far out on the edge of Berlin that signs warn of horse riders.
Germany | Emma Defty | 2018 Refugees Welcome 2015, summer, Berlin. We collect our receipts in the ice-cream parlour to reclaim the money. The EU pays for our ice-cream, too.
Germany | Amira Gudegast | 2018 Being a woman Being a woman is not always fair. Much is expected, and you grow up yourself knowing only one way.
Germany | Lotta-Marie Titze | 2018 Where I belong A large decorated door Behind it A very specific smell It is almost empty, but I sense that a lot happens here
Germany | Moritz Palma | 2018 At last It happened at last. He spoke to me. A stream of joy pervaded me. His voice enfolded us.
Germany | Jette Albrecht | 2018 MovingOutMovingOnMovingIn At last Because I can and want to and may And a little bit I have to
Germany | Ronja Lutz | 2018 Breathe (Nafas kashidan, rasidan.) Breathe. Breathe! It’s getting better already. Better every day.
Germany | Sophie Senger | 2018 You Are No Longer at the Beginning In the beginning is injustice It gnaws at you Like the hunger that devours your stomach
