Every nation

Recently I had a party in Washington, DC to celebrate Australia Day. When I was inviting American friends, they said, "I didn't even know Australia had a day," before asking if it were comparable to their Independence Day, the 4th of July. In answering these questions and talking about my country, I realised that in fact nearly every country has a national day, constitution day, liberation day, independence day - or something of the kind. Which inspired this project.

To mark these days, I will try to find poems from these nations, rendered into English. I realise this is not always going to be possible, but that is the idea behind this page. Wish me luck