This book was conceived and designed to provide students and teachers of African literatures, and interested readers everywhere, with a concise anthology of Eritrean poems from the last three decades written in Tigrinya, Tigre and Arabic, transcribed in their original language alongside an English translation. Themes reflected in the poems are the protracted Eritrean struggle for independence, the diaspora, and the struggle of a young nation''s aspiration for progress and development.