Introduction

My name is Duyen Huynh and the poet I chose is Carolyn Forché. I chose her because she raises awareness towards the problems that are around us through her poems which gives the readers a first-person perspective of an event. We are able to view events that happened even before we were born, and we get to experience the emotions and thoughts of a person who lived through it. The themes of her poems center around humanity and human rights; as well as the lives of immigrants living among us and how they are affected by problems from their homeland or place of current residency.

Usner, Don J. "Courtesy of Blue Flower Arts." Poetry Foundation, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carolyn-forche.