Carolyn Forché
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carolyn-forche
I chose Forché because she writes a lot about politics. I am very interested in politics so it was an obvious choice for me to choose her. Her emphasis on the ethics of immigration was something that immediately made me interested in her. Not many other poets focused on these topics that I am interested in. Her most popular book, A Country Between Us, talks a lot about the El Salvadorian civil war and the crisis that it was. I immediately knew that she was one of my favorite poets after reading the first poem in the book. It talks a lot about the struggles that the people had in El Salvador and how sometimes, it was easy to drop everything and just listen to nature as trying to move north may take years.
San Onofre, California
…
I feel it is enough to listen
to the wind jostling lemons,
to dogs ticking across the terraces,
knowing that while birds and warmer weather
are forever moving north,
the cries of those who vanished
might take years to get there.
I like that you chose someone who is interested in politics because so am I, it’s a very interesting topic to debate about and to be able to bring political things into poetry amazes me! It’s a great way to catch peoples eyes because wait what?? Politics in poetry?? Must be interesting! I also like that you chose someone who talks about the past and that it still interests you! Great poet.

















