One poet who does not ignore these divides is Yusef Komunyakaa ... In “Facing It,” a poem about visiting the Vietnam War Memorial, Komunyakaa, an African-American, confronts the wall and ...

I believe poetry is an action, and I believe the great poet, Zbigniew Herbert, would have agreed with me. American poet Yusef Komunyakaa, Laureate of The Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award ...

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