Garrett Kaoru Hongo
I chose to write this paper on Hongo because I love the way he writes and the stories he tells in his poems. Hongo is a Japanese American writer, but he also brings in a lot of his background from the time when he lived in Hawaii. This is my favorite poet out of all the poets we have read. He doesn’t just dwell on one thing like the rest of the poets due. He brings in a little bit of everything to his work.
The first poem in our packet that we got in class is Yellow Light. In this poem he brings in his background and shows how diverse it is. He really shows his diversity especially in the foods that he talks about the lady bringing home to her apartment. Also he shows this in the way that he talks about all the chi
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