Yusef Komunyakaa's Facing It Poem

Many authors write poetry based on experience. In major events such as war, the author has a desire to express. African-American writers can not express themselves through slavery and war. This is dangerous. Therefore, they use music, write, write poetry, stories are the best way to get rid of the situation. In Yusef Komunyaka's poem "Facing", he discussed his experience during the Vietnam War. During the Civil War, Komuniyaka was in Louisiana.

Yoseph Komunya's poem "Face to It" remembers veteran's restlessness. In this verse, a black man, a veteran of the Vietnam War is visiting the Vietnam War memorial monument in Washington, DC. He looked at his feelings, the wall of memorials, and talked about how his memory is consistent with him. He struggles to not mourn his promise, but now he is facing the wall, so he can hardly cry. this? You are nothing other than a hound, are you crying? Many people who lived in the wonderful era of the 1950s may remember listening to and seeing Elvis Presley's hound dogs, sad hotels, prison rocks, or one of his many popular songs. not. Elvis is wonderful, but there are others who make the 1950s unforgettable, so that his teen idol, James Dean, the day the music died and the famous famous Marilyn can be forgotten

& Lt; Tab / & gt; Yusef Komunyakaa was born on 29th April 1947 in Bogarusa, Louisiana. In the childhood of Komunyakaa, the depth of the south was isolated, and he reflected suppression in many poems. After Youssef graduated from high school in 1965, he entered the army and started the assignment. When he joined the army, Yusuf started writing for the military newspaper and worked very well in the style of news writing. After his military years Komunyakaa studied at the University of Colorado where he found himself as a poet. He finally got a master's degree from Colorado State University and Youssef obtains a bachelor 's degree in 1980 from the University of California, Irvine. In the 1994 Pulitzer Poetry Prize, Yusef Komunyakaa was not only a great poet of African Americans but also one of the best poets ever.