Multicultural Poetry Essay

Poets who are leading us to a Multicultural World
Three exponents whose poems clearly illustrate Multicultural Poetry, are Duke Redbird, Hone Tuwhare, and Camille Dungy. These poets have something in common: they have given the world an apparent peaceful poetry in which, in fact, they tell us about their urgency, despair, hopelessness, agony, and pain; yet, they also depict a defenseless Nature full of colors and sounds, life and rebirth, development and transformation, toil and perseverance, and hope. Besides, they have provided us with inspiration in order to build a new multicultural society where everybody can find his/her place interacting with their fellow citizen harmoniously.
Duke Redbird, one of these exponents, reflects on along

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In Tuwhare’s poem (2001) “No ordinary sun”, the narrator addresses an emblematic nature symbol, a tree. As the poem talks about the tree death (the nature death), the tone is solemn, but at the same time the narrator shows appraisal for its unusual dignity, and extols its spirit strength. This poem reminds us of the many functions that this plant has, above all, weather regulation and oxygen supply.
Likewise, it seems a surrender invitation since the conditions are not what they used to be (now there is a lot of pollution). It is pointless dwelling on a battle that is already lost. In my opinion, this helplessness resembles the one that the indigenous communities endure before the settlers’ invasion. And of course, this poem, as the previous one, arouse a feeling of empathy and sympathy, and, at the same time, make us pose the question ‘in reality, who the savages

Dungy is another important exponent of Multicultural poetry. This quiet poem can be regarded as narrative since it depicts the spring tireless rebirth full vivid imagery that evokes a good deal of pleasurable sensations.
Dungy’s poetry reveals the deep relationship that African-Americans have been developed with Nature since their ancestors arrived in America as slaves. From then on, this group of people had to survive enduring precarious situations involving arbitrary racism, and unhuman conditions. That is why they sought consolation and runaway in the new lands and their beautiful landscapes. That is to say, they feel this land as theirs.
With time, as way of gratitude, African-American poets started to write about this generous natural world, and the Dungy’s poem is an excellent example of this cultural phenomenon. “What to Eat, and What to Drink, and What to Leave for Poison” depicts the movement, beauty, sound, color, flavor, aroma, and life that characterizes nature. Everything is intended to be digested, but in a broader sense because we not only digest food and liquids, but also we digest air and impressions. This poem is able to provide us with the last kind of food, since it feeds our imagination with power images that relate to our experience and