Carolyn Forché Comments

thank you for such an amazing book WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD IS TRUE. I Iived in Guatemala at the same time and visited El Salvador. Your descriptions bring back loads of emotions

Just finished listening to WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD IS TRUE. What an amazin g book with so mckuh relaism I lived in Guatemala at the same time and only visited El Salvado

This lady has a great facility with words, and I enjoy reading her work.

OMG! ! ! Talk about fun with Ferlinghetti, I just read The History of the Airplane. I really love that guy! RWM

Today, on a search for Maggie and Millie and Mollie and May by e.e.cummings I found these 500 poets with God knows how many poems? First stop, Omar Khayyam, never read The Rubaiyat before. Then, by random chance, I read all eight of the poems gathered here. They are on the dark side but bursting with meaning. Poem for Maya is my fave. Next I'm going for some Ferlinghetti and then who knows. I'm like a butterfly today... in search of a bit of sweetness and light. RWM

Having gone through your poems, I have understood that you are a real poet. I am a poet of Bangla language. I have 7 books of poetry here which have been popular. I have also a literary magazine named Bangla Literature. Can we exchange our views on poetry and become friends? e-mail: sayeed_jh@yahoo.com

There is a fierce love which builds and binds these poems, such as comes from the heart of a natural poet sharing truths they have seen. This is what poetry is for.