Category Archives: Carolyn Forche

“Your voices sprayed over the walls/ dry to the touch by morning.” I had not read these fine poems for many years until I was asked recently to read poetry at the memorial for a Salvadorian political leader. One again I was moved by Forche’s spare and graphic lines, her sure control of  her subject matter and her astute awareness of the political evils she portrays with startling images. The 1880s were a time of cruel and bloody civil war in El Salvador and Forche’s government, the USA, was a major contributor to it, supporting Read more [...]