Facing It, by Yusef Komunyakaa

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Facing It, by Yusef Komunyakaa

Fourteen years after the Vietnam War, veteran and contemporary poet Yusef Komunyakaa wrote about facing the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial wall and the memories and images the wall evoked. In this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Komunyakaa reads his poem, "Facing It" at the Dodge Poetry Festival.

Read "Facing It" at the Poetry Foundation.

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