One theme, in the first poem especially, was waiting- waiting for something, in this case, that you blindly believe will come. This brings up a second theme of faith. The first poem says, "It's a figtree song!" he said,/ plucking his fruits like ripe tokens,/ emblems, assurance/ of a world that was always his own." He believed that the fig was going to come and in the poem didn't search one out because his faith in its eventual arrival was strong. It's arrival finally validated his belief.
Another theme is remembrance. In the third poem, it says, "Our hearts,those dogged mirrors,/ keep flashing us /moons before we are ready for them." She keeps seeing her grandmother, memories "flashing" in front of her before she was "ready for them." This idea of her popping up when she doesn't expect it or isn't actively thinking of her comes up throughout the stanzas and established remembrance as a theme and a main intention of the work.
In the second poem, the last few lines say, "Like clothes on a line saying/you will live long enough to wear me,/a motion of faith. There is this,/and there is more." This poem was about putting aside differences and seeing things as a bigger picture. This theme of recognizing more, of seeing other, is important to the message of the poem. The last line especially alludes to this idea of a community bigger than oneself.
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