Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan

Moving between two cultures.

The first poem is called Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan. This is about a girl struggling to identify with her mixed racial background. The poet develops her ideas in seven clear stanzas. The poem is written in a free verse, with lines that are different lengths, and there are no rhymes or regular rhythms. Each of the verses are flowing as though they are her thoughts and not part of a poem at all. The stanzas compare the exotic, colourful silks and jewellery of Pakistan to the plain, boring everyday objects found in England.
The stanzas describe her trouble with the clothes that her Aunts have sent her. They have no place in England because they are unpractical and brightly coloured.
Glistening like an orange split open
Embossed slippers gold and black
Points curling
The poet is describing the inexper...