Narrator in “Are Women People”
The narrator in this poem explores the understanding of the role of women as well as the status of different humans – from young people to people of color, down to the body parts.
Girl in "Bakamonotako"
The unnamed girl in this poem seeks to find a way to fit in with society, and as such seeks advice from a starfish to ‘find [her] other half’, even if she tries to find this by becoming a false version of herself.
Time in “Gift Planet”
Time has been personified as the narrator in this poem and seeks to warn the reader of the restraints of time and how already we are “losing everything as you go and go and go.”
Mother in “I Want the World”
The mother conveys her despair at having no control over the inherent choices we make, and shows this through the actions of her daughter. There is a nod to a loss of innocence than comes with age as well, as the mother comments young people do not know how “bad everything could get.”
