El poema Padre Tierra es una conversación con la figura del padre. Una conversación que retrata al padre y a la vez, revela la identidad del hijo: sus miedos, sus descubrimientos y su paso de la infancia a la edad adulta.

These poems explore the author’s boyhood in a Spanish village, his coming of age and his arrival to California in his 20's. A series of characters marginalized by society interact with the speaker and help him understand his uniqueness and...