At the border: It is about civil war. A girl who was from Iraq she migrated to Kurdistan because of the civil war in her country. Now she is returning home back to Iraq because the civil war is over. The man bends down on his knees and kisses his muddy homeland because he has been away for a very long time and cant wait to be home with his culture and language.

Belfast confetti: Belfast confetti is about a civil war happening in Belfast between the Protestant and the IRA . The man says I was trying  to complete a sentence in my head, but it kept stuttering. He cant think straight because he is scared of what’s happening in his town. He is surrounded by riots and bombs. The different of at the border and Belfast confetti is that in at the border the Iraqi family is so happy to go back home they can smell the muddy homeland. In Belfast confetti the man that lives there is scared of his home and is sad of what happening to his home he is anxious to leave because he is worried of dying.

At the border it is presented in first person. In the 5 stanza it says I was 5 years old standing by the checkpoint. This is first person it says I which is first person because your speaking about yourself and your experience. Belfast confetti is set in first person.

The poet had written at the border because he is showing how live is like for a family to finally go back home from Kurdistan. At the border shows real emotion because it tells you how emotional it can be away from your home for many years.  Being away from your home for years due to civil war it can be really devastating because family members could die because of the war friends could never be seen again. So this is telling you how lucky you are to be at home with your culture and family/friends. At the border sums up a family so happy to return home after civil war. Belfast confetti is similar to at the border both in first person. It is similar because both people had their country in civil wars  against each other. Belfast confetti  is a man that is caught in between a civil war by the IRA and the prodestants.