Fight for Your Hopes and Dreams

Carlos Carbajals poetry weaves together images from mythology social science and LatinAmerican history with the truths of his own heart. Th e result is a textured cloth that speaksto his experience as a father teacher lover and immigrant. Standing at the juncture of manyworlds Carbajal speaks with a unique voice full of honesty passion and hope. It is a voicethat calls us all to fi ght for our dreams.Jerusha Matsen NealPrinceton Th eological SeminaryCarlos has a true ear for poetry and the English language. His poems jump off the pagecreating a lasting impression. His work is a must read for poetry enthusiasts.David HattemRutgers the State University of New JerseyCarlos I had the opportunity to read your poems and found them to be quite intriguingplacing one in a state of absence interminable. Th e collection of verse and prose tends to touchthe hearts and souls of the readers as they refl ect upon the subject in question often endingwith the perception that it is I the reader whom the author is writing about.Marie Conceptia Girault Essex County CollegeAmazing work! I have known Carlos for several years. His circumstances and the circumstancesaround him are represented in his work. Your words paint a vivid picture of the moments.Well done my friend well done.Carol A. Jonas S.T.A.R.S. AcademyIn this collection of poems and essays Carlos Carbajal off ers an intimate lyrical andpassionate diary of a man who loves. He loves his family his students his native Peru and hissecond homeland the United States. Th e reader is all the richer for it.Maria Enrico Borough of ManhattanCommunity College City University of New York