3 themes

1. The first theme that I read through the poems is missing hometown. From my father and the Fig tree, the fig tree is the symbol of her hometown because it’s the tree that they planted when they were at home. Since they didn’t have fig trees in America, they weren’t happy; they weren’t planting one more tree since the poet is not in her hometown as well. The quote can be, “‘Plant one!’ my mother said. But my father never did.”
 2. The second theme that I read through the poems is the poet connection with her father. From the poem, she loved her father very much so she remembered those details of her father’s lives and she liked to talk about the fig tree and all other things with her father. Also, they are having close connections that they always shared each other's ideas. The quote is, “In the evening he sat by my bed weaving folktales like vivid little scarves.”
 3. The third theme that I read through the poems is the poet’s love to her grandmother. From my grandmother in the stars, she showed that even they weren’t together, the poet missed her grandmother so much and their hearts were always tight. The quote is, “Where we live in the world is never one place. Our hearts, those dogged mirrors, keep flashing us moons before we are ready for them.”