According to the writer how will preservation of the Angel Island Detention Center poetry benefit her as a poet

In "The Writing In The Walls" by Camille Dungy, the author tells the story of the poems that were written on the walls of the Angel Island Detention Center. The center was a facility where Asian immigrants that had some issue with their documents were held.

Towards the end of the text, the author states that:

"Scholars are researching the poems, and people and poets like me, who need to believe in the power of poetry to speak beyond the here and now, can stand in front of those walls and understand the power of poetry: to calm, to communicate, to commiserate, and to conserve."

She argues that the preservation of these poems will benefit her as a poet because it will remind her of the power of poetry.