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Question 1: Although Joy Harjo and Corbin Harney come from different tribes, do you see any details from the song and poem that would lead you to believe that there are similarities in their worldviews, their artistic sensibility, or their sense of "America" or "American?"

Carrying Our Words by Ofelia Zepeda

1. After you read it, note all the words, phrases, and elements (like line length, rhythm, use of metaphor, etc.) that jump out at you.
2. Now re-read the above poem, "Carrying Our Words," but read it aloud. Note any new words, phrases, and structural elements that you hear. If you're up for it, repeat this process one last time.
3. Which words and images do they think are the strongest? What stands out for you about this poem after several readings that you did not notice the first time?
4. How does the speaker in the poem feel about the ocean? What evidence in the poem tells you this? Why does the speaker call the ocean her relative?
5. Look one more time at the image Sunset at Sea and review both the sound or gesture that you associated with that image and your notes about the image. Are there any connections that you can make between your thoughts about the image and what you wrote here about the poem, "Carrying Our Words?"

Question 2: A Poem for My Wife by David Meltzer

1. What does your particular heritage say are the most important things for you to remember?
2. What do you think are the most important things for us to remember to keep the twenty-first-century American community alive and functioning?