The Assignment
Write an essay that brings together and then describes, explores and makes a statement using a handful of poems—at least three poems–from those provided in the class readings. These poems explore the theme of home. Each of the poems touches, sometimes indirectly, on this theme. Your task will be to select poems that speak to you and help you to say what you want to say about the idea of home.
Your essay should consider at least three of the poems we have read together:
“The Disappearance of the Duwamish Salmon,” by Duane Niatum
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“Landless Acknowledgement,” by Nate Marshall
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“Ode on an Abandoned House,” by Hayan Charara
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“Ode to Sudanese-Americans,” by Safia Elhillo
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“My Place in the Universe,” by Martha Silano
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“The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” by William Butler Yeats
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“In her mostly white town, an hour from Rocky Mountain National Park, a black poet considers centuries of protest against racialized violence,” by Camille T. Dungy
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“The Cabbage,” by Ruth Stone
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“[When I come home, they rush to me, the flies],” by Aracelis G
