A Conversation Imagine that Langston Hughes and Anne Sexton met to talk about “Mother to Son” and “Courage.” What similarities would they find in these two poems? What differences would they find?

A Conversation Imagine that Langston Hughes and Anne Sexton met to talk about “Mother to Son” and “Courage.” What similarities would they find in these two poems? What differences would they find? Write a dialogue Hughes and Sexton might have in which they discuss the poem’s themes, characters, and figurative language.

What do you say? As you read “I Am Offering This Poem” and ” Since Feeling is First,” suppose you were the person being addressed in Baca’s or Cummings’s poem. Write your answer to the speaker or in a verse.

What do you say? As you read “I Am Offering This Poem” and ” Since Feeling is First,” suppose you were the person being addressed in Baca’s or Cummings’s poem. Write your answer to the speaker or in a verse. Do you like what the speaker says to you or about you, or are you feeling something else? Who is the speaker, in your imagination?