These poems each have a set of guided questions, related videos that allow for deeper investigation, and suggested writing activities. We'll be adding more poems here soon! Application Form Identity is elusive. Maybe it doesn’t exist at all. My Grandmother Washes Her Feet in the Sink of the Bathroom at Sears A clash of cultures in a department store bathroom showcases pride and power in the towns matrons as well as the space in the middle where the speaker lives Fear of Snakes The life of a snake and the memory of girlhood trauma are told in sinuously entwined language. Mantra of No Return It is possible to travel home when one has never been there. This poem does. Before the Birth of One of Her Children This frank, devout poem confronts the risks facing a 17th-century woman in childbirth. A Breakfast for Barbarians Come sit at this mythical table where guests eat the world’s mysteries for breakfast. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 Language English