Q Hello everyone, For this week, you are to respond to poems that directly engage with social concerns, especially with questions of representation. Before you offer your responses to the poems, be sure to look at the PowerPoint presentations about them that I have uploaded to the “PowerPoint Presentations” module in Canvas. One of the poems you discuss must be from the following list: • Louise Erdrich, “Dear John Wayne,” https://genius.com/Louise-erdrich-dear-john-wayne-annotated (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. • Yusef Komunyakaa, “Facing It,” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47867/facing-it (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. • Mohja Kahf, “Thawrah des Odalisques at the Matisse Retrospective” and “If the Odalisques,” available in the “Additional Readings” module on Canvas. The other poem you discuss must be from the following list: • W, H. Auden, “The Unknown Citizen,” available at https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/unknown-citizen (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. • Hayan Charara, “You,” available at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/91509/you-583daf986f6e7 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. • Pablo Neruda, “The United Fruit Co.,” available at https://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/pablo-neruda/the-united-fruit-co/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. ?
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