You Hear Me?

Questions for You Hear Me?

“Joker”

• Do you know someone who is a funny guy?Are you?
• How do you use humor?Why?
• Do you use humor to hid your feelings or insecurities?

“My Pockets Ain’t that Phat”

• What defines you?Your clothes?Your cologne/perfume?Your ride?
• What do you think is important?
• Where do you get your personal sense of style?

“Sleep”

• What kinds of things make you want to escape?
• How do you escape?Sleeping?Reading?

“People Got More”

• Where do you think these neighborhoods are that he is talking about?
• Who are “those people”?
• Do you see this anywhere else?School?Work?
• Why does he want to make KC worth something?
• Do you want to make KC worth something?
• How would you change KC or your neighborhood?

“Bumming Through Pittsburg? Maybe Not.”

• Where will you be in five to ten years?
• Will you go to college?Have a career?
• Will you be happy?

“Dear God”

• What do you want?
• What do you want for the people you know?
• How do you want to be remembered?

“Black Boy Blues”

• How do you get past your childhood?
• Because your childhood was bad does that mean the rest of your life will be too?Why?

“Ascension”

• What does this mean?
• What do you think he is talking about?

General Questions

• What do you think this poem means?
• How do you think the author was feeling when he wrote this?
• Have you ever thought about writing poetry?
• What do you think of poetry?