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Teaching Let the Ponies Out

Let the Ponies Out

"Let the Ponies Out" is a free verse poem written for the poet's father.

Marilyn Dumont
Marilyn Dumont, “Let the Ponies Out” from A Really Good Brown Girl. Copyright © 1996 by Brick Books. Reprinted by permission of the publisher and author.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What does the speaker suggest happens after death?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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