Survey
English 9 course anthology
A complete poem for close reading, discussion, and writing.
1
We mark the path with stakes and string, then call the meadow measured. A fox slips underneath our line carrying no permission.
2
At dusk the stakes are difficult to see. The fox has crossed three names for this land. We fold our map along its printed crease. The grass does not fold with it.
Original teaching text written for this course. People, organizations, quotations, and data in this selection are fictional unless explicitly identified as historical. Reuse with the course materials.