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Facing It Lesson Plan

Related Links

Yusef Komunyakaa's Biography

https://poets.org/poet/yusef-komunyakaa

Academy of American Poets' Biography of Komunyakaa.

What Happens When Metaphor Meets a Monument?

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69414/yusef-komunyakaa-facing-it

A Poetry Foundation article exploring Komunyakaa's poem in relation to Maya Lin's monument.

Facing It Audio

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/pe08.rla.genre.poetry.komunfacin/facing-it-by-yusef-komunyakaa/

Komunyakaa reading his poem "Facing It."

Poetry by U.S. Soldiers and Veterans who Opposed the War

https://wagingpeaceinvietnam.com/poetry

Selected works from a Waging Peace in Vietnam event.

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