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TEACH THIS POEM: "A SMALL NEEDFUL FACT" BY ROSS GAY
‘A Small Needful Fact’ by Ross Gay is a short movg poem that suggts that there is still hope to be found after someone’s ath. * ross gay needful fact *
Ross Gay. Copyright © 2015 by Ross Gay. ‘A Small Needful Fact’ by Ross Gay is a short movg poem that suggts that there is still hope to be found after someone’s ath.
In ncln, Gay scrib how the plants are workg our favor, makg easier “for to breathe. ‘A Small Needful Fact’ by Ross Gay is a fifteen-le poem that is ntaed wh a sgle stanza of text.
Alln: om the begng of the poem, Gay allus to the life and impact of Eric Garner, a black man who was killed New York Cy 2014.
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Why did Ross Gay wre ‘A Small Needful Fact?
’Ross Gay wrote this poem orr to honor Eric Garner’s life and the impact he had on those he knew. Gay may have wrten this poem om his own perspective, but knowg who the speaker is is not necsary for unrstandg the poem.