"Identity"

The identity of the poet is Julio Noboa Polanco, a native New Yorker whose focus is on Latino heritage, history, and education. But in the poem, his identity is compared to that of "a tall, ugly weed" and a high-flying eagle.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Poetry, poemcrazy, Nikki-Rosa, We Real Cool, Fast Break, Identity, Ego Tripping, Hanging Fire, odes, Sonnet 18, In Response to Executive Order 9066, Young, Poetry Cafe, poems by Nikki Giovanni