Discussion Questions
1. How would you describe Janie and Joe’s relationship?
2. What are Janie’s disadvantages of living in a small community in the Jim Crow south“
3. How does Janies life change when widowed?
I wrote the poem based on the possessiveness Janies husband held for her hair. He never allowed anyone to see it after an incident involving another man touching it at a store sent him into a rage.
My Hair
My hair should be mine
But you managed to claim it’s rights
Wrap it up in the the store
No other man can see or touch what is yours
My hair should be mine
The night of your passing
Each hair rag was burnt to ashes
In one thick braid
My hair swung below my waist
On display for the world to see
My hair is mine
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