About the Poem
The job of the narrator.
What is moving stones from one side of the road to the other?
What may have the rocks that the narrator had to move represent?
(Example) Obstacles that turn out to be extremely helpful.
The poet that wrote After Working Sixty Hours Again For What Reason.
Who is Bob Hicok?
The name of the plastic tip on a shoelace.
What is an aglet?
The reason why the narrator couldn't get a permit.
What is he couldn't pay the bribe?
Name an example of repetition found in this poem.
(Examples) Stones, Bride
What else has Bob Hicok written?
Bob Hicok has created several collections of poems. One example of his other works is "Learning to swim".
The name of the dot over an i.
What is a tittle?
A reason as to why the boss fears the narrator.
What is he was wise enough to see that it was smarter for him to not do the work?
What might the raptor flying over the mountains symbolize?
(Example) The narrator "soaring" about his previous job of moving stones.
What were some of Bob Hicok's other professions?
Bob Hicok used to work in the automotive die industry. He even owned his own business called Progressive Technology!
The occupation of the person to invent flaming hot cheetos.
What is a janitor?
The reason why the narrator's brother had to come home.
What is to help the narrator with his job?
Where is the shift in this poem?
In line #17, the narrator goes from being below his boss to his boss fearing him.
Where did Bob Hicok teach? What did he teach?
Bob Hicok taught creative writing at Virginia Tech and at Western Michigan University.
True or False.
Neil Armstong said ‘That's one small step for man’.
FALSE
A theme of this poem.
What is sometimes it is smarter to do nothing instead of working?
Name your own example of symbolism in this poem.
What was Bob Hicok's response about his relationship between restraint and revelation in his work? (Summarize.)
In an interview with Laura McCullough, he replied to this question with, "Because I don't know where a poem is headed when I start, it seems that revelation has to play a central part in the poems, that what I'm most consistently doing is trying to understand why something is on my mind.... Maybe writing is nothing more than an inquiry into presences." (Bob Hicok, Interview with Laura McCullough)
The definition of Anatidaephobia.
What is the fear that a duck is always watching you?