Background
What subject did Ocean struggle with in school?
Writing
How did his parents feel about reading?
Thought it was unnecessary and snobby
Strong and healthy
Robust
What month is national poetry month?
April
Where did his family immigrate from?
Vietnam
What did his teacher ask him to write?
A poem for poetry month
E.S.L
English as a Second Language
What president created National Poetry Month?
Bill Clinton
How old was he when his family Immigrated?
Two
What does his teacher accuse him of doing?
Plagiarizing his poem
Exuberant physical strength or mental vigor
Vitality
What year was National Poetry month created?
1996
What genre does he write in?
Poetry, fiction and essays
What was the poem he wrote called?
"If a Boy Could Dream"
A lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter
Ode
What is one of the two things National Poetry Month was modeled after?
Black History Month (February)
or
Women's History Month (March)
What city was he born in?
Ho Chi Minh
Reading what book was the same as standing in quick sand to his parents?
"Where the Wild Things Are"
Ochre
An earthy pigment containing ferric oxide, typically with clay, varying from light yellow to brown or red
What was Ocean's 2016 poem book called?
"Night Sky with Exit Wounds"