Sarah Kay’s book No Matter the Wreckage explores identity and self-discovery through the form of both spoken and written poetry. One possible activity is to take her poem “Paws” and have students compare and contrast it with Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz’s poem “Hound,” upon which Kay based her text. Students could first compare and contrast these poems, and then they could attempt to identify similar themes and syntax that hints at the inspiration for Kay’s poem.