From Cubism to Surrealism to Dada Tone Poems, we're getting weirder each week! This week we read Gertrude Stein's "Identity A Poem" and discussed her use of sound, alliteration, repetition, and rhythm to make a poem that makes little sense, but sounds amazing! The poets then brainstormed lists of alliterative words and used them to write their own wildly alliterative tone poems. Enjoy!

Ms. Koerner's Class

Strawberry
by Jeremy W.

Berry berry I like strawberry.
They're short like blueberry.
Their vine is string.
Straberry is a star.
Strawberry is South Dakota.
They sing when we are not looking.

Wacky
by Hector B.

house is not a home.
house is not handsome.
house is a big hamburger.
house is a hammer squishing
a hot dog.
hog is a heart.
he himself is harmony.

I Don't Know
by Dwaine

I am I because nobody really likes me.
I want people more people to like me as who
I am. People think I'm ugly.

Ms. Askounis's Class

The Crazy Letter E
by Echfen S.

My brother said check your e-mail
way I eat like an elephant. Everyone every-
day ED is my friend and Echfen is my
name. An example one of signed expression
is one of mine. Equations are easy
for a child like me. And I eliminate
equivalent fractions from my mind.

The Day
by Tatiana H.

Trumble table, Terrified
times, and people like
to talk a lot, Take
the tape to the tower
They have tons of body
work people need Tens
for the towel. They
is terrific tattoos
They had a great tennis
team. The temperature
had went up two days
ago

Untitled
by Grace R.

Chicago Chicago
is a big city a lot
of people just sit
on the couch and
eat cookies and
chips and listen to
Chris Brown. I like
to sit on the computer
I like to bake cakes