Metaphors allow us to transform ourselves, if just for a moment. The students of MLA asked themselves what they could become after we read “The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee” by N. Scott Momaday. Upon exploring what metaphors were, students then created their own to describe themselves in new and exciting ways. Profound, fun, serious, and silly, students reflected on what becoming animals, foods, ideas, and objects said about their inner selves.
Ms. Higgins (Group A)
“Astronomy Skies“
by Liam V.
I am the dimming light in the darkening sky
I am the shining star in the night’s sky
I am the farthest amid earth
I am the quiet slumber of the night
I am the moon seen in the morning skies
I am the differing shapes in each night.
I am the darkness but also the light.
you see, I am dim, I am extraordinary.
“I am“
by Anais G.
I am a matcha in a land of greens
I am a strawberry on a muddy plant
I am a monkey off a tropical rainforest
I am a dahlia in a garden
I am a sunrise across the ocean
I am a lash tech from a windy city
“I Am“
by David M.
I am a Husky on the bright white snow
I am a soccer player on a green field
I am a son on my mom’s arms
I am a student in a boring class
I am a bee by a sunflower
I am a monkey across the ocean
“What I am“
by Mariana R.
I am a shooting star across the night sky
I am the cold breeze on a hot day
I am the diamond in a treasure box
I am the rainbow after a rainy day
I am the astronaut lost in space
Ms. Higgins (Group B)
“I am a“
by Sherlyn C.
I am a rabbit of the woods
I am the firework of the party
I am the tears on the blanket
I am a snail on the street
I am the sun of the room
I am a book on the shelf
“Me“
by William Z.
I am a lot of things
I am the pills on a sick day
I am the thunder on a rainy day
I am the water on a sunny day
I am the bug under the rock
I am the monkey on the trees
“I am“
by Nayeli R.
I am a song on the calm beach
I am a shadow from a gentle breeze
I am a dream from the cold forest
I am a puzzle around the loud home
I am a garden between a messy storm
I am a flame above the bright sky
“Myself“
by Nathaniel M.
I am the soul of a broken house
I am a brick on grass
I am the out of tune violin above an old musician
I am an old sock from a lost child.
Ms. Sapa
“I still have time“
by Michelle M.
I am the darkness in between the light
I am the bud that was never the sun
I am the black cat who wasn’t born to be a panther
I am the moon who was used for show
I am a pond that wanted to be a fish
I am the rusty knife that was never used again
I am, I am, or am I
“I Am…“
by Jonattan C.
I am peanut better to your P.B. and J
I am a monkey in a desert
I am a bird going its own way
I am a hammer to a nail
I am a crystal in a rock
I am a punch to a brick wall
“Protected“
by Ayleen H.
I am the spoiled cat inside of the locked house.
I am the firefly in a wide field at night.
I am the curtain of a loud mouth.
I am the blanket for my inner-child
I am a cub of a feared-lion
I am the odd card of the cast.
“I am Unique“
by Michael L.
I am a red whale in the blue ocean
I am the good person in the bard
I am the star in the darkness
I am the one who believes in the dark times
I am the prey from the predators
I am the fastest in my area.
