Metaphors allow us to transform ourselves, if just for a moment. The 7th graders of Nettelhorst 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. Hempe (Group A)
“Me“
by Kaylin M.
I am a fish in a clear pond
I am the wallpaper hanging on the sidelines
I am a mirrorball shining on the bright
dance floor
I am a cat to a mouse
I am a mouse to a cat
I am the legs to my friend’s chair
I am a deer in front of headlights trapped
in the music of life
I am a fly under the glass cup
I am a blanket to the wounded
I am a horse on stage, shining with my guitar
I am the dead fish, floating backstage
I am the moving fable, under your fists
I am human
“I am near my home“
by Nirvik S.
I am the elephant on the
desert sand
I am the Tuk Tuk in the
dirty street
I am the cow that roams the
neighborhood
I am the mango on the apple tree
I am the spices in the delicious curry
“I am“
by Owen Z.
I am the astronaut in the
vast ocean
I am the Peanut Butter in
a PB&J
I am the final step of a
tall, tall building
I am the mother bear in
a pack of cubs
I am the sponge of infor-
mation
I am the brightest of
light bulbs
I am the inventor in a
class of A students
“I am“
by Evan C.
I am a broken bracelet on
the dirt floor
I am a cut out photo
among social butterflies
I am a forgotten melody
beneath your bed
I am a closed book among
thousands of open books
I am a lucky lost penny
between you couch cushions
I am a forget me not
beside pretty daises
Ms. Hempe (Group B)
“I am Not Different“
by Gray T.
I am a white sheep in a world
full of white sheep
I am a plant in the jungle
I am a skyscraper in the city
But I want to be
a sun in the sky of stars
a bright pink flower in the
plain white garden
a silver bean in the pile of green
ones
But I am happy to be
apart of the soil in the earth that
holds friends, families, and even strangers
together.
“When I see myself in the mirror“
by Benjamin K.
Sometimes I see stubble
moreover I see my smooth muzzle
Unusually I see ugliness
However I see handsomeness
What I see I weakness
Sometimes more I see strength
That I see is thinness
More I see is muscle
I am of a man that only thinks in directions and
what others say
“A pink starburst”
by Sareesha C.
I am ice cream on a hot day
I am Taco Bell amongst Chucky Cheese
I am a pink starburst among yellow starbursts
I am a tulip in a garden full of weeds
I am a Taylor Swift in a world full
of Kanye Wests.
I am a fairy in a world full of
ogres.
“I am Steve“
by Noah G.
I am Reyna from
Valorant
I am loot lake
from Skibidi Fortnite
I am the
imposter from
among us
I am the wither skeleton
from the Nether
I am the
ender dragon rom the end
I am Steve
from the overworld.
“I am many“
by Danny M.
I am the thinker from
a Brazilian University
I am loot lake from
the best era of Fortnite
I am a steady wind
on the 4th of July
I am
“I am…“
by Juliana R.
I am a pearl in the bottom of the ocean
I am a blossoming flower among
crumbling leaves
I am gold in a hidden cave
I am a unicorn within magical creatures
“Who I am“
by Hue T.
I am a fan in a classroom that’s hot
I am a can next to the food that’s gunna rot
I am the plan before the fool-proof plot
I am the person who ran before everything is brought
I am a fan beside the robber that has been caught
I am a pan on the burner to cook
the vegetables that are sought.
