Today the poets from Waters Elementary School learned about the power of one of the most used literary devices in poetry; similes and metaphors. After reading “Dreams” and “Harlem” by Langston Hughes, they were tasked with writing similes to their secret love! Read the 7th and 8th grade versions of love similes. Enjoy!
Anissa T.
Your hair is as dark as a tree
Shining brightly as a star
Glistening bright like a river
Your name is pure like your heart
You are like the sun shining with all your glory
You are the rainbow shining beyond the darkest clouds
You are like a bee pollinating the flowers for the world, giving back to the world with such greatness
Aria A.
Mr. Nerd
Albert Einstein, you are google
And more boring than math
But the gray electrified looking hair is crazier than a cat with rabies
And your intelligence makes me feel dumber than a rock
At least you are smarter than your time
Keeping the world from forever being dumb
And your mathematical equations I will never completely understand
Bogich M.
You are as tall as a fresh brown branch tree
You shine like the stars in the glowing night
My hair is as shiny as gold honey straight from the source
Your teeth are as straight as a line from the black road
Your voice makes me want to fly like a dizzy small bird
Your face is as pretty as the shiny sun if it were painted in gold
Your toes are as long as a golden beak
Your ears can wiggle like a worm in the dirt
My nose is as sharp as a pencil straight from the sharpener
You can make someone stop like a beautiful red car on a steaming red light
Adrian L.
You are as beautiful as red roses because you turn red around me
Your face is as bright as a new car
Your teeth are as shiny bright like a diamond
Your hair is as bright as the sun
Your nose looks like pinocchio
Your shoes are as cool as Yeezes
You are like a angel you light up my day
You make me feel like a million dollars
You are my coffee in the morning
I go crazy when I don’t see you
Alice N.
Tapwater
Your hair is fine as silk
Your eyes are as mysterious as a myth
My face feels as if it’s on fire
I could get lost in your eyes for an eternity
You are like a magnet, my eyes find even when I am unaware
You’re like the calm to my storm
You are the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that I can never reach
Your skin is as soft as a cloud
Your voice is as soothing as the ocean waves
Your voice can be as loud as a loin, or as soft as a feather
You’re a disease with no cure
I can’t get rid of you, even if I tried
Bella Z.
Your hair is as silky as a bundle of spider webs
Your laugh is rich like the soft notes of a flute
I love your presence like a bee loves a flower
When I’m around you, it’s like walking on clouds
You hand is the missing puzzle piece to mine
You linger in my mind like a missing assignment
I’m afraid that I’ll suffocate without your presence,
Like a fish out of water.
Abigail G.
Poison
Your smile is more contagious than corona.
Your kindness is a flowing river,
I am the lake.
You are a happiness giver,
And all of it I will take.
Your love is infectious poison,
Sickening my heart.
You are the reason,
My heart is torn apart.
Alexa A.
Your eyes gleam like Hollywood smiles
Your hair billows like long grasses in a beautiful meadow
Your fingers are lean like the legs of a giraffe
Your shoulders are as smooth and round as the bean
Your earlobes are as soft as fleece Patagonia sweatshirts
Your nails are as colorful as a sea of fish
Your eyebrows are as tame as a police dog
Your elbows are as sharp as the eyes of the giver
Your teeth are as straight as rulers
Your style is a shining light in a sea of darkness
You are the bright, glistening contrast in this bland world
Your eyelashes are the thick, dark feathers of the majestic, soaring bird
You are the fluffiest of all the clouds in the sky
Your presence is a breeze of cool air on a sweltering summer day
Your hair is the smooth, lengthy flow of a winding river
Andrea F.
The way your hair sways is like a stream in the forest
Your eyes glisten like the ocean waves
Your smile is as bright as the sunlight on a summer morning
Your laugh is like a soft rhythm in a song
Your voice is as soothing as a lullaby
Your smile is a beaming light in a dark room
Your eyes are an emerald sparkling in the sun
Your kindness is the moon, always there
The way your hair sways is like a stream in the forest and your smile is a beaming light in the dark
Adrian C.
Walter
Your ears are shaped like little elf ears.
Your eyes are blue like the ocean
Walter your mustache is like little grass growing:
Your eyebrows are like sharp swords.
Walter your teeth are yellow crayons
Your red sweater is like Clifford
Walter your hair is milk chocolate
You’re as funny as a comedian
Walter your teeth are vampires
Aedan D.
Dear Human,
I think your eyebrows are like flowers. Your eyes are like a maze because I am lost in them. Your smile is a sparkling diamond in the moonlight. Your hair is a calm ocean washing away my problems. You are my candle guiding me through the night. Your boogers are like acid heating up my heart. Your dandruff is as white as snow. Your face is a volcano warming my life.
Coral L.
The Golden
Your hair is the evening sun, golden and flickering in the strong wind
Your eyes are soft and kind, a reflective pool
Your words are carefully chosen to shape a beautiful world, beautiful just because you were in it
As you lay back on the green grass, staring into the colorful horizon
I think of how lucky I am to be here with you
Yet as strong as the love feels in the moment, like a sweet poison
The more it hurts when you leave
When I had stopped and admired the stunning green
But had forgotten to step into the golden with you
Because maybe my view was blinded by the light
Maybe the green was just moss
And the golden was just the dew sparkling from the sun
Before the dew dries up and disappears
Never again the same as it was
And maybe she didn’t exist in the first place
And maybe she never will.
