Today, we experimented with writing similes for ordinary things that we experience. It was a lot of fun to be as strange and silly as we could be!
Peanut Noodles
--Xio
Peanut noodles smell like hot sauce
flying across the seven seas, tasting
like the islands in the waters
and it looks like a big war. The noodles
look like. a five star meal
slipping off the fork.
“Writing poetry makes me feel like I can see myself, like I can see my reflection, but not in a mirror, in the world. I write and I know I can be reflected.”
-Oscar S.
“Writing poetry makes me feel free.”
-Buenda D.
“Writing poetry is like your best friend.”
-Jessica M.
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