Task #5 Where I'm From Poem

Create a Poem for your main character-Due January 23rd

Based on the poem Where I’m From by George Ella Lyon, create a ‘Where I’m From’ list that reflects all the things that make up the identity of one of the main characters in your novel. Begin by brainstorming a list of images, experiences, sights, and smells ect. that could be used in your poem.

This poem will go on page 8 of your magazine. You will be assessed on your ability to create rich imagery using descriptive and figurative language. Use the template below as a model to create your own poem. Your poem should be at least four stanzas (paragraph in poetry) long and include at least four lines per stanza. To represent your poem I encourage you to use the following link to create an image using the words in your poem: Creating a picture with a thousand words.

Where I'm From I am from clothespins, from Clorox and carbon-tetrachloride. I am from the dirt under the back porch. (Black, glistening, it tasted like beets.) I am from the forsythia bush the Dutch elm whose long-gone limbs I remember as if they were my own. I'm from fudge and eyeglasses, from Imogene and Alafair. I'm from the know-it-alls and the pass-it-ons, from Perk up! and Pipe down! I'm from He restoreth my soul with a cottonball lamb and ten verses I can say myself. I'm from Artemus and Billie's Branch, fried corn and strong coffee. From the finger my grandfather lost to the auger, the eye my father shut to keep his sight. Under my bed was a dress box spilling old pictures, a sift of lost faces to drift beneath my dreams. I am from those moments-- snapped before I budded -- leaf-fall from the family tree. -Ella Lyon

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