This week we got started on writing poems using personification as a tool to explore big ideas and emotions. After reading The Lament by Percy Bysse Shelley I asked students if they could ask a big question about life, what would it be and what would they ask. So many questions and ideas came flooding into the discussion. Read a few of the students poems and come back next week for the ones that are still in progress. Enjoy this week’s poets!
My Love
Ra’Drell J.
Oh love how do
you live in the world
full of hate and
anger so strong,
that sometimes you
can’t love anyone
Not even yourself
The hate so real
that you hating on yourself
on your clothing to the
shoes you wear on
a hot summer day
Oh Anxiety
Ariyeh D.
Oh anxiety
why are you here
I wonder why you’re here
why oh why
As I panic
Wondering why you’re in me
taking my breath away
I can’t breathe I say
