This week kicked off our first week of Hale’s summer poetry program. Students got warmed up with a few exciting games of Simon Says and Four Corners before reading name poems. We talked about the origin of our names together. Some of us were named after family members, and other people were named after famous celebrities. Then, we wrote individual and group poems of our own and performed them in front of the group. Check out a few of them below:
Name Poem
by Robyn, Osmar, Diego, and Ricardo
Our names are the first thing we’re taught.
Everyone is wearing masks, but people still know I’m Ricardo.
I’m Osmar, but everyone calls me Oscar or Omar.
I’m Robyn the person, not robin the bird.
I’m Diego and my name is short.
Alexa
by Alexa
My name comes from my mother
with A
A
Like air which we need to breathe
with A
A
The first letter of the alphabet
with A
Not with a J like my father
with A
A
Like Alexie which I want my name to be
with A
A
That represents me
An
by An
“An” is my name
Descendant of the last king and queen
originates from Vietnam…
My grandpa give it to me because
he saw the great in it.
The name descendant means to help
and carry.
I wonder what they see in me?
Did the name An have its own story?
But no matter what I will continue
to be the “An” that people know.
