Happy Spring Break, reader! Last week, Sayre’s students dove a little deeper into figurative language with metaphors. We spent some time reading Philip B. Williams’ “Declaration” and discussing the parts of the city we recognized. Next, students got a chance to write their own poems about the city and use their own metaphor skills. Check out some of them below:
Chicago
by Orlando G.
Chicago is wind
Chicago smells like rain
Chicago sounds like sirens
Chicago looks like streets
Chicago is gunshots
Chicago is rap music
Chicago
by Iker L.
Chicago is one big wind turbine
It looks like a city
with huge buildings and full of
bright lights
Go further down and you’ll
find big stadiums like the United Center that smells like popcorn
and sounds like fans cheering for the Bulls
Chicago is one big building
Chicago feels like home
Chicaho sounds like King Von and Chief Keef music
Some parts of Chicago smells like backwoods and weed
It looks like O-Block and downtown
Chicago
by Benjamin T.
Chicago is Gotham City, without Batman to help
Chicago is a planet, full of different cultures and ethnicities
Chicago is a large windstorm, with trash piling the sides of the street.
My Home Chicago
by Emily T.
My home feels like a calm and safe place for me. It’s like a video game, going to places. It smells of good food like my grandpa’s cooking that I love. It sounds like loud cars that I don’t like. It really looks like funny family making jokes everyday.
Chicago
by Antoine W.
Chicago, bow bow, guns blowing like this beat
My blood flowing
I am the head of this city
these animals on the street, poor little kitty
Also city we get litty
This city full of hustle, grind.
You want some, go get it
Like Rosa did when she ain’t get get up off that seat
She stood on business
Like Sayre in Chicago
this life ain’t fair
I’m the mayor, I’m the man like Joe Biden
I’m stacking on bandz
If I see somebody down in this city
Imma give out a hand
I’m a business boy the way I get the bucket
Clock that tea like a gang banger
In the Raq, I’m the real G
Chicago
by Lupita C.
Home, it feels like happy.
It smells like foods. It sounds like people. It looks like home.
Chicago, it feels like fun. It smells like foods. It sounds like people. It looks like Chicago.
Chicago
by Angel G.
Chicago es como Popeyes dejando su estela de olo, a pollo y
la lavenderia dejando la ropa con olora jabon.
Con un toque de ese calor con
frio con un toque mas de aire fresco y templado
su
ambiente
Que quieres probar el mejor pollo
en mi opinion te llevo a Popeyes o el mejor
sushi, vamos a la tienda Fresh Market porque alli venden uno de los mejores sushi, Esto es Chicago.
