Today in Ms. Shah’s 6th grade, we talked about play and surprise. We talked about how poetry can give us tools to express some of our deepest emotions and thoughts, while also giving us a place to play with language and tap into our weird inner small kids.
To practice getting in touch with this silly side of ourselves, we read Valerie Worth’s poem “Paper Clip,” and then came up with the most surprising similes and metaphors we could for the most boring objects in the room. We stretched our imaginations by expanding these comparisons into short poems.
Dustpan with a soft top
-Noman
opened up a head
filled with grey hair.
when put back it stays
With it’s brother.
As big and boring as Squidwerd’s
house. As old as a turtle.
Like a dark cloud coming
close to land.
Expo dry eraser
-Mishka
The eraser looks like a cake
ready to be eaten
in the corner of the room, untouched
staring at the wedding hall. It’s frosting looks like a silly
hairstyle.
Quickly closes its eye
when the person walks by
it smells like a bakery waiting
to be eaten tonight.
Highlighter
-Jessica
The highlighter
It’s colored like mustard
as bright as maize
But even if it shines so bright
it is still used to put detail
Though it’s brighter than the sun
it is still see-through
Feeling no one sees them
Only to highlight the dark ink
Even in any color, it isn’t seen
