I am Poem

Bio Poem

Re-Creation Poem

Stylistic Imitation Poem

Definition Poem

Limerick Poem

Ode Poem

Found Poem

Choral Poem

Favorite Poem

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I am Poem: Typical Student

I am a typical high school student

I wonder when I'm going to use this stuff later in life

I hear my teachers talk a lot

I see a million math questions on my test

I want to go home and sleep for the rest of the day

I am always complaining about school

I pretend to understand the math material

I feel annoyed and tired anytime I'm at school

I worry about all the homework and tests I have coming up

I cry like a waterfall about my grades in my classes

I am confused how people like this place

I understand about half the stuff I'm taught

I say "why" "why" "why"

I dream everynight that school will be canceled 

I try to pay attention, but to no avail

I hope summer comes soon

I am your typical high school student

I am Poem: Typical Student

I wrote this poem the way I did because it seemed like a fitting topic as I was in school, writing this poem. 

I used this type of figurative language because I wanted to create a more dramatic and exaggerated/boring effect.

This is one of my longest poems and I wanted to make a good poem and show how a typical student would act and think.

Bio Poem: Mateus Palmer

This poem was an easy one to write, and the way I did it was easy. I just had to think about my life and what I did.

I used this type of figurative language as I really wanted to express and dramatize these points. Such as "Warmth of a 1000 hugs"

For background knowledge, this is a poem about my life, and most of the things I did, want, and have.

Mateus Determined, funny, caring, and strong like an Ox: Best friend of Tristan 

Lover of Sports, gaming, and movies

 Who feels ecstatic to do sports, hang out with friends, and go shopping 

Who needs friends, vacation, and a hug with the warmth of 1000 suns 

Who gives his time, effort, and patience into everything he does 

Who fears disappointment, failure, spiders 

Who would like to see Avengers Doomsday, Sweden, and Hawaii 

Resident of Santana High School

 Palmer

Bio Poem: Mateus Palmer

Re-Creation Poem: Classic Christmas

Warm fire        

 Bright as day 

Outside the night is cold

  The fire cracking before me 

 Calming hot chocolate  

Glowing christmas trees 

 I warm my hands by the fire 

 The light in my eye I can’t help but smile 

 As this gray December

  Is one to remember

Selected words are from Gary Soto’s poem “Oranges”

Re-Creation Poem: Classic Christmas

I wrote this poem the way I did as many of the words in his poem had to do with "glowing" "lights" "trees" etc. All of which fits into a Christmas category.

I used figurative language such as "Light in my eye" and "Calming hot chocolate" to pass on a type of calming and cozy tone.

You do not need much background knowledge as Christmas is a pretty basic and easy topic to write about. I tried to make it a classic christmas.

Stylistic Imitation Poem: Ash and Destruction 

I chose this topic for my poem because it was a traumatic natural disaster, and I thought it would be interesting to write about.

For my figurative language, I used words and phrases like "Sky bright like a million suns" to express and exaggerate the destruction the volcano brought. 

Pompeii was a city that was destroyed by a volcano. It was a very destructive and horrific natural disaster that I thought would be interesting to write about.

At 1 in the afternoon 

It was 1 in the afternoon

 An explosion as loud as a nuke

 At 1 in the afternoon

 As molten lava rained down

 At 1 in the afternoon

 People bled from their ears

 At 1 in the afternoon

 As the city of Pompeii was destroyed

At 1 in the afternoon

The sky bright like a million suns 

At 1 in the afternoon

Stylistic Imitation Poem: Ash and Destruction

People ran for their lives                                At 1 in the afternoon, 

buildings crashed and burned   

At 1 in the afternoon                                     People were turned to stone                             At 1 in the afternoon                                    As the volcano roared down at the city of Pompeii     At 1 in the afternoon

Imitation of Federico García Lorca's style in his poem "Llanto por Ignacio Sanchez Mejias"

 joy·ful/ˈ adjective 

 feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness. 

 School is cancelled

  No alarm yelling at me to wake up

  I can stay forever in bed 

Skies are clear 

 The game is on 

 Food is on the table

 Today is filled with so much joy 

 There is just nothing that could annoy

Definition Poem: Joyful Day

Definition Poem: Joyful Day

For my definition poem, I chose a simple, easy adjective that could make a very pleasing poem. 

For my figurative language, I really like using hyperbole's to express exaggeration. Such as "Stay in bed forever".

This was a very simple poem. And was entirely based on what I think a joyful day would be like.

Limerick Poem: School is not cool

My Limerick Poem is a very simple yet effective piece. It is a short poem about school that I thought would be cool to write.

I used figurative language to emphasize how boring school is. Such as "Even if school makes you drool". I think this does a good job of representing my poem.

I enjoy writing poems about school, good or bad. And this one was about school and how boring it is.

Honestly, school is not that cool

 They must take me to be a fool

 Seems like forever

 But just endeavor

 Even if school, does make you drool

Limerick Poem: School is not cool