I am ... Poems

Students at Burroughs wrote poems using anaphora, or repetition of the beginning of the line, after reading M. Scott Momaday's "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee"

3rd grade 105

Felipe D.
I am a tiger in the water
I am a tiger going home
I am a little tiger in my bed
I am a tiger going to my friend
I am a tiger in my friends house
I am a tiger eating cake
I am a tiger so full of cake
I am a tiger in the flow
I am a tiger going back to me
I am a tiger going to sleep

Sienna J.
I am the light of the moon
I am a shining rose
I am a beautiful white bird that shines in the sky when it flies
I am a piece of nature that flies in the sky
I am the thunder that roars and has strong lightening
I am the light of the sun
I am a piece of snow that sparkles
I am a star that shines
I am the wind that blows everything
I am the rain that hits the ground real hard
I am rhyming poetry

4th grade 306

Stephanie H.
I am the green panda eating bamboo
I am a star looking into the moon
I am the popcorn that goes into your stomach
I am a mango waiting to be eaten
I am a pencil writing poems
I am the one that makes you show your teeth
I am a Joey getting dizzy from all of the jumping
I am the light that light sup your house
I am all that comes to life
I am all that I want to be


Carlos B.
I am a zebra racing with other zebras.
I am a lion with a big jump.
I am an eagle flying through the bright sky.
I am a kangaroo jumping into the nice sky.
I am a sky scraper scraping the sky.
I am an eraser erasing all your mistakes.
I am a light bulb lighting up the darkness.
I am a fawn jumping.
I am a building letting in people.
I am a zebra with yellow and white stripes.
I am a bird chirping all around.
I am a lion chewing meat.
I am a tree growing up.
I am a sign telling people to go.


Adrian G.
I am the flame inside a wolf's heart.
I am the smallest dark trapped in a star.
I am the wolf howling in the twilight.
I am the wind blowing the breeze.
I am the cloud that makes lightening in the dark.
I am a light that shines above the clouds.
I am the tiger leaping on the mountains.
I am the peace that gives pride.
I am the snake lurking in the tall grass.
I am the light that gives life.

4th Grade 002

Tanisha J.
I am the pink monkey throwing orange bananas
I am the shade of a witch flying in the air
I am the witch combing my green hair
I am the girl trying to go see Jonas brothers
I am the pretty star shining sometimes
I am the bird with pretty feathers
I am the Gabrielle on high school musical
I am very nice to other people
I am walking desks

Teresa M.
I am a tree with no leaves
I am a cluster of stars up and up
I am a lollipop
I am me
I am a lion tiger
I am a fish bow
I am in a both earth
I am a letter who is good
I am a horse who gives birth
I am hungry.


Daniel S.
I am… a birds wing.
I am… the heart of the monkey
I am… the reason Hitler died.
I am… a goose in the sky.
I am… a buffalo in the plain.
I am… the breeze of the winter.
I am… the coating of a bear.
I am… the sun when its out.
I am… the bible in gods hands.
I am… the plane in the sky.
I am… the degree of the sun.
I am… the M in Mexico.
I am… the river breeze.
I am…vivid in the light.