This is a link to some great I am poems from a Ninth Grader class (I'm guessing in the U.S.).
They mount metaphors with great skill. I would love to see if my class in Year 7 could reach this standard with some prompting. I'll use the blog to start with...
I think I might try my hand it first:
I Am
I am a poser
I wonder if I will find it in me to change.
I hear too much praise and
I see too many smiles from faces willing to shake my hand
I want to find a way out, but
I am too consumed in being a poser.
I pretend that what you see is what you get with me
I feel that's not going to last forever,
I touch others lives with good will and wise words,
But I worry, that if I don't listen to myself then God couldn't possibly use me to good effect on others
I cry and lament my inability to open up and be free
I am a poser
I understand that to love you must have faith...
I say that faith is a cruel sacrifice for love
I dream of a day when two marred beings can have an understanding
And I try, I really try to push myself to help the other reach it
I simply hope that this will have a happy ending,
Considering right now... I'm just a poser.
I wonder if I will find it in me to change.
I hear too much praise and
I see too many smiles from faces willing to shake my hand
I want to find a way out, but
I am too consumed in being a poser.
I pretend that what you see is what you get with me
I feel that's not going to last forever,
I touch others lives with good will and wise words,
But I worry, that if I don't listen to myself then God couldn't possibly use me to good effect on others
I cry and lament my inability to open up and be free
I am a poser
I understand that to love you must have faith...
I say that faith is a cruel sacrifice for love
I dream of a day when two marred beings can have an understanding
And I try, I really try to push myself to help the other reach it
I simply hope that this will have a happy ending,
Considering right now... I'm just a poser.
