Day 9 - I Am Poems (Version #2)

I Am Poems Version #2 are going to be slightly different from what we explored yesterday.  As with yesterday though, you will need to follow the directions carefully so as to maintain the type of I Am poem that we are writing and not diverge into a different format.  As with yesterdays I Am Poem, this poem focuses on who you are as a person.

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Directions: 
Follow the following step-by-step directions and create one I Am Poem, Version #2:
1st Stanza

• I am (special characteristics you have)
  
• I wonder (something you are actually curious about)
  
• I hear (an imaginary sound)
  
• I see (an imaginary sight)
  
• I want (an actual desire)
  
• I am (the first line of the poem is repeated)

Stanza 2

• I pretend (something you really pretend to do)
  
• I feel (a feeling about something imaginary)
  
• I touch (something you imagine you touch)
  
• I worry (a worry that is real to you)
  
• I cry (something that makes you very sad)
  
• I am (the first line of the poem is repeated)

Stanza 3

• I understand (something you know is true)
  
• I say (something you believe in)
  
• I dream (a dream you actually have)
  
• I try (something you make an effort to do)
  
• I hope (something you really hope for)
  
• I am (the first line of the poem is repeated)
  

Student Example:


I AM

I am a carefree girl who loves horses.
I wonder if there ever was a horse that could fly.
I hear the stomping of a hundred mustangs on the desert in Arabia.
I see a horse with golden wings soaring into the sunset.
I want to ride swiftly over a green meadow.
I am a carefree girl who loves horses.

I pretend to be an Olympic jumper.
I feel the sky pressing down on me as I ride along a sandy shore.
I touch the clouds on a winged horse.
I worry that I'll fall off and become paralyzed.
I cry when a colt dies.
I am a carefree girl who loves horses.

I understand that I will not be able to ride every day of my life.
I say, let all horses roam free.
I dream about the day when I have a horse of my own.
I try to be the best rider in the world.
I hope to ride all my life.
I am a carefree girl who loves horses.
---Julianne Moore (Grade 7)