“I Am From” Poem

By __________________________

I am from ________________________ (an everyday item in your home),

From ________________________ and ________________________ (products or everyday items in your home).

I am from the ________________________ (description of your home) _________________________________ (a

detail about your home – a smell, taste, or feel).

I am from ____________________ (plant, flower, natural item),

The ________________________ (plant or tree near your home),

Whose long-gone limbs I remember,

As if they were my own.

I’m from ________________________ and ________________________ (a family tradition and family trait),

From ________________________ and ________________________ (family members).

I’m from ________________________ and _________________ (family habits),

And from_____________________ (a family habit).

I’m from ________________________ and ________________________ (things you were told as a child),

And ________________________ (a song or saying you learned as a child).

I’m from________________________ (a family tradition),

I’m from ________________________ (place of birth) and ________________________ (family ancestry, nationality

or place) ________________________, (family foods) and ________________________ (family foods),

From ________________________ (a story about a family member), ________________________ (detail about the

story or person), and ________________________ (description of family mementos, pictures or treasures),

Whose long-gone stories I remember,

Because they are my own.

Inspired by “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon