Bilingual Poetry - Exercise

Based on “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon

You may incorporate bilingual references, (Spanish, German, Italian, Dine`…)

Where I’m From

I am from______________________ (specific ordinary item)

from_________________and________ (product name)

I am from the_____________________ (adjective, sensory detail)

whose long gone limbs I remember

As if they were my own.

I’m from______________and_______ (plant, flower, natural item)

from______________and__________ (family tradition and family trait)

I’m from___________and__________ (family members)

from_____________and___________. (family tendencies)

I’m from_____________and________ (something you were told as a child)

and____________________________ (description of religion or lack of it)

I’m from________________________ (place of birth and family ancestry)

I’m from____________and_________ (two food items representing your family)

From__________________________ (specific family story/specific person)

______________________________ (detail)

______________________________ (location of family pictures, mementos, etc…)

______________________________ (under my bed, in my closet, in attic, etc…)

______________________________ (add more verse)

______________________________

Exercise created by Levi Romero