Where I'm From

Where I'm From

A Poem by Amanda
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A little piece of me :)

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I am from crayons

from paper and pencil.

I am from the playgym in the backyard.

(Wood, handbuilt,

it sounded like that one creaky stair.)

I am from Maple Leaf Country.

The hockey sticks

which I held to play, I remember

as if I was any good.

 

I'm from doughnuts and hammers

     from Herb and Lisa

I'm from the Mr-Fix-Its

      and the Little-Miss-Craftys

from Sit straight! and Stand tall!

I'm from the Girl Scout Camp down the street

     with a warm fire

      and thirty swaps I made myself.

 

I'm from neighborhood farms and close-knit families,

      movie nights and chocolate cookies.

From the appendix I lost

         in eighth grade,

the pancreas that quit in tenth.

 

On my wall are posters

bearing browned maps,

a collection of seperate lands

to fill up my bucket list.

I am from those travels-

reminders of others among us-

a small part of a big world.

© 2012 Amanda


Author's Note

Amanda
Modeled after "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon
another school assignment :)

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and you did very well...Top marks..I'd say

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