I want to describe myself
by D’Angelo Wordlaw

I want to describe myself
like a thunderstorm
like a bird
like a hamburger
like money
like the color red.

When I’m by myself
I am a drum
I am a van
I am the season fall.
I am the character Spongebob
I am the early morning.

I can be cold
by Heidie Cortez

I can be cold
I can be warm
Cold like the touch of death
Warm like a mother’s love
I can be loud
I can be quiet
Loud like a trumpet, loud like a drum
Quiet like a mouse
Quiet like a cold winter night
Nobody knows me
My emotions are crazy
More crazy than
Psychopathic thoughts.

Hate and love
by Nathalie Angulo-Perez

I hate you endlessly
It has nothing to do with jealousy
I hate the way you used to hurt me
I was so blind that I couldn’t see
what you have done to me.
I hate how you changed
I hate how you broke our chain
I hate the way I don’t hate you
I hate you!
I hate you!

But…

I love you, too!
I love you’re everything I want
I love how you would be there and stay
Even when you failed me
I’ll still be deeply in love
I love how you’re the king of my dreams
I love you like the way I love the view
of the moon at night
Let me be your cigarette, keep me in your lips
I love how you’re my biggest addiction
I love you!
I love you!

I am like a cheetah
by Ixcel Gonzalez

I am like a cheetah running for its dreams
I am shy and determined
Would I ever reach my dreams
Am I close enough?

I’m like the rainy days
knowing that summer is coming
you could hear the wind moving the trees
There’s nothing better
than water splashing all over you.
Hear the thunderstorm’s loud impact
and it’s not going to hurt you
You ready for this stormy night?

I am a sister
by Lesly Carrera

I am a sister
I dream to go to college
I cry when my dad died
I hope things get better in life
I believe there is a reason that things happen
I wish that things were different in life.

I am Chicago weather
by Larry Behning

I am like Chicago’s weather, bipolar
My moods are like the change in the weather
From nice then to your worst nightmare the next
Just how it gets hot then freezing.

I am like the bass in dub step
I can get high then just drop in to a depression
Just in a matter of seconds.

Superstar
by Roberto Fernandez

I describe myself like
a hot summer day
playing basketball, watch me fade
I’m sweating, I need water
Playing against my father
I’m getting tired.

I am who I am
I am the kid they call superstar
I am who am

Scoring in basketball
Homerun in baseball
Touchdown in football
Just one name “Superstar”
I am a beast, that’s who I am

I am like a sunny day
by Nesly Gonzalez

I am like a sunny day
like a cat who lays
in bed
like a Cuban sandwich
with an amazing flavor.
You can’t sing in the forest
like my favorite song
that gets me blushing
and my checks get like
my favorite color red
I am like an eagle who
likes to be by its self
I am like spring that
starts brightening up.

I am like a basketball,

Storm all over
By Laura Estrada

I want to describe myself
Like a sunny day with a storm
Like a lion protecting his family
Like a sweet cake
Like Disney World likes making others happy
Like a happy melody making the day sunny
Like a pink rose

I am who I am
By Nilsa Rodriguez

I am a teenager

a trouble maker
a sweetheart
a girl

I am who I am

I am smart
dumb
crazy
unique

I am who I am

I am young
old
learning
struggling

I am who I am

I am me
you
all
none

I am who I am

Self Portrait Poem
By Niya Walker

I am a color
I am not Blue, Orange
White or Yellow. I am Black. I am something
That makes you stand

I am a running
Back. I am quiet. Something like
A library. I am a color. I
Am a Quiet storm that
You see but cannot hear
When it comes. I am
A language you would speak
In tongues. I am
Niya.

I am who I am
By Bryan Vinanzaca

Started off as a little kid now I’m young man
I like doing a lot of things
My favorite food is chicken wings
The park is where I like to go
Taking a walk around there lets my mind flow

I am who I am

My favorite sport is basketball
I like playing soccer as well
Being a goalkeeper is position
These are the best in my opinion

This is only part of who I am

My Feelings
By Aryanna Dixon

I’m like rain on a summer night that can’t stop falling from the sky.
Like a bear in the forest that can’t find its way out.
Like a sweet cupcake touching your tongue.
Like the hot sun in Miami shining on the beach.
Like your favorite movie on a Friday night.
Like the color  red on Valentine’s Day.
I’m a gong on a big wall.
I’m a dove in the clouds flying east to west.

My Feelings
My Feelings

I am who I am
By Angelica Rosario

I am the rain when I’m sad.
I can be the fall
when leaves fly away.

I go to sleep so crazy
until the next day…
When I wake my hair falls like noodles.

I can be the park,
many things come and go.
The birds — I can be annoying or quiet
I am who I am, right?

I’m a tall tree
my pants are too short!
I’m like 7’6. Why, Dad, why!
But I am who I am, right?

I love who I become, became
I can be 6 p.m. or 1 a.m.
I’m a zombie
I don’t sleep but I can eat all day.

I am who I am.

WINTER
By Musaab Hussein

Water falling down
turning to snow
White as the sky
It’s so cold
Every snow flake is different
And every snow flake is the same.

By Musaab Hussein

I am a tall, tall tree
All alone in a field
Crumbling to the ground
and no one there to hear.

SUMMER
By Diovion Harris

It’s like a hot summer day
Going to the beach.
Drinking lemonade while
Tanning in the sun.

I am who I am
By Brenda Garcia

I am like the 2014 winter
at times we couldn’t even go out
but then it was perfect weather
lIke me I can be high but
I can be low from one day to another

I am who I am
I am like a tall tree
I am 5’3
why/ who cares
I am who I am

I am who I am
I am like a rainbow
I don’t like one person
I don’t like one color
I lIke different things
that makes me who I am

I am who I am
I am like a trumpet
I want my voice to be heard
I am loud
but can be quiet too
If no one blows me

I am who I am
I am like the fall
I can be lazy
not wanting to do anythIng
but I can be hipper when I wanna be.

I Am
By Jennifer Correa

I am the grey sky when I am lazy
I am a lion when it is hungry
But when I have food
I am like a refrigerator
I am 5 p.m. through whenever I
Become a zombie.

Similes
By Jasmine Damian

I am like a foggy weather.
I am like an owl.
I am like a candy bar.
I am like a hidden  beach.
I am as cold as dark black.

Personality
by Brooke Santiago

I’m bipolar like Chicago’s weather
Yet very sweet like the summer sunset.
Hair like mufasa, eyes like a tiger.
I am a hummingbird that loves to sing.
Relaxed like the color blue, but
Energetic like a basketball player too.
Curly hair like curly fries,
Hazelnut shaped eyes.
Personality like snowflakes,
different from all the others.
I’m loud like a gong, but sometimes
quiet like a mouse.
I’m a blast to be around,
like a party.

My weather
by Manuel Estrada

I can be all types of weathers
from thunderstorms to sunny days,
It shows how I am different
in many ways.
I can go from blizzards
to the hot nice summer waves,
It’s just not how I flow,
sunny days with good weather that’s how I roll.

This is Who I Am
by Isabel Serrano

I’m quiet like a leave falling
off a tree.
I’m laid back like a cat,
This is who I am
I could listen to music
all day.
Even do nothing all day,
This is who I am

I’m an old soul.
Listening to old school
Being in my room
listening to Queen and Biggie,

This is who I am

I fly
by Fredy Aviles

I fly free like an eagle
Go wherever I want
I run fats as a cheetah
I am quiet as the wall
Talk to no one around me
My life is calm like the waves on the ocean
With no worries and no problems

THE SKY
by Mario Huizar

When the sky turns grey
It means it might rain
When the sky turns blue
It could be a good day

When the sky is red
The sun’s going down
When the sky is no more
People are lurking around

I AM ME
BY DAMIAN TURNAGE

I AM COLD AS ICE
IF THE WEATHER WAS EVER NICE.
PEOPLE DON’T CARE BUT I WAS NEVER FAIR.
THE LAKE IS BETTER THAN FAKE
I GO THERE TO LOOK AT MY FACE .
THE PLACE I STAY IS NEVER A GOOD PLACE.
TO EARN RESPECT YOU MUST GAIN RESPECT.
TO BE HOME YOU MUST GO HOME.
TO NOT MAKE BAD DECISIONS YOU MUST MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
PEOPLE ARE THERE FOR YOU.
YOU MUST BE THERE FOR THEM.
TO BECOME SOMEBODY YOU MUST BE SOMEBODY.
BE YOU THAT’S ALL YOU CAN EVER DO
I AM ME.

I AM …

I am like a race car
By Jaylin Murillo

I am like a race car
moving fast
one mistake and
I might crash

I am like fall
with wind moving
side to side

I am like a yellow bird

I am like a drum set

I am like a tiger

I am a forest.

Self Protrait
By Arnaldo Garcia

I want to describe myself
like weather in Chicago
like a lion
king of the pack
like pizza can’t get enough of it,
like Puerto Rico
so beautiful,
like love in first sight,
like a favorite song
playing over and over again,
like the color blue,
like neon
so bright it blinds you
because of this thing
describe me.

My Poem
By Keosha Cummings

I’m like the season
my emotion change.
I can be Beyonce
I can just sing sing sing.

I’m like a bear in the fall
I get so grumpy so quickly.
I keep company with the darkness
I stay up  a lot of the night.

In the summer
I’m like the clown
I really don’t like frowns.
I’m like a ship I love to travel.

My hair is like a Chia Pet
it just keeps growing and growing
I just can’t get enough.
I’m like the spring
that’s when I start to come out.

You can say I’m the kind of person
whose story is told out.

Snow Snow Snow
By Joel Flores

Snow is what I like,
When everything around looks white,
It looks bright with the light,
Just don’t get frostbite.

I am a piano
by Kevin Rivera

I am a piano
Whose sound is sweet
loud or soft
will always sound.

I am a eagle
Free in the sky.
Where it always shines
Without anyone stopping me.

I am a bear
who sleeps
all the time.

When the sky turns yellow
by Kevin Rivera

When the sky turns yellow
It means a sunny day
When the sky turns blue
It means clear sky.

When the sky turns white
It means cloudy days
When the sky turns gray
It means a storm is coming.

When the sky turn dark
It means that the sky is falling.

Who am I?
By Jordan Dougherty

I’m a rose
full of color and life,
as red as a cherry.

I just can’t accept that
soon my petals will age, lose color,
and I will slowly lower myself
to the soil that I grew from.

Then millions more
just like me
shall grow and die
over me.

I’m like a home run baseball
wanting over the gate
but just couldn’t get passed
the giant wall of Wrigley
to see the view.

I’m an old man who wishes
he could still dance with his wife
the way they used to when they got married,
but has spent way too many days in a doctor’s office.