Ms. Burton’s Scholars

Present

“We Come From..”

Our poems are modeled after the

“Where I'm From” poem

by George Ella Lyon

I come from those glossy ballads, I heard in the house.

From the no pets allowed, but there lived a mouse.

From the many cultures, that had no culture.

Then came I, a boy’s smile faltered.

I come from the promises of fun, from the promises not done,

From the “get my coat” to the let’s take a smoke. I come from them laying in the bed bumping Jodeci,

to “I can’t stand him, you have no daddy”

I come from the red beans and rice, from the bottles of wine, and from the seafood, that I could never

have as mine. I come from if it’s free, it’s for me, to the NO GIVE ME!

I come from being that guy whose waived in insecurity, to that guy is a rain-

bow, he’s just like me. I come from that guy who’s a wanna be, to the guy they’ll envy. To the someday,

you’re gonna be wishin for me. From the bleak and lazy, to the wild horse that’s blazing. From the Lan-

guishing fire, to that butterfly-beat spirit. From the knock! Knock! Knock! To the YES! I hear it

! I come from “SAVE ME! SAVE ME!” “To the stay away from me”, lately. To the “let me

be,” ”set me free,” to the there’ll be struggles I’ll go through sadly, but believe I’ll prevail sanely!

I AM BRIAN I AM FROM

I come from Anthony and Lan, who never fight.

I come from white rice with fish, and soup every night.

I come from big, fun holidays. Celebration such as Vietnamese New Year.

I come from “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” and a favorite song that is unclear.

I come from “You can do better than that!” and “No, B only A.”

I come from different dishes that are sometimes weird.

I come from believing in God, nobody else.

I come from the Army that saves us and protects us.

I come from spending time with each other every day, and every night.

I come from the image of a happy family.

I come from the sound of sssssslurrrrping noodles, we eat on Sunday.

I come from the smell of white rice cooking in the kitchen.

I COME FROM

By Gina

I Come From, Happy Faces & Loving Arms

I Come From, Country Outdoors & Fields

I Come From, My Mom & Dad

I Come From, A Crazy Family

I Come From, Spanish Foods & Mixture Of New Orle-

ans Foods

I Come From, An Environment With High Education &

Peaceful Community

I Come From, Photo Albums Down To Diaries & Boxes

I Come From, Happy Faces & Loving Arms

Comes from

PARRY

I am from by Joshua

I am from cornbread, from Pillsbury and ibprofen,

I am from sanctuary and protection.

To tomatoes and watermelons with the sweetness to blow

your mind.

I’m from tailgating parties and discussing politics from grandma and

uncle.

I’m from the eating at the couch for Christmas, the opening the

presents

From “for every action there’s a consequence” and “you’re skating

on thin ice”

I am from the full concept of Christianity

I am from Americans of past and future

From fried chicken and Ooey Gooey

From the splashing of the old lady with moms car as she screams at her in the rain.

The sweet kind lecturing of grandma as she tells us of the old sandwich shop back in Mississippi from

1980.

I am from Spic and Span, from Fabuloso and Pine Sol.

I am from the Sap tree roots that grew into the ground.

I am from the Magnolia Tree

I am from a Cypress tree, whose roots grow out of the

ground

I’m from family gatherings and light skinned people

From Eliska and Eugene

I’m from the fights and fusses

From “When are you getting a job” and “Go to sleep!”

I’m from Sunday clothes that were put out the night

before

I’m from Eugene and Cassandra

From red beans and rice and cabbage

I’m from New Orleans and PROUD OF IT!

Eugenee Where I come from

I am from all the flowers in my grandma’s garden, from roses and orchids.

I am from the Saturday’s night when every kid in my neighborhood used to dream about

being a grown up and doing whatever we want.

I am from people who like to dance and sing every weekend until death, with all the lights

on the street and the moon bright just joining us.

I am from a house where you could see the years that we lived there, cold but at the same

time colorful…sometimes.

I am from of the almond tree, the lemon tree.

I am from birthdays, from Darling and Martin

I am from one who loves to read, to sing, to dance, to act and to write.

From those talks with my dad, he wants me to do the right thing, always.

From those talks with my mom, warnings and warnings, almost every night

I am from Jehovah Witnesses

I am from Agripilto

From meat and vegetables

From the person who spent the entire life trying to the best for the sake of her children

The person who loves people.

Joscelyne

Where I come from, Football and Games are played

Where I come from, newspapers are on the lawn and clean cut grass is present

Where I come from, Lil Chad, Me, Michael Play Basketball

Where I come from, ‘’If you don’t work hard, you don’t shine”

Where I come from, there are Christmas family parties and lasagna

Where I come from, my president is black

Where I come from, we have family albums and Disney World Memories

I come New Orleans and Eureka and Ron and now I’m here in West Jeff

Where I come from

By: Austin

I am from the little thin toys, from a lot of memories and good feeling about

playing with them.

I am from the blue sky and birds where the neighbors play

marble.

I am from eggrolls and noodles, from the white rice with red

meat.

I am from the corner where I usually study and play games,

from the

small table where we usually eat dinner.

I am from my dad’s garden, the best and beautiful flowers with many busy insects.

I am from Buddhism, one religion that respects a lot of Gods.

I am from a family that was affected by the Cold War, from the sad inside my

family.

I am from a computer, from a lot of violent games.

I am from Math, from the best I can do while I’m in school.

I am from warnings and reminders, from the ones who care for

me.

I am from communism; from the place people can’t have their

rights.

I am from papa and mama and what they said while I was young.

TRUNG

I am From

I am from space, from NASA and Mars

I am from the foreign country. A fun place where you sleep, party.

I am from the rose, the most beautiful place, the life bring

I am from a family of presidency

I’m from a short and fun family

From the bottom to the top

I am from the Christian side

I am from a good family

From a poor and stupid family.

Carl

I am from silly smiles and grudging good mornings messages

To sugary sweet hugs at night

From the woods of camping with boy scouts in a black hole

To ballet shoes and leotards with ballerinas who make bars sing.

From barks and meows, To slobbery pants and purrs.

I am from the click, clicks, clicks of my laptop computer

To the tap, tap, tapping as I text on my phone.

From hanging with friends and staying at home.

Where I from, I exchanged wet splashes with my friends

And spent time lying on a summer beach under the stars discussing trends

From school dances and cheering at basketball games

To making midnight confessions to old flames.

Where I am from I heard “stop whining”, “do your best”

And “Are you sure that you want to wear that?”

Where I am from there are people who care

And people who I know will always be there

MS. BURTON

I come from...