Crazy Adorations

Today we read an excerpt of Andre Breton's "Free Union." We talked about the power of metaphor and discussed the strange and surprising way Breton describes his wife. We made a list of unusual parts of the body that might go mostly unexamined, and created a list of unrelated nouns. Then, when asked to think of someone they adore, students came up with many exciting comparisons. Read their work!

Ms. Mitchell 5th grade
Week 14


Poem
Flor T.

My dog’s eyes are like
roses with lots of petals.
My dog is brown like
a chocolate river.
My dog has ears of
a fish.
My dog’s belly is like jelly.
My dog’s head is like a
fountain of glitter.
My dog’s mouth is like
a ring.
My dog’s feet are like
little rabbits feet jumping.
My dog is like
my sister, always doing what
they are not supposed to be
doing.




Poem
Jose M.

Marc’s voice sounds like a
chocolate cookie saying
he doesn’t want to shower,
it sounds like a
skunk trying to
escape from
a predator.
It sounds like
a pop tart with
strawberry. It sounds
like a sad cow that
is going to get a mark
with the thing farmer’s use to make
the mark. He sounds like
a bush baby that can’t get
on the bush. It sounds
like a big thunder
storm trying to let
down rain. He
sounds like
a big
happy panda that just
found its family again.
That’s how Marc sounds.



Poem
Monica R.

My brother’s brain is as small as a peanut.
My brother’s face of steaks.
My brother’s eyes are just like my sisters.
My brother’s belly is an elephant.
My brother’s ears full of monkeys.



Ms. Kennedy 5th grade
Week 14


My Brother
Azalea S.

My brother
has the skin
of a snake.

With the
head of a blown
up balloon.

Hands of a
construction worker.
Heart of a devil’s
brain.

Feet of a jungle
boy. Breath of a
sun on a 150 degree
summer day.

Toenails of a rough
needle. Hair of a
little noodle popping out
and back in.

My brother
of the body
of an ant.

My brother!





My Cousin
Mireya G.

My cousin Daniel has
eyes of a flower, mouth of
a sun, hands of a trouble-
maker, nose of a watermelon and
cheeks of eggs. Legs of snow,
brain of Sponge Bob’s house and
powers like Spiderman.
I love my cousin!




My Friend
Rafael G.

My friend has the lips of French fries,
the brain of beans,
the ribs of sticks,
the eyes of a streelight,
the nose of a button,
and the hair of a bag of popcorn.
The elbow of a water bottle cap,
the fingers of noodles,
the heart of grapes,
the intestines of pipes,
the toes of chicken wings,
and the hair of a monkey.



Ms. Schaeffer 5th grade
Week 14


Free, All Free
Ariel T.

My head that’s shaped like a globe.
My ears are little martens.
My shoulders that are red and pink hearts.
My legs are bright lamps.
My fingers are crystals dangling.
My arms are stringy noodles.




My Cousin
Tariq R.

My cousin’s hair is on
fire, but not very much.
His face looks like a clown
from Saw III, oh god
it looks like glass that broke.



My Friend
Jackie P.

My friend with the nose of
a dog and ears of a chipmunk.
My friend with fingers of
a bear and a brain of a pebble. My
friend with a head of socks.
My friends with a femur of
a dog and an eye of crystal.