Personification Exercise

I-Mars and I-Venus students came up with these short poems. They were given specific nouns and verbs which they randomly paired, allowing them to use personification as a literary device. These poems were written in less than thirty minutes.

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by Juvy Grace Garay, I-Venus

Ask the wind to swing with your life

The blanket of hope drinks all your tears

For you to see the wonderful world around.

Ask the beauty of the world to read your mournful story

And soon to wipe all your problems

Ask the moon to burn all the sorrowful pasts

For you to live in a world where

a beautiful life goes around.

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by Denvic Lensoco, I-Venus

One morning, the wind strongly weaves

As the train waits before it leaves

And as I wait outside I see

That all of the people are very busy

As I ride on the train, all are still busy

But they are still smiling at me

As I sit on the chair, I see from the window

The dusk that scatters from the meadow

As the train leaves and passes the shore

I see the waves swinging more

I feel that the time is so fast

Because I see that I’m on my way home at last.

Nature at Work

by Li-Anne Serrano, I-Venus

The tree folded his branches to pray,

And beside the rock, there he lay.

The stone yelled for he was hurt,

Then he complained to little Bert.

The sky swung his cloudy arms to signal,

To do a favor from his pal.

Dawn thinks it’s already time,

To brighten the day, what beautiful sunrise!

I Just Wrote This

by Marie Patricia Clemente, I-Mars

Happiness waits

As worry scatters

In every road of life

we pass by.

Dusk draws into the sky

Using the birds as its brush.

The windows hug the sceneries

That the curtain sees.

Happiness Builds on Me

by Ma. Jessica Joy Mantes, I-Mars

The leaf swims happily in the ocean,

The stone sleeps soundly on the shore.

As the nigh falls,

The morning sleeps.

As the sun rises,

Happiness builds on me.

My Teacher

by Jepee Jerome Celorico, I-Mars

The wind teaches you

As your anger waits.

The dusk weeps

And let your worries drown.

You just remember:

The wind teaches you

And let your worries drown.