My Name is Beautiful
Students in Mrs. Hernandez' class at Carbondale Middle School used sensory imagery to capture the colors, aromas, and feelings of a favorite place in their home country, weaving in familiar family phrases and sounds to create bilingual poems that celebrate their identities.My Name is Brenda
My Name is Brenda
My name is blue
Pool water tree
Azure
Fun and joy
My name is pupusas cooking
Corn flour, earth
Dusty mud
Lonely and crazy
My name is “No andas peleando en la escuela”
And “Ser buena gente”
Lonely and rage
Buum! Drip, barking
My name is me.
My Name is Juan
My Name is Juan
My name is red
Moon
black
Irritated and entertained
My name is monte
The earth
Pine
Satisfied and relaxed
My name is “¡Ya levantate Toño!” “¡Ya apurate Toño!”
Relaxed and blissful
Crunching, squawking, knocking
My name is me.
My Name is Nancy
My Name is Nancy
My name is green
hammock
cyan
Peaceful and optimistic
My name is flores de manzanilla
The earth the field
Plantas
Mellow and comfortable
My name is “Nanche”
“¡Tengo hambre AAAAAAAAH!”
Calm and comfortable
pum-pum, chirping, tic-tac
My name is me
My Name is Nato
My Name is NATO
My name is blue
Ocean
Blue
Peaceful and rejected
My name is planta de chile
Sweet vapor
Spicy sky rising from earth
Tense and betrayed
My name is “¡Ya vete a la escuela!”
“Vete a bañar por que si no te voy a pegar”
Aggravated and confident
Whiny, boom! moaning
My name is me.
My Name is Deywin
My Name is Deywin
My name is green
Tree on the sunny patio
Cyan
Present and cheerful
My name is del cielo pollo frito
Sweet, fried, heavenly
Huevos and hot soup
Cheerful and jolly
My name is “¡Ruben levantante!”
“AAAY Ruben, duermete”
Content and annoyed
Thudding, buum, moaning
My name is me.
My Name is Mateo
My Name is Mateo
My name is green
Fireworks castle ringing
Red
Lonely and weak
My name is mango
The earth
Green, sweet like shampoo
Isolated and lonely
My name is “No manches”
“¡AAAAY can!”
Comfortable and chill
Tic-toc, growling, crunching
My name is me.
My Name is Ian
My Name is Ian
My name is gray
The hoodie
White
Happy and powerful
My name is the rose
Water, sweet
Earth of the field
Crazy and important
My name is “What happened?”
“Help!”
Worthy and comfortable
!AAAAh! singing, hissing
My name is me.
My Name is Manu
My Name is Manu
My name is blue
Ocean
Yellow
Glee and fun
My name is cachapa, humo saliendo
Humid earth
Plantas
mellow and comfortable
My name is “Ya duérmete,
o si no te voy a quitar el teléfono”
“Te extraño mucho elo”
Fun and jolly
Muuuuuuuu, growling, whispering
My name is me.
My Name is Yeimy
My Name is Yeimy
My name is cyan
Water
Wheat
Glee and excited
My name is la tierra lime and chile
The earth, the meat
Picoso limón
Glee and cheerful
My name is “Yeimy levantate
para ir ala escuela no te hagas la dormida”
“More traeme una botella de agua”
Grumpy, content and excited
Quacking, PUM! roaring
My name is me.