Teaching Multicultural Literature . Workshop 4 . Student Work . Poem 2

Teaching Multicultural Literature : A Workshop for the Middle Grades

Workshop 4: Research and Discovery - An Na, Edwidge Danticat, Laurence Yep, and more

Interactive Workbook -- Explore two poems using strategies from these workshops. Go.

Poem 2

"Where I'm From" poem
Behind the Mountains, Edwidge Danticat

Celiane, Celiane, where are you from?

I am from cool rivers and the warm sun.
From the mountains and the clay pots.
I am from starry nights and old stories.

Celiane, Celiane, how did you come?

I came in a metal bird,
wings stretched high into the snow out of the sky.

Celiane, Celiane, where are you from?

I am from family dinners and family fights,
new machines and stormy nights.

I am from a Creole-only class,
new friends and streams of my dreams.

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