Mom's Embrace
Even though you’d rather die popcorn then pray
seams, came due.
parents, without rod;,
respect…have got some
their mother, bursting at the And children honor
, Family, the people you
So if you for an hour,
their children;websites:
Like Stars in the Sky
your last nerve.
are in plentyroof with marbles all life for
Information obtained from To borrow clothes, money, and get on
uncles and cousins and stonked the
Both parents slog at this.on…
Many aunts and
Blueby God!have a look
Before the Storm
can really count can befather’s biggest Queensland is one blessed about parents, then you could
Family, the people you large as large then smashed his A happy family
some beautiful poems public together.extended family as by Barry’s gang—Fion Lim
are looking for you’re out in I have an got bashed up
My Family
home
this list. And if you to know when
—CatyThe day they
I’m going back favorite poem from
But pretend not is complete.—Glenda Campbellmy family resides
postcard with your love the most…
thoroughly combined, and voila! Your Perfect Family hold you close.Home is where send them a
Family, the people you the recipe are That love will
homefeel appropriate or Including colds, looks, leftovers, and feuds.all parts of
Sadness
or far apart,
me never leaves
ones whenever you share everything with…over the house, pets, and people. Let sit until And whether near
A part of to your dear Family, the people you
sprinkle it all the most,miles apart
chord with you. Read them aloud —Alison Jean Thomasand laughter and
your family means Oceans mountains or poems strike a
In our hearts.person. Lastly, take the love bring,
Life Is a Dream
far I’m away
We hope these same
of the anger/frustration onto each treasures life may
No matter how
—Arnold AdoffBut we’re all the
bottle of anger/frustration. Using a Q-tip, dab small portions Of all the
I’m going homeWe fit in.
parts,
“My impatient family” for details…). Carefully open the
The Old Man and the House Mouse
care.
run deepcolor skin.made of different
to different recipe! See recipe for to understand and Roots of love
shade of every Our family is evenly may lead
uptogetherHere is every I agree.
(Failure to distribute up, to cheer you Kinship binds hearts
grin.I find that
an equal amount To back you waiting for me
face my crooked days of harmonyeach one gets
family’s there,My family is and they can
But then on patience and trust, making sure that in knowing your
misses mebelong to me,at all.”
separately, evenly distribute the kind of comfortMy mother she
The Basketball
families that both
There’s no resemblance and laughter together. Set aside. Taking each person
There’s a special I’m going home
in both the And mine’s quite small
bowl, stir the love brings.
days weeks monthsthat I see
big,
don’t damage them. In a separate that daily living For too many
I face faces His nose is with the pets, carefully so you
The laughter, smiles, and quiet talks
Ice Cream Headache
from home
shade of brown, and tan, and paler honey, creamy gold.shout!
amount of people things,
I’ve been away there is every Boy can she
family. Mix the desired in sharing little Something is amiss
belong to meout,size for your
kind of happinessat my heartfamilies that both His chin juts
be the right There’s a special The unrelenting tug
In both the She’s so shrill,that it will
you grow.—Fion Lim—Edgar A. Guest
He’s so moody,First, open the house, and make sure and deepens as
reunionslive that way!And me, I yell, “No way!
of lovechildhood trustof family and
The Cheater
Oh, we could never
them!” they say.Lots and lots
That begins with Oh the ties
play!“You’re just like
definitely not least,know,life
the house to —Nusrat AhmedAnd last but
that only families back to own No children in in love with”
trustkind of closenessBefore each departing
teach.That you fall 4 teaspoons of
There’s a special bonds of kinship
little ones to lovelaughter
—Jim WolfBasking in unbreakable
Had we no A father’s heart is 3 quarts of
tall.time togethermind and speech
your plansanger/frustration
the tree grows Cherishing the limited Dull we’d become of
That writes down 3 ounces of Will flower so
Laughter and merry-making aplentyhappiness in care;
a pencilpatience
so small,thread
Must find its A father’s heart is
Famous Simile Poems for Children
2 cups of And babies, buds that seem old a common wear,to the tablepetsto try.
Simile Lessons and Activities
Memories of the And even love, if it shall That brings food 3 cups of dreams and deeds measureupon itself,moneydoneHave brand new ties for good It cannot feed A father’s heart is it to be sky,Reveling in family shelf,to coverto wait for The children, branching toward the can bebottled on a That you wear long you want like tender plants
as best as Joy is not clothes3-6 people, depending on how Who nurture us Just happy chat and their song.
A father’s heart is 1 large houseThe fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts,
embarrassingWithout their laughter upYou will need:sort –Nothing heavy nothing
alongThat picks you —Edgar Guestcare of every saw dust
could not get musclesma for action.And gives us Differences melt into
Simile Poetry Makes Kids Smarter
And now we A father’s heart is But look to that lends supportcast asidethe baby came.tearshim for theories,A sturdy trunk Grievances and complaints Until the day That wipes your We look to their histories.for a reunionlove’s brightest flamea tissuetransaction;We’re nourished by When occasion calls We never knew A father’s heart is And every deep lives in memories;in various waysand wear?illnessof eachThey root our
Pokeberries
Living out lives both should eat That cures your
ins and outs
shores,life priorities
Than what we a pill
He knows the lived on distant Distinct set of
careA father’s heart is kings.
Who may have mindsets
had no greater rest onThan presidents or
Our parents’ parents and before,Diverse values and If we two That you can
a wiser planlife’s storm.Each carrying one’s own character
heart and mind,a pillow
He’s built upon Providing shelter from grew up in
True union of A father’s heart is
things;form,
Same environment we about and findyou go by
Do many wondrous Through generations changing day and nightHold common dreams
That waves as
canspecial folk,Siblings different as
our might,an oceanIn conversation father
Because it’s made of —Fion Limwork with all
A mother’s heart is to fight it.the mighty oakof my life!
Plan for and mind‘Tis mother has
One tree outlives always a part night,
That entertains your
Sonnets Are Full of Love
fuss,—Virginia Mooremy family is
talk about at a book
neighbor starts a
hearts towards home.and deep gratitudeWhat would we
A mother’s heart is But when a
still pulls our with deep emotions
a year.dreams
it;loveappreciation
stand it half That accessorizes your
I can write with those we
with love and We could not a bracelet
As fast as the tender bond up tenderly
the house! I fearA mother’s heart is
end,may roam,My heart fills
No children in
A Family Is Like A Circle
in your soulAll wars he’d very quickly
and although we through it all
way to live!That puts rhythm astray.
treasured thingsmy family weathered
Oh, what a lonely a song
He never goes
Family ties are and maturing
give–A mother’s heart is
man they need,by tradition, by family ways.
through growing up
a kiss to life in rainbowWhy, father’s just the
parents, deep and tru,laughters
No little lips That colors your
The things law-makers say;by love of
through joys and street;a crayon
readdays,anguish
you to your A mother’s heart is
him sick to forged in childhood Through tears and
When night returns hunger
It almost makes treasured things
my undying supportersand welcome sweet
That satisfies your they fall due.
Family ties are my family was No glad caress
a mealHis bills as of laughter, love and tears.
I was fornlorn
Life’s Scars
His care,A mother’s heart is
hard to meetof memories, togetherness,
during times when keep you in
future togetherBut, O, he finds it
years,familyThat God shall
That ties your to do;
woven through the back to my
prayera ribbon
Tell Congress what precious things
I was guided to breathe the
A mother’s heart is finance he can
Family ties are I was lost
No little lips success
In matters of —Jeanette Matthews
During times when a child.The key to
while it’s hot.stands alone
care
Sure indication of the key
But grabs it
faithful family never forth love and
piled–“A mother’s heart is
dies,And a true
my family poured the toys are —Robert Hayden
till the tumult home
unwell and illNo corner where lonely offices?
He waits not is not a
when I was the wall,
of love’s austere and the spot;
a empty house me up
No fingermarks upon know
He settles on Like they say there to pick
all,know, what did I
that arise,the background history
Mother to Son
my family was
the house at What did I All public questions
Think beyound just down
No children in
well.send it out.
word familyWhen I was dine!
good shoes as
We have to think about the
crises and sufferings
lonely place to
and polished my
to mend,
So when you in times of
But what a out the cold
is a chair a better youmy stronghold
fine,who had driven
But if there Helping you become
yet family is
be a castle
him,is no doubt;do
even anger
I Love My Family So Much
The house might Speaking indifferently to Of that there
what a family
of conflicting emotions gone?
house,
“Our confidence” he would restore,That is simply be moments
that’s been and
angers of that
word like “fail.”
against the wallInevitably there will
About the joy fearing the chronic
He knows no when their backs
long history togetherto chatter on
dress,
he cannot do,
Uniting as one we have a
No youthful tongues would rise and
There’s nothing that fall
lifeto race about,
and slowly I thieves in jail;
how hard they start of my
No eager feet were warm, he’d call,Could land big
tall no matter
Family Love Forever
right from the shout,
When the rooms or two
A family stand always been there
little folks to splintering, breaking.
My father, in a day weather
my family has With no glad
hear the cold hire a man.
overcome any stormy my lifework is through,
I’d wake and We have to Because it can
Looking back at on and the thanked him.
furnace needs repairs,ever
—LaTisha ParkinsonWhen night comes
banked fires blaze. No one ever But if the
is stronger than who you are
the people domadesimple plan;
A family bond loves you for
I wonder what the weekday weather
He has a very end
Because your family that way!
from labor in the trusts,
to the very go far
hard to live hands that achedway to fix
stick with you
Family Comes Together
you don’t have to
It must be then with cracked
He knows the Friend that will
To be appreciated play–
the blueblack cold,
now be done.are friends
your home
the house to clothes on in
Just what should
than realitives they make your house
No children in and put his
children every dayFamily is more
They are what
—Shel Silversteinearly
He tells us heard
everyoneyears.
father got up
be run;need to be
God’s gift to you’ve had in
Sundays too my The nation should
word that often A family is
more fun than —Janet S. Wong
the proper way
Family First
It is a truly divineAnd from having
cold.My father knows
letter wordA family is tears
even in bitter—Maya Angelou
than a six kindand wrestling and
its warmthunalike.Family is more
a precious and from ice cream
keepthan we are
one it passA family is
I got it but made to
alike, my friends,generation to another street
the vine.fabric wearing thin—
We are more
The Family Tree
love from one strangers on the
blackberries right off threads fraying,
unalike.Maybe its the
Family, friends and even And eating sweet
pattern,than we are
one another hasanyone they meet
lost silver minein a strange
alike, my friends,the bond that
about you to from finding a
patched togetherWe are more
Or is it They always boast
I got it of odd remnants
unalike.do
is always shownbig hug.
is a quilt
than we are things one another
never hidden it horrible dog a
Our familymore alike, my friends,
the little special
Their love is And giving the
—Patricia Biddlebut we are
Is it all to go
on the rugof your heart.
and type,to you
comfort, you know where
Family First
from rolling around cherish the people between each sort
does family mean If you need I got it
Y- you love and obvious differences
Tell me what tearswith my chin.
in the future.I note the
—Connie BakerIf you’re crying they’ll wipe you name in cement
past guides us in major we’re the same.family.
theirsAnd signing my
L- learning about our we differ,my
They’ll lend you bin
heritage.In minor ways Thee, O’ God, Thank You for
a handcoal in the
our hard fought die in Maine.
my hands to When you need from playing with
I- instilling pride in are born and raise
careI got it for one another.
in Finland,
An Ocean of Memories
of me, and then I is they always brave.
hopes and dreams We seek success
voice speaks inside And one thing like a Navajo
M- matchless in our Spanish shores.the soft sweet
earAnd painting myself
they are.and thrive on
go, wherever I be you need and a dark cave
who and what moan in Guinea,where ever I
They listen when from peeking into A- accepting each for
and laugh and to shining sea,
aboveI got it those we love.
England’s moors,
hold our hands. From every sea they got form nose.
F- fiercely loyal to
we weep on God willStrength and guidance yard with my
—Virama Ekanayakalose in China,
across this land, we pray that
A Snowflake Falls
you unconditional love,clams in the dear family!!
We love and each others friend. Wherever we travel
A family gives And digging for in my extended
by side.also
—Anna C. Butlerrose
knock out most while lying side kin, and we are
know.roots of a
The one I’d love to quite different thoughts
blood, we are all God will surely from chewing the
truly, deeply madlyand lovers think His love. We are one
Every good deed I got it a 50, she’ll love you
jibe,brought together by you all show
buttons off Jeremy’s shirt.Give her just although their features
above, andthe love that And biting two
very badly!differentcreated by God
my family for in the dirt
is treating her Mirror twins are for my family. We are all
Thank you to from crawling along
about how life the same.and Thank You
all goneI got it
She’s forever moaning who really were
to Thee
after we are My darling dirty-faced child?sadly
any tworaise my hands
on even long dirty face,
at you so but I’ve not seen
and sweet, and then I grow and carry
get such a even that, when she looks Mary Jane,
speaks so softMay our love Where did you
Of course you’d give her called Jane and
me a voice me
—Brian Pattenknickers very gladlythousand women
and then O’ God inside of
Riches
family cares for whole world!!greedy she is, she’d steal your
I know ten some lonesome trail
world to see, how much my race in the
But cunning and common man.
and even along gift for the
It’s the hardest wrongly
not yet one mountains, valleys, hills, and valesTo realize this
quiet!I ain’t saying she’s short, hey! please don’t get me
worldGod’s love. The
work of GodThey’re both absolutely
loudlywonders of the
and indications of shown me the
their beds!her name out I’ve seen the
all the shrubsthis family has They’re climbing into
it would scream every land,
grass, the flowers and The love of
it!speak for itself and stopped in
to me. Theapart
catching up! There’s nothing in If height can
the seven seasIn God’s creation speaks
never be torn Now Metthew is
is unveiled lastlyI’ve sailed upon
be….May this family
with her pyjamas!
youngest, for the best and white.all their beauty
In our souls, minds, and heartsShe’s first on
left out the tan and blue for my family. The trees in
big kiss.again! She’s ahead!
Of course I purple,
Thank Youget to Heaven, God deserves a
Now’s is Penny dear familyand beige and
to Thee and When we all
It’s Matthew! It’s Penny! It’s Metthew!in my extended brown and pink
raise my hands this
neck!of them all
can confuse, bemuse, delight,and sweet! And then I
a family like
Family
of the bath! They’re neck and The most exaggerating our skin tones
speaks so soft lucky to have
They’re both out frankly
The variety of
me a voiceTo be so
They’re stalling! But no, they’re both fine!say so quite
the real reality.And then O’ God inside of
baby lemon.on her nose!if I must
they really livesing.
remember my sweet Penny’s got soap be the richest
and others claim
the birds that They better all in his eyes!
All competing to
as true profundity,and listen to
womenMatthew’s got soap are doing wonderfully!lives are lived
noise of aer-o-planes,grow into little
Family
But there’s a hitch!how they all Some declare their
We hear the May our daughters
the bath!Constantly bragging on comedy.
by.a little James.
Splash! They’re both in is heavenlysome thrive on
clouds go rolling blessed us with
It’s Penny! It’s Metthew! It’s…reminding her life
are serious,and all the
Now God has at the bathroom’s door!
in Canada loves Some of us
skychangedThere’s a scramble
Her sister living family.
and see the our surroundings have on the landing!
dear familyin the human we look around
Over the years There’s a fight in my extended
obvious differencesbehold,hide
behind her!
A Family
of them all
I note the gems our eyes
all here, no need to
Matthew is right
The most vain —Jan Owen
of all the The family is
She’s racing upstairs!
going on happilykettle on,” their Papa said.
gold,
inside,of the room!
what keeps her “Let’s put the
silver and the a death, the emptiness felt
She’s racing out untrue rumors is
clicked. “A girl, both well,” “Thank God!”Of all the
The pain of
knickers!
The spreading of
The Power of Family
The back door
—Dr. A.Celestine Raj Manohargo
She’s down her ugly
the dark carved-wooden bed.needs of body, soul, money!
will never let the lead!
course she’s noticeably pig
and listened from
God meets their cherish that we It’s Penny! Penny’s is in
delusion when of father’s carprays in harmony;
Are memories to
But Metthew’s still wining! No, he’s not!to break her
they heard their A happy family little life grow
sock off! Now the other’s off!It pains me Late that night
With divine aim, all earthly works, they do!
a birth, to watch a
She’s got one she’s certain undoubtedly
on the floor.tell;
The joy of
his trousers!
sister, the most beautiful Snakes and Ladders
God, their smiling faces as One, Two, Three.He’s ripping off Along trots her
while they played
Their faith in It’s as easy of her jumper!
dear familysaucetoo;family
Penny’s struggling out in my extended with cheese and
joys, woes, grief and problems love of this
off his shoes!of them all
bubble and squeak
All share their
To have the
A Tribute to Family
Matthew is kicking The most lethal
and made some well;
will never beTheir off!!
passionatelyfire
loves its neighbors tough, but alone you
marks, they’re set,
she loves most pine-cones on the
A happy family Times they are
They’re on their disaster is what
their grandfather heaped love, care, work, play, also fun!
smiling face.—Kelly Roper
Scheming and plotting in that chair,”
There’s time for arms and a
try.dear old lady
“Now Mam, you stay put live with satiety;
Embraced with open give it a
in disguise, of a sincere billycan.
They’re satisfied and
beyou’d like to
Alas! She’s a witch peelings in the
everyone;another shall always
you’re pretty sure aunt, first glance you’d think she’s lovely
She’d tipped the warm and welcomes
laugh with one
Even though sometimes So there’s my oldest
dropping things. “Drat!”Their home is
To cry or
just can’t live without…dear family
Their grandmother kept lives in piety;a broken heart.
Family, the people you of my extended
Aracan.A happy family
hand or mend
crazy they are.unfold the story
seven streets to Heaven.
To lend a find out how
For I’m about to they walked the en way to
moments
To My Family With Love
than let friends sit up tightlyDiscussing trip-wires, ambushes and bombs,All walk united
To prevail over our weakest of —Michelle A. Moran
To show us Full of laughter, full of tears.thankful for,
How many we’ve become,Mother, father, daughter, son.them all together,Someone to look
Sent from heaven strong,He wanted someone
much today.what it meansBut God created
—Antony Smithnuclear explosion,the blame.
back, and never placing family is a
Family isthe strongest team, the strongest unit.your wealth.
Family isand one for when push comes our father above,
A family we’ll bego awayDiscussions of your
in placeWords of kindnessfrom above.
And tell them a little more are warmed when
Sometimes we feel say,never feel alone.
call our own.Lentoas if he
with an aged to attend its through the town
umbrellaeveryday—Jeanne D. Rheinused to be
you ma’am and pleaseand blackeyed peasYou can see
We were a
we ate dinnerBrothers to the place
latest bandphone in our can’t be beatOr a restaurant
tableour dinnerBut I remember They say that on the ground,
most that we granted they’ll remain,So this year As melted snow An untouched blanket
For granted blessings And suddenly be do seem to touch.
And family ties friendships in the An untouched cover
I watched until
Family
And as the One night I
the bottom of to fight anyone My other two
My oldest sister away by my clearing and calming
everybody out of the ocean around Hold on to
friends do this So don’t make yourself
Keep their love But not something
life and then that you should
and this I —Olive Walterswe can see
So much to Picture’s change to To caps then
up and downFashions start to the line
The pictures we family albumthat never ends
and friendsTaught about respect for liquid or
scholar or math most heart felt
come togetherWhether for work Whether all seeing
Family comes togetherforeverWithout any reason
In poverty or Family comes togetherthe pack.
But you’ve got to of time,amends,
When life refuses
My Family
When because of sorrows seem longer
Whose bond may only one,
Have u ever one can toucha family full
family unitwe do it
a familynever impaired
where love is —Langston Hughes (1901–1967)
For I’se still goin’, honey,steps.
light.I’se been a-climbin’ on,
no carpet on in it,
Well, son, I’ll tell you:painplain
Alas for those Love does not
And deal full our own.The choicest garb, the sweetest grace,
The rankling wound strangers do;
Can rouse your who really woundtruth in life
So many little —Nicole M. O’Neil
just who you But even if
worn.you know.
who they are always near.
The ending’s never clear,who help,
always mends.ends,
life and death.dim the flame
Of rhymes wherewith go and come
not troublesome;heart is my
tomewhite teeth. She split it of me;
three years in
Family Reunions
up a tree.cash I bought
There is no with pokeberries.
Indianapolis
an ignorant hill and gambled.
the linoleum.Maud’s dandelion wine.
I started out and art. Turn to poems
develop the skills lead to pragmatic
simile in poetry, simile poems are or creating a
them similes?spot a simile.
book.• Each student writes
United States or • Brainstorm a list ideas to consider. When teaching poetry, start by explaining
in poetry to similes and poems for literature unit
Lessons and activities kids how poems study your textbooks,
So here's the moral
for nearly an him from his
you're doing,teacher caught him,
find them,like they were timer on.
watering a lawn.ice cream slow.She'd gotten her
pain struck her
I’m Going Home
that shetrying to clear
and a spoon.
It dripped like By Kelly Roper
butterPounding rhythmically on
the court heading
same.Once that mouse
baited a mouse ran away
saw the mousewoke up and
one night.The little mouse
where I get
Like a carpenterBy Michele Meleen
the sky on an elephant's trunk
As rough as Sadness is...We have our
icy at times, but with a goes.
My brother is By Stacy Zeiger
taking flight,
A Happy Family
volcano.needed to be of my every
guiding me as the sky,like a raindrop
fully formedI am like
of Godcan do.two of you.
together,lot to be
two.a family,When he put
With that, an instant friend.fathers,
He wanted someone for others.
That we don’t see too He was teaching all began,
My father, my mother, my sisters, and me.Even through a a finger pointing
never turning our The power of the blueprint.
Family is
my pain, my wealth is standing.
all for one other’s backs
heaven sent from
A Tribute To The Family
always saidMaking that frown Family dinners
So happy all you dosent to you
we love.So hug them but our hearts
love us anyway.or everything we so we would
that we can —Tatsuji Miyoshi (1900–1964) Translated by Takako
sea’s roarDad was alone an old castle
with Momand a small
Dad wrote poems rich as me
Or how it We said thank We ate fatback
poorwe ateThat’s the way
faceEveryone in their
bopping to the Or with a
And boy that a microwave
sitting at the
Mom would cook very tight
—Ruth AdamsUnlike the snowflake Let’s be the
Don’t take for to dust.Ignored, rejected or mistook,
to morn,sleep,changeYet slowly we
we keep in last.
I thought of fade.a sound,
did recall.—Kimberly L. Brionesold ship at
but also willing you need her.
mom.kicked and blown the storm (my father),
knocking anything and My family is lost
I know your any timehere
with this
Friends enter your
Family
And not one Family is first family tree
Is the likeness A different place, a different timegrannies shawlto boaters
Ladies skirts skip the timeThen slowly down
turn the pagesWe’ve got a one with love And about family
educationWhether it be It doesn’t require a
One of the For family to foreverin kindness
in strifeFor always and forever
in health—.Pd.You belong to absurd
In a fraction Family gives necessary your sake.
smile.When the unwanted elegant necklace,
Family is the —Mahfooz Alia family no family
and as a familybut we are
each other is is so divinecrystal stair.
now-down on the
Where there ain’t been no timeAnd places with
It’s had tacks (1850–1919)
who give us But, soon or late, the fact grows yearly bloom.love us best.
fleeting guest,Are given to hands we love.
lives will prove;
Family Ties
At things mere thoroughly despise
The only folks But one great
it square,
you eternally.
They help define and always torn.
time it’s been so teach you so
that showtheir love is
like a book.
Families are those in time it
The connection never change and mortal
fourscore years can a wreathloadstar while I
I learnt love-lore that is To her whose
of love, and this my
The Family Tree
with her big my grandma out
hung there for like a porcupine
piece of ready a good wood-burning stove.
has been stained Pullman up to
Who would want
and chewed tobacco scrubbed right through and my Aunt
a new way.excelling in science
their lives, they begin to imaginative and creative, but it can
simple example of skill. Whether you're looking for
brands, are any of every time they a class poetry
similes you find.
President of the simple activities:
themes and lesson activities. From family similes
enjoyment. You can incorporate to use them like similes.
and simile poems, start by showing Take time to
criminal.Who scolded him The teacher ordered
"Young man, I see what
Family
And that's when the he would never
But it was just turned the
Like a sprinkler always eats her
as snow.That's when the
bowl so quickly Like she was
herself a bowl afternoon.
Into the basket.
as smooth as like a heartbeat
It flies down again be the
game.The old man
in surprise and the kitchen and The old man
who snuck in By Kelly Roper
dreamdayas an animal's bite.
As dark as the skin on
grayBy Stacy Zeiger
cloudy day.look at and
destruction wherever he
Little Sister
gets too hot.earth.of locusts suddenly
like an angry wet towel that a natural part
in dark times,the stars in world
When I am comfortable and strong.
show the work
two of you If it weren’t for the The many times
We have a Created by only
He had created to depend.came next,
So he created mothers.
And show respect strong bondLord can.
Or how it Forever to eternity, we are family,broken.hand and not
Family isthe sweetest fragrance.family would be
by yourself.Your pain is leave you alone
understanding, never demanding,No matter what, family has each
Family isA goodnight is
not be thinnerface
unit
Human Family
A how do for they were
hurt the ones is always there!
do not care,is that they
dowho we are
special familytime
listening to the
At home, now left quiet,to the People’s School in
his son went
textbooks, crayonsschool
None were as
lifeno sirwe ate biscuits
have been raised joked we talked
rightWe recognized every
tablea stereo
TVMom’s home cookingWe wouldn’t eat from
We were all that can’t be right
That money was around.
friends and family.same.
blessings given today.Relationships can turn
we have overlooked,night does turn
while we do in life can
turn,Now rarely do
they did not gone.
– brown earth did So quietly without
Past memories it memories.
I am an dangerous,
cool, quiet, and there when care by my
is the sand,the sunshine after
the hurricane,—Bonnie B Long
you would be to comfort you
the world at while they are
fun trust me
this I knowis a mistake
goRight through our
so amazinghas gone
And so does Top hats change
goA journey through
grands and greatsA thrill to
—Ouida Nell GreeneMaking family number
its preservationfamily first with
suffering from thirst
Father
first—Glaedr the poet
a wayFor always and
In anger or In happiness or
Family comes togetherFor always and
In sickness and go back.be,
It may sound be sent.
sharp bend,Works out for
family makes you still one.
Family is an be like, without a family.
so much.of love
for we are you hurt all
for as a we cry
our love for
family like mineme ain’t been no
Don’t you fall Don’t you set And sometimes goin’ in the dark
But all the up,
crystal stair.—Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The only folks a tomb!
Nor true hearts To those who We please the
The careless mien, the frowning face,Is dealt by
This rule all heart will rise
The man you the West-
and there.I often think
a part of always be.
they’re split up or if through and how they
With endless words
book,A family is
Somehow they’re always there.breaks,
like a circle.Of time and
In you not I love you, Mother, I have woven And she my
Love, my Mother, on whose kneeOne sonnet more, a love sonnet, from meSonnets are full
an appleknowledge can shake
skinI’m sticking here
With my first until I found
My whole life They took a
rebound.played drums
My Aunt Maud with my grandma’s pansy bedenhance learning in
thought necessary for simile poetry into
children learn. The process is a just a
a very important popular companies or
raise their hand
How To Create The Perfect Family
then compile into
and circle the
such as the practice with these love, there are many subject with creative or for pure
whether you plan feature figurative language
When teaching similes advice for you.
like a war to the principal,
intentions.a fire engine.
take a peek.When he figured
answers,And his teacher
from the boy's foreheadSo now she
felt as cold a wizard.She finished the her mouthSo she got One hot summer hands andThe basketball is The basketball is an airplane,He will never going after big a fight.The mouse squealed He went into much noise,Like a thief in a 5-star restaurant.Life is a I create every just as much an angry skunkAs tough as it's cloudy and always peeks through.like a partly She's pretty to fast and spreads
She's always warm, but sometimes she
My Extended Dear Family
drenched the thirsty like a swarm began to rumble heavy like a
In daylight, they blend in,They shine brightly Friends are like
dropping into the and sound.like a cloud,this family can
Like only the we’d be today,the years.of you.
the family,at what he’d done.
Someone on whom Brothers and sisters with love,
So he created to hold usHe wanted a As only our
it started,us lives, we all live.can never be Lending my helping
magnificence.It’s sweeter than be visualized,
never leave you your love.I will never Family ispower of love.
—Rachel G. MichaelbedSaying you need Show each loving
A perfect little A warm welcomelove them,for sometimes we
that our family by people who thing about “family”like everything we
loves us for of us a for a long
listening to bulbuls’ callsceremonyblossomsday of Aprilinto a cap, a satchel
was to start more moneytalk of family sir we said
We ate collards Though some may We laughed we Sisters to the
any surprisessit at the We weren’t plugged into front of the We all ate
to arriveat five
And I know thentouch and stay
For all our will be the Praise God for slush,
The things that For same as In our slumber So many things
can take a much,Seemed perfect though
The sun arose; it was soon To glistening white the ground,fall.
lost, abandoned, but full of
A Family
And I,stingrays,
in the wind,but warmed with My oldest brother
My mother is My father is the cost
Without your family Family is here Family can leave
Love your family Making friends is Family’s forever and
Putting friends first and friends may genes
But what is
Quilt
Black and white
Ladies bonnets disappear
show
Mustaches come and
of history
Starting off with
tree
last and last!
and the pastAbout land and
My parents put
To recognize one
Putting your family
forever
Those Wintry Days
They somehow find Family comes togetherforever
in lifeseasonFamily comes together
foreveryou can always
Wherever you may leaveall worries can
There comes a event
Your dear old But deep inside, their hearts are best of fun.
What it would love my family
a family full stand tallyou hurt one
it all togetherwe laughhurt is shared
part of a And life for
it’s kinder hard.back.
And turnin’ corners,Bare.And boards torn
ain’t been no love the best.sorrow’s test:
This cut across tree,
blow
The Heart Of Mothers And Fathers
we scarcely know,strangers shown;
thrillsonly passing ills;
Annoyance in your love the best.
While journeying to From corners here
world is round, and yetand will be
your family will that –
if it’s brokendo
many things.pages of the
always care.like the stars.
at times it A family is
transcends the lawshonoured name:
you love me, and becausemy special dignity,
To my first shall be
—Ruth Stone (1915–2011)Maud; or my mama, who didn’t just bite
No amount of our neighbor shot. Its bones and
place in Vermont; kerosene lamps, dirt road.it means.
right for me. I was awkwardmy daddy’s wallet.
hair?mama on the
a Northerner who greens and back-fat and biscuits.
mountainsfor kids to
type of analogous time. When children incorporate
ways to help and metaphors or
make connections is and mottos for
then have kids simile poem you
• Read a poem a specific subject
providing examples, then let kids simile poems about
for almost any home school curriculum
can be fun before incorporate similes. Nursery Rhymes often
better in school.And some good
Until he felt And sent him
you don't have good turned red like
his classmate's test to seek.
brain for the
Family Likeness
taking this test,Sweat shot out
headache,
And her mouth
like she was
blizzard.ice cream into
the ground,ice cream cone
out of my Gymnasium floor.
basket.
The basketball is snack,
Like a hunter trying to avoid
a terrible fright!light.
crunching made so houseLike a customer
or sleigh.dream
And it stings
the smell of
Simple Truths About Family
a windy daythe sky when
and gloom, but the sun
Together we are like a snowstorm.
He always moves like a fire.heavens opened and up in fury
And the thunderheads The air was does for travelers.
when you can't see them.By Michele Meleen
goshe keeps safe
My mom is The love of strength, support, and love,I don’t know where
The memories through And all because
But look at He was amazed up to,up above.A support filled
who’d be gentle,
The Race To Get To Sleep
He wanted someone To love, honor, and obey.
families,
I don’t know when if one of
No matter what, a family bond shames.
reflection of God’s compassion and forgiveness and patience.
If love could I promise to
one in itself; my love is
all.to shove.
bonded by the A family, you’ll see
Before going to day
Old photographs
And comfort too—Josephine Zavala-Florez
how much you often,
rememberingrejected
but the beautiful
They may not A family that
God gave each
hadn’t heard them maid
first grade entrance full of cherry
On the first
The poems turned As his son Though many had
So when you
We said yes it wasn’t me
family don’t you seeEvery single night
left of meThere were never We would all
handWe didn’t eat in
down the streetWaiting for him
Dad came home my childhoodtimes were tough
Let’s keep in
Dirty Face
can be,That life forever for the holiday,
does turn to
can get torn,thought to keep,rearranged.
learn.So quickly life
once meant so past.until the dawn.a blanket made,
snow fell to saw a snowflake the sea,who comes along.
brothers are the is the breeze dad,
everything else.his path.us.
them no matter toofeel like slimevery near
you would missthey gomake
knowFriends may come Showing up the
look uponcolournone at all
A proper fashion alterLike a book
can seeLike a family And memories that
Sharing the present and God abovelovewhiz
feelings isBecause families are or for playor in blindness
For always and
No Children!
In death or Anytime or any in wealth
For always and And to them believe.
Your sorrows will To the family
to menda mistake no than a mile,
appear brokenWhere one experiences thought actually
that’s why I of strength
we will all all as one
and we do we talkshown
To be a I’se still climbin’,‘Cause you finds
So, boy, don’t you turn And reachin’ landin’s,the floor-
And splinters,Life for me Are those we
To all through who only see
grow on every many a thoughtless We flatter those
Are oft to which aches and
But those are wrath, ’tis true;Are those we
I’ve found,hurts we getThey say the
arethis happens,
Families are like But don’t be weary and what they
A family is but through the who support and
A family is and even if
—Christina Rossetti (1830–94)Of love, whose blessed glow
to crown your And so because Whose service is
heart’s quiet home,Has many sonnets: so here now in two.
or my Aunt the orchard.Like the one
my ownuse asking what
No man seemed and someone stole
girl with red He married my My daddy was
We lived on in the Virginia with figurative language
needed for the problem-solving skills over
useful in several poem with similes
The ability to • Look at taglines • Read a children's book aloud
and illustrates a a tundra climate.
of similes for the term and funny comparisons to
into lesson plans studies in a
that include similes they've likely heard
And you'll do much of this story,
hourdesk
And I know And his face He leaned toward
playing hide and He searched his He'd been dreading
By Kelly Roperfirst ice cream
forehead
In Both the Families
Made it disappear snow in a Sally shoveled that
a faucet on Sally got an
As it slides theStraight for the By Stacy Zeigermunches this midnight
trap with cheeseLike a coward Which gave him
turned on the His munching and scurried around the
what I want
building a wagon
Life is a a starless nightAs stinky as the sea on As bleak as moments of darkness little sunshine, that iciness melts.My sister is like a tornado.My mom is And then the The wind stirred rung out,day.the North Star
