I Am From Poem - Expressive Arts Therapy with Catherine Scholz

Have you ever done a “mad lib?” This activity is like that, just fill in the blanks and have fun with it! You can also Download a PDF version for printing if you would rather write this out on paper.

I Am From...

This poem template is inspired by George Ella Lyon’s “Where I’m From” poem.

Name (please use initials, nickname/psuedonym) *

I am from

(a specific item from your childhood home)

from

(two products or objects from your past)

I am from

(a phrase describing your childhood home without giving the address or location)

and

(more description of your childhood home)

I am from

(a plant, tree or natural object from your past)

whose

(personify that natural object)

I am from

(two objects from your past)

from

(two family names or ancestors)

and from

(two family traits or tendencies)

from

(another family trait, habit or tendency)

I am from

(a religious memory or family tradition)

from

(two foods from your family history)

from

(a specific event in the life of an ancestor)

and from

(another detail from the life of an ancestor)

and

(a memory or object you had as a child)

I am from the moments…

(continue this thought or repeat a line or idea from earlier in the poem)