The following poems are responses to the Where I’m Going template created in response to George Ella Lyon’s poem, Where I’m From. The poems are presented in alphabetical order. This was an optional assignment.

Ciara Mcfield

I will be an independent person.

I will have a room dedicated to books and weird sculptures.

My home will be loud and weird but it will somehow look put together.

My garden will have lavender flowers and wildlife.

My family will enjoy getting together for a large meal and laughing at old photos.

I will share my life with the coolest people I know, and a pet frog I do not own yet, and my lizard.

The family I create will be fun and calm.

My children will hear do what makes you happy and who cares what other people think.

Our belief system will be confusing but probably non-existent.

We will live in the city.

We will eat rice and turkey.

I will be happy and content with life.

My sister will graduate high school around this time.

I will have a job that I am happy to go to and a farm if life goes unexpected. I will be an independent person.

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Yi Wendy Ng Liang

I will be a service worker.

I will have wings and dependable.

My home will be white, bright, and big.

My garden will have moth orchids,

the butterfly forms.

My family will enjoy having dinner at a round table

and optimism.

I will share my life with my half orange

and bloodline and someone’s meaningful to me.

The family I create will be worship together and eat meals together.

Our children will hear “If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together” by Mark Rowh,

and difficulty makes miracles.

Our belief system will be our own spirit.

We will live in a world fulfill with mixed colors.

We will eat rice and mochi.

I will become a daughter that would make my mom feel proud as,

the graduate student and achieve what I’m looking for.

My brother will successfully complete his college years.

I will have my own business and happiness.

I will be a human service worker.

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Sheiqkel Talbert

I will be an Artist.
I will have patience and creativity.
My home will be big…. full of life, full of love, and warm.
My garden will have many small trees, lavenders, and water,
the lavenders will be vibrant.
My family will honor and enjoy Easter Sunday
And having fun together.
I will share my life with loving wife
and my children and that kitten I’ve always wanted.
The family I create will be a loving
and a caring one.
Our children will hear that I’ve always got their back
And I love them.
Our belief system will be followers of Christ(Christians).
We will live in Ontario, Canada.
We will eat mangoes and mac’n cheese.
I will have created my dream manga (Japanese comic),
the pinnacle of my storytelling and art skills.
My wife will become an accomplished psychiatrist.
I will have a beautiful garden and the time to explore my passions
I will be an Artist.