Where I'm From • 100% Sage

In Winter of 2008, we enrolled Sage in USC Upstate's "Write Here, Write Now: Sharing Slices of Life Through the Magic of Digital Storytelling," a series of writing and publishing workshops sponsored by the Spartanburg Community Writing Center. Sage was the youngest among her group of about 50 or so students, and was determined to be as independent as she could be. Her delightful instructor, Tasha Thomas, encouraged her independence, and it was not until her final presentation that we discovered what kind of video she had decided to make.

Where I'm From

I'm from big blue herons to small river otters,
I'm from big Metasequioas to tall stalks of bamboo,
I'm from cousins that were unknown to the closest of friends,
I'm from my mom and dad to my lab-beagle dog, albino rats, and Madagascar hissing cockroaches,
I'm from roaring water falls to silent flowing streams,
I'm from terrifying Zombie walks and Scarowinds to a gentle princess-loving godsister and godbrother
I'm from pepperoni pizza to microwaved meatballs,
I'm from my inspiration station drawing and writing to a homemade book,
I'm from my old dog Chani to red-shouldered hawks,
I'm from Jack the magic clown to my weird parents,
I'm from a tiny baby to an educated sister showing baby MinMin what school's like,
I'm from bold looking deer to relaxing foxes,
I'm from making a fire in the county to ridin' in a cotton combine,
I'm from a fan of Alexa Vega and Miley Cyrus to a spy lovin' tween (me),
I'm from playing with cockroaches with a friend to Joe and I together,
I'm from my heritages to Mom's mystery heritages,
I have an opinion that none can change...life is great!
-Sage Hennequin Kuhens 1-29-08

Sage had asked to select some pictures from our iPhoto collection, but she refused to say why. Until we saw her presentation, we were not aware of George Ella Lyon's "Where I'm From" superb poetry template.

As you might imagine, we are very proud of our 8-year-old poet!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• USC
• Upstate
• George
• Ella
• Lyon
• Cyrus
• Spartanburg
• Poetry
• Slam
• Digital
• Storytelling
• wildlife
• Workshop
• Sage
• Kuhens
• Wofford
• SMC
• South
• Carolina
• SC

[ALL7CAPS]

dude that looks sweet but needs 2 be faster