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Instructions: Fill in the blanks at the bottom of the page to create your own poem. Once you are done, you will be able to print and email your poem. You can also share a copy of your poem with Pongo, or download this activity to print and work on off-line.

Everything in the box below can be changed. Feel free to add lines, remove lines, or change words to fit your purpose. Simply highlight and delete the blank lines and the suggestions in parentheses, as you go.

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Read "Self Portrait" by Sam (age 15)

Self Portrait
by Sam (age 15)

I am painting my self-portrait.

For this work I have chosen
the colors, red, blue, and black.

The red is for my strength
that kept me going
through years of pain.

The blue is for the sadness
and cold hearts I have seen.

The black is for the darkness
and seclusion of where I reside.

The background is slightly
overcast because the sun
will break through soon.

In my hands will be the world
because I am committed to change it.

My eyes will be bright like
the stars in the sky.

When they see my self-portrait
I think they will say
I am resilient and strong.

I will give this self-portrait
to those who love, to show
their work wasn’t in vain.

The title of this portrait
will be, “The Greatness That Is,
and The Greatness That Will Be.”

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a poem by ____________________________ (your name here)

I am painting my self-portrait.

For this work I have chosen the colors of _____________, ____________, and _______.

The ________________ (red, blue, ???) stands for my ______________ (pride, sadness, ???),

The ___________ (green, black, ???) for my ______________________ (love of nature, history, ???),

And the ___________ (purple, orange, ???) stands for my __________ (personality, hope, ???).

The background of my self-portrait will have ______________________ (flowers, fire, ???)

Because my life has been ______________________________________ (blessed, full of pain, ???).

In my self-portrait I will be holding ______________________________ (a book, a basketball, 
my diploma, ???)

Because __________________________ (my education, sports, graduation from high school, ???)

Is the most important thing in my life.

In my self-portrait, my eyes will look like _________________________ (diamonds, snake eyes, ???).

When people see my self-portrait, I think they will say, “_________________________.”

I would like to give my self-portrait to __________________________ (my brother, my best friend, ???)

Because he/she appreciates the way I ___________________________ (play with him, stick up for her all the time, ???).

The title of my self-portrait will be “_______________________________" (The Great One, Artist with Flowers, Basketball Superstar—Age 12, ???).

This poem was created on the PongoTeenWriting.org web site