IF I WAS A FOOD - workshop idea

Earlier this month I shared a workshop idea based on 'If I was an animal'. This general idea can apply almost to an infinite number of things. In yesterday's poetry lunch club at Plashet School, where I regularly work, we wrote poems about food. The format I provided was based on the template 'if I was a food I would be...', but pupils were as ever to take this idea in any number of directions. Here are a selection of poetical ideas that emerged.

If I was a food I would be a pineapple

Sweet and sour, hard to cut

My hair a volcano of greenery

My skin full of spikes

No one can touch me

I'm fierceful [sic]

by Eliona Year 7

If I was a fruit I would be a mango

Rough to cut but soft and sweet

on the inside.

A hard heart inside but a sweet flavour

in the middle

A tropical flavour to show

the unique difference in me

by Farha Year 7

Varieties of taste

Are not my style

I wanted to be simple

but I had a failure

of being simple

of a same taste

same, simple life

Today I was asked

What am I

If I was a food

And if I was a food

I'd be a soft smooth bun

Which has the same taste

I wouldn't be unique

I wouldn't be anyone's saviour

I'd be normal

Finally normal

by Taniya Year 9

If I was a food I would be couscous

because I can be sweet and sometimes salty

If I was a food I'd be an onion pastry

because I have a weird personality

If I was a food I would be a chicken burger

because I'm a very filling person

If I was a food I would be a potato salad

because I can be nice however a bit jumbled with mixed colourful emotions.

by Safiyah Year 9