Lawnmower

Lawnmower
A Personification Poem By Willa, Leslie, Malik, Jimmy

The lawnmower chomps up grass
and gulps it down.
“I want more!”

“I have no food in my empty tummy!”
“I want more food!”

It has a long nose like an anteater
which it sniffs up long grass with.
“Vrrrooom, sniff, vrrrrooom, sniff!”

It runs really fast
down the front and back lawn.
Vroom, vroom- racing like a roller skater.

It angrily steps on flowers
and when it leaves the flowers are gone.
It’s a clear, empty field or plain.

When it leaves
the tall grass is gone
and in its place there’s short, fresh, new lawn!

Snow Plow

Snow Plow
A Personification Poem By Elina, Noel, Chris, Jared

It cleans up the streets
like people on Earth Day.

It rumbles
like a hungry stomach.

It gulps snow…
“Gullllpp!”

It rakes
like neighbors in fall.

It has a big, yellow snout
like a monster.

“HUNGRY FOR MORE!” says the snowplow.

Vacuum Cleaner

Vacuum Cleaner
A Personification Poem By Brianna, Will, Chris

Uuuuummmmm! I’m hungry for dinner!
Someone please turn me on!
Click.
Finally! I’m on!
I’m sliding on the rug like an ice skater.
I’m looking for crumbs
Hunting and searching with my eagle eyes on the hunt.
Wait! There are some crumbs in the corner!
“I’m full!”
Please empty my stomach.
I need surgery!

Pencil Sharpener

Pencil Sharpener
A Personification Poem By Arianna and Payge

The pencil sharpener gulps up wood from the pencil.
YUM! YUM!
Pencil sharpener wants more. “I WANT MORE!”
The handle from the pencil sharpener rolls all around
Like a person somersaulting.
Pencil sharpener still isn’t full.
I shake and gobble up more pencil shavings.
YUM! YUM!
Now I am full… no more!
I spit it all out.

Stapler

Stapler
A Personification Poem By Lena and Samantha

“Click, click” goes the stapler
As it puts things together.
“Mmmm, I want to staple more!”
It releases it’s babies,
“Bye bye babies, I will miss you!”
Its mouth chews on paper corners.
BOOM! Goes the stapler like a person stamping.
“Munch, munch” don’t get near my teeth!

Personification Poems

Personification is a poetic device where a poet makes an object act like a person in order to make it “come to life.” We picked a random picture card and paired off in small groups to make the object “come to life.” We bet when you read our poems you’ll never see these ordinary objects in the same way again!

Lawn Mower: A Personification Poem

Lawn Mower: A Personification Poem

By Hannah and Samantha

I am like a baby eating up old grass

And spitting out newer, cleaner grass.

I am a cleaning, seatless vacuum

Vroom, Vroom…

I am like a gardener on roller skates

I clean up the dirty grass

While I skate on your lawn.

I’m like a hairdresser-

I give the grass a funky new ‘do!

When I’m done I say,

“Don’t ride your bike on the grass!”