A poem created as part of my grad school Poetic Diversity Project:
Where I grew up
all the faces were variations of my own
Snow White, Cinderella,
assorted Prince Charmings
interchangeable
My experiences with other cultures were
Princess Tiger Lily, Little Black Sambo,
Emperor’s Nightingale.
But somehow I knew the world was bigger
and I wanted to wrap my tongue
around other languages
entwine new vowels
between rhythmic syllables and
see inside minds that
offered something
more.
Offered something
more.
Offered something
not better
not worse
just different
Because different is worth noticing
because different means to the same end
speak to a journey with different views
a different beauty
a different way
of being human,
offers something
more.
Shawn L. Bird 
It’s a great thought penned with absolute flow!! Stay blessed…
Thanks.
Shawn: if you’re teaching a course in poetry I wonder if you’ve included a component on that much neglected form, the metaphor? Aristotle said in his Poetics that the grasp of metaphor was the surest sign of genius in poetry (or at least of competence). Too often this more subtle approach is lost these days in the poetry of direct statement.
We analyze figurative language which includes metaphor, of course. They start exploring the form via simile (a form of metaphor) in early elementary. In junior grades we add personification. By senior grades we expand to synecdoche and metonymy. Figurative language is reiterated in every year of English, metaphor (all types, as above) and sound devices.