This lesson is designed to engage students with poetry and the creative process. A detailed lesson plan, a graphic organizer, and a PDF that lists the Common Core State Standards met by the lesson for grades 2 through 8 are included. Students learn about the poetic device "metaphor" while producing original poems with an "I am..." self-portrait theme. During the visual arts part of the lesson, students mask paper-mache masks inspired by their self-portrait poems. An abbreviated version of this l