In the poem Where I’m From,George Ella Lyon writes about family culture.To start off the author talks about her early life, by doing so she reveals information about her family. She talks about her ancestors and how they have affect on her life, she also explains how diverse they are. The imagery used in the poem helps understand what the author is really trying to say. George Ella Lyon mentions family often in her poem, even in the beginning when she is explaining her early life we can gather information about her family because of her choice of words. She uses imagery and it helps understand the poem more, “i am from the florisha bush and the dutch elm” this tells us where the author’s family used to live. Other than in her early life the