This week the 3rd graders at Moos and I read Ode to Enchanted Light by Pablo Neruda. This poem leaves with the sense that the poet is in love with the world, and he’s watching it shimmer. He condenses his love of the world down to a love poem to light.
I asked the students to write an ode to something in nature that is as striking to them as light is to Neruda. This was also our first attempt to think critically about stanzas and how to use them best. Enjoy!
Ms. Brown
3rd Grade
Ode To The Tree By My House
Kya E.
It never lost leaves in December
It always keeps me breathing
It always keeps me cool in summer
It lets me get shade and see
It lets me and my cousins play around it
It always lets me read a book and relax under it
Ode To A Flower
Yahira L.
A flower smells good that it feels
like you want to eat it a
flower smells like a cinnamon bun
A flower looks pretty like you
were looking at a princess
and her mother
It feels like you were touching
a pillow and a soft blanket
Ode To December
Ethan A.
Thank you for snow
I like December because its my birthday
I like the trees
I like snowballs
I like Christmas
Snow is like a pillow
Trees have snow on them
Men are like snowmen
Ms Freedman
3rd Grade
Ode To Sky
Anthony
Beautiful sky that
can fly up up high
Beatiful kite is the
sky that can fly
The wind going through
my face
Ode To The Sun
Alani
I like the sun the sun is so
bright like the stars in the light
the sun is a star
The wind blows the trees the light comes
like a star that same way I like
the sun
Ode To Snow
Ailyn
Its fun to play in
winter
We could
make a snow man,
snow fight we could ice
skate
In
cold days we could
make hot cocoa.
Ms. Golanty
3rd Grade
Ode To Rain
Archie
It falls like a leaf
Its a soft as a feather
Its as cold as snow
Ode To Flowers
Alyssa
Sun flowers rise above me
They have yellow petals and black seeds inside
With a big green stem it is taller than me
Ode To A Rainbow
Josephine
A rainbow is a sash of colors
in the sky. LIke a thing
after the rain. I glimpse
at the rainbow.
