This week the 4th graders at Avondale Logandale 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. Lozada
4th Grade
Fire
Erick H.
Fire, that heat,
that gives
us power,
The heat gives
me energy, too,
go run
The fire, something
like a rumble or power,
that power, something good
Trees
Julian L.
The thing that needs water
grows to be big
The giver for our oxygen
to breathe
The giver of homes to
small little animals
to stay
So awesome, the thing
has given life
Flowers
Angie A.
On the grass, flowers,
The light hitting the blue,
pretty as could be
A bee buzzing all around it,
little daisy blooming,
butterfly drinking nectar
Oh the sweet nectar,
A sweet smell coming out
It gives us sweet oxygen
We will a joyful world with flowers
Ms. Afzal
4th Grade
Myself
Juliarys T.
I’m under a tree
taking in the pretty
and hot sun
The trees leaves
move under
me
The air on me
the trees
so green
The natural things
are beautiful.
Sun
Guadalupe
When I go outside the sun
makes me happy
When I go to the beach
the sun is on the beach
The birthdays of my dad and I
are in the summer
El Sol
Lucero C.
El sol está brillando
El sol es lindo
El sol es parte de la
primavera
El sol da energía
lindo sol del cielo
The Sun
Lucero C.
The sun is shining
The sun is cute
The sun is part of the
spring
The sun gives energy
cute sun from the sky
Ms. Pease
4th Grade
Sunshine
Kassandra R. C.
It feels nice ad warm it
gives you a warm tingle feeling
It makes me feel
like a star
Snow
Jaqueline L.
I go outside I see snowflakes
I look up at the sky to see it
It feels so cold so I put on gloves
I go to make a snow angel
the snow was white
snowflakes, too
The it stops then its
starting to melt
I go back inside
Minerals
Jesse G.
Minerals are shiny like the sun
They make you happy
They give you a happy day,
it makes the world shiny
It makes the world
beautiful, minerals can
be in gems and gems
make the world happy
