This week the 2nd graders at Darwin 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!
Mr. Posthlewait
2nd Grade
Ode to a Rose
Jocelyn
Las rosas son bonitas
brilla y brillas
como una estrella
eres como
un corazón
cayendo
Me gusto tu
color es rojo
como la luz.
Tus petalos
caen como
cubito de hielo.
Ode to a Rose
Jocelyn
The roses are beautiful
it glows and you glow
like a star
you are like
a heart
falling.
I like your
color it is red
like the light.
Your petals
fall like
an ice cube.
Ode to Butterfly
Daisy Bautista
Eres bella como eres.
A mí me gusta la mariposa tiene
el color café y negro.
A mí me gusta la mariposa
de la forma.
A mí me gusta la mariposa
de volar.
A mí me gusta la mariposa
de las alas.
Ode to Butterfly
Daisy Bautista
You are beautiful like you are.
I like the butterfly it has
the color brown and black.
I like the butterfly
shape.
I like the butterfly
flying.
I like the butterfly
wings.
Angie Jimenez
Ode to Snow
A mí me gusta
la nieve porque
puedo jugar con
la Nieve.
A mí me gusta la nieve
porque hacemos muñecos.
A mí me
gusta la
nieve porque
toda la familia juega.
Angie Jimenez
Ode to Snow
I like
the Snow because
I can play with
the Snow
I like the Snow
because we make snowmen.
I
like the
Snow because
the whole family plays.
Mr. Rence
2nd Grade
Ode To Sky
Caleb
The blue and the white
clouds.
The sun.
Ode To Flowers
Julissa
The flowers with
bees. The water
is the sky. The snow
is like the clouds.
Ode To Sand
Pablo
I like to play with sand
at home and I want to play with sand everywhere
I like to play with some
sand all the time.
I really like to play
with sand a lot.
