We Will A Joyful World: Odes @ ALS

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!

Fire by 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 by 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 by 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

4th Grade

Myself by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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

4th Grade

Untitled by 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