You Deserve A Poem

Last week, Waters 6th graders got the chance to flex their poetry skills in a new way. We read “[Oye! This is an apartment building ode.] by Dimitri Reyes and talked about the imagery we picked up on in the poem. Then students wrote their own odes about the subjects of their choice. Check out a few of them below.

Ms. Roman's 6th Grade

Michael Jordan Samuel B.

Everyone knows him

he’s the goat

he is Michael Jordan

He could beat Kobe Bryant or Larry Bird

even Kawhi Leonard

 

He was on the Chicago Bulls

He’s the logo of jumpman

He’s the best

The G.O.A.T till the end

GOAT Yaxel Lendeborg Julian S.

I love Yaxel

He’s my GOAT

I love him

Yaxel Lendeborg

 

He can do it all

Splashes threes

Slams down dunks

And throws alley-oops for Aday Mara

 

The star of basketball

My king, lord and savior

I love Yaxel

Yaxel Lendeborg

An Ode To Literature Nora J.

This is an ode to

literature

 

They’re entertaining,

The stories,

The twists

and turns

the happy

endings, the

sole survivors

 

There is so much

To choose from

The genres, they’re

Great.

 

It’s a great topic

for conversation.

Whether you’re writing

it, reading it,

or something else.

There’s so much to

talk about.

 

It doesn’t

compare to anything.

It’s not as limited as a movie

It’s not as boring as a blank wall

It’s not as annoying as homework

 

If I met it, I would praise it

“You’re genres are peak.” “I’ve seen so

much of you.” “You’re great,

Don’t change.”

Ms. Smallwood's 6th Grade

A Basketball Ode Milo

They’re basketball

they are the reason

I play basketball

All the time

 

Sometimes they’re no air

Othertimes there is

maybe the texture has come off

But it is still just a basketball

 

It’s different from the others

like soccerballs and footballs

But nothing will beat a basketball

though the others won’t ever be orange

 

Sometimes I give it commands

like to go into a hoop

or maybe to not bounce out

 

So an ode to the basketballs

all in the world

 

My Dad Ode Charlie

My dad has red hair like a leprechaun

he is tall like an elephant

he is allergic to cats like how milk

messes with cat’s stomachs

I think when it comes to some food, he

is kinda like Gordon Ramsey

but his soup is like pickles,

I don’t like them

he teaches me how to fight like a

boxer

he can be as lazy as a very old cat

and can be as sleepy as a koala

he is as old as

dinos

he eats meat like

T-rexes

he fails skateboard tricks almost

as much as my little sister

You Olivia B.

You are so amazing

You help me live my day all my life

You are like a stylish robot

You always fit out

You are a frog wearing a tutu

You are like a cheetah, but livable

You are like so very stylish

You are literally sugar sweet

You are incredibly smart

You are so amazing

You keep me alive

You help me be somebody

You are you

You are a blank canvas

You are social

You are so amazing