Students from Paul Heller’s Reading for Creative Writing (SD3202) class wrote some impressive odes to a variety of different things in their lives. Feel free to read some of these fantastic poems from these students:
Ode to the Acoustic Guitar On my Wall
By Tiffany HuynhAgainst the
Bumpy cream wall of
My bedroom,
You are the full moon that
Glows against
Night, but with the soft
Warmth of the sun.
Ode to the Red MP3
Nia JonesHear you playing
Like an orchestra.
Your strings, bass, percussion
In each and every song come together
Just profoundly.
Like a great, big, musical family reunion.
Ode to a Stone on the Shore
Joshua MorganOne day,
Wandering, lost
Along the shore,
I saw you
A stone whiter than sun-bleached bone and as smooth as the crystal
Sky,
Floating in a sea of others.
Yet somehow,
You were different,
Ode to my Racket
Vanessa Van PellYou are
Nervous
Your strings tighten
As I warm upI feel the blood start to pump
Through every vein in my body
You start to settle
Knowing I will protect you
Ode to a Blade of Grass
By Vasco Villas-BoasI see you carefully tilting in the breeze
You want to slide out of your roots (that won’t give in) and be guided by the wind
And
Be free like a leaf floating downwards from a tree
You are like a
Human
That wants to
Jump out of a helicopter
And parachute down
To see the
World
Ode to a Tree
Eric YuAmid the forest lies you, a tree,
A bridge to life
That is a living organism,
But your seeds will sprout into
The new generations of trees ahead of you.
They will feel the same
Feeling of luxurious sunlight that you have felt.