Ode to a Tree By Eric Yu Amid 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. And as the seed sprouts, […]
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Ode to a Blade of Grass
Ode to a Blade of Grass By Vasco Villas-Boas I 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 […]
Read More →Ode to My Racket
Ode to my Racket By Vanessa Van Pell You are Nervous Your strings tighten As I warm up I feel the blood start to pump Through every vein in my body You start to settle Knowing I will protect you I will not let you down All the nights you stayed up Just to let […]
Read More →Ode to a Stone on the Shore
Ode to a Stone on the Shore By Joshua Morgan One 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, A gem, Smoother and rounder, Filled with a more Ethereal Energy […]
Read More →Ode to the Red MP3
Ode to the Red MP3 By Nia Jones Hear 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. Your melodies gently brush Against my music–craving eardrums. Their heavy lust for your music Is indescribable. It’s not a want, no, […]
Read More →Ode to the Acoustic Guitar On my Wall
Ode to the Acoustic Guitar On my Wall by Tiffany Huynh Against the Bumpy cream wall of My bedroom, You are the full moon that Glows against Night, but with the soft Warmth of the sun. I pick you up Mesmerized by your beauty and Stare, you are the well-known sculpture in a Famous museum […]
Read More →“Ode to…”
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 Huynh Against the Bumpy cream wall of My bedroom, You […]
Read More →Farenheit 451
Students from Susan Maloney’s Writing for High School class have just recently finished reading Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. This novel portrays a future in which books have been outlawed and firemen have the job of burning said books. As an exercise, the students have drawn their take on what the fire department’s badges […]
Read More →This Week at ATDP: The Writing Process, Environmental Science, Cognitive Neuroscience
It’s only the second week of classes, and already, Secondary Division students ranging from sixth grade writers to eleventh grade neuroscientists are taking full advantage of the natural and academic resources that UC Berkeley’s campus has to offer. The Writing Process In her Writing Process classes, Lisa Griffin makes sure to highlight the beauty and history […]
Read More →Functioning First Graders
A visiting high school teacher complained to an ATDP instructor that her students weren’t grasping the concept of functions. To help, they went to see Hannah Margulis-Kessel’s first-grade students performing “Mathmagic!”
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