“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 are the full moon that
Glows against
Night, but with the soft
Warmth of the sun.

…Read More of Tiffany’s poem here…

Ode to the Red MP3
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.

…Read More of Nia’s poem here…

Ode to a Stone on the Shore
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,

…Read More of Joshua’s poem here…

Ode to my Racket
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

…Read More of Vanessa’s poem here…

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 out of a helicopter
And parachute down
To see the
World

…Read More of Vasco’s poem here…

Ode to a Tree
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.

…Read More of Eric’s poem here…