"Ode to a Butterfly" - 7th Grade
They came
into this world
as a creature
that just liked love and peace.
But they weren't always like that!
They used to be
Big
Scary
And also attacked
"Ode to Bamboo" - 7th Grade
bamboo can grow
as tall as a school.
I'm stunned at its strongness
at its tallness
at the way it stands
"Ode to a Yellow Leaf" - 9th Grade
It has no other color
but yellow.
It has no other properties.
It's just a leaf.
It has the simple
form of
a leaf.
For, it is
just a leaf.
It is a dead leaf.
A yellow leaf.
"Ode to a Cloud" - 9th Grade
You are
the elements chameleon
life's energy,
never disappearing
only changing your face,
like an actor
changes masks.
Quench my thirst,
open my pores,
freeze my toes,
float my boat,
fog my glass,
slip my slide.
"Ode to a Little Yellow Flower" - 7th Grade
On the vines
You grew taller
Than
Any
Buy yet
The human came
And sat her
Big butt upon
Your shining
Face,
And how saw many were
To see something
So pure
Put to waste by
A need
To sit.
"Ode to the Sun" - 7th Grade
Sometimes one thing
Or one person
May hold a world together
And while they're doing so,
People don't notice
We won't survive
Without you.
"Ode to The Tree" - 7th Grade
The tree that
Stood so solid
And was there for
So
Much time
It's deathly
Look
Of
Sadness,
The tree who drank
So much
water
And knew that it
Would some day die.
Its hard
Foundation
That looked
so strong and
Sturdy like
"Ode to a Vine" - 9th Grade
Out of a vine
Comes a heart
Long and lush with green
Lonely
Covering the whole trunk,
Taking life from it
Without a word
"Ode to a Hard Worker" - 9th Grade
nobody goes alone
and they all become one
together.
When danger,
around their colony,
becomes grave,
they all stand up
to defend
what they worked
so hard in
"Ode to Clouds" - 9th Grade
Covering the day
With their strange forms.
When the sunset comes
Bright colors are all over you
Pink,
Orange,
Red and blue.
Those are the colors that are in you.
"Ode to a Rock" - 10th Grade
Rock the first resource to build
our
first house,
a rock that David used against
Goliath,
why shouldn't your importance
be recognized?
Your silence speaks
for
you
"Ode to Bees" - 10th Grade
Working
Together
And dancing
Making sweet honey,
Nectar of life.
Tiny metropolis
Of miniature workers
Growing,
Expanding.
"Ode to the Pine Tree" - 10th Grade
Shades of green
And brown
Shield
The mighty
Pine
From harm.
Among all the trees
Pine prevails,
Stands tallest,
Imposing
yet fragrant.
December
Arrives
The pine's only weakness
"Ode to the Rain" - 11th Grade
All earth,
All sky,
At rest,
The night
fell, crying
Beauty of
Water
Of time and sky.
"Ode to Sunset" - 11th Grade
Once more,
And open the door,
To yet another night.
End.
End the day,
Finish it this way,
For none other is as good.
"Ode to Guaria morada" - 11th Grade
Although you are known by different names
your form and color do not change.
Capture the attention of many eyes
You're in good taste,
You pick the perfect colors
Your years do not go
More and more beautiful.
"Ode to a Banana Tree" - 11th Grade
Big broad leaves
sprout up everywhere
off the strait
stem
umbrella over me
protection from the storm
