Odes to Good Things

We read parts of Pablo Neruda's "Ode to the Watermelon" and then wrote poems about some of the things we love.

3rd Grade Room 105

Juan A.
Ode to red apple.

Red apple you are the
best apple ever.
So juicy best fruit
I will eat you everyday and
My favorite color is red
You are o good but you do have
too many worms inside yourself
Like if you were made out
of worms.
But still you are still
so good. I will et you with
worms inside of you. Even the
worms are good.

Perla L.
Ode to Mango

You are
so juicy and
sweet
I would
die if you
were
never invented
you are
so chewy
salty
and slippery
and
slimy chewy
and
good.

Jocelyn G.
Ode to apple

You are so nutritious
and you are so juicy
I will never
live without
you in my
life. I can
cut you
up and
eat you.
You are so good and
I love you so
much,. You apple
are so good that
I can eat a
apple all day
long. So you can
give me some
energy in my
body. You wake
me up and
get me to
go to school
early in
the morning.
I'm always
happy to go
to school


4th Grade Room 306

Omar M.
Ode to the Hamburger

This burger is like
my 5 top food you
are so delicious I could
only eat 2 and I
could eat you when
I like too. When
I go to Burger King
I eat some of your
little friends and
you can't stop ,e
because you are only
a hamburger and you
can't move because
you're just a
hamburger.


Martin B.
Ode to the lime

It sucks up evil's face by its sourness
Its enemy is a juices that takes
Out its sour drops.

You are covered by green aliens that your
real color isn't green. It divides to as
much as it wants to. It has a brother
just like it. But he makes good
drinks.

The both yellow and green aliens
are at war. Some people use you to
make sours, others to trick and others
to put on
fruits.

People sometime deceive
you. People sometimes enjoy
you very much. Some people
ask you is you want
your fruits with a little
of lime.

So we should all praise
the lime.

Christian M.
Ode to Whopper

Oh Whopper I know they call you
because they whoop yyou oh whopper you
were made in burger
king everyone loves
you because you
taste good oh whopper
your best frind is French fries
I know your favorite
drink is coke coca cola
and put that lime in it
and know what is you
favorite food if you because
you're good and your son
is whopper Jr.

Jurgei P.
Ode to Ice Cream

You are
cold to
eat on
a hot day.
I love
you more that
baseball, You're
chocolate and vanilla
You are cold
and good,
I love
you more
than my
life. You're
better
than
video games
if I had to
choose my like
of you I would
choose you.
You are the most super
delicious thing
in the
whole wide
world. if
I had
to die
I would
have told
them to
burry me
with you
or burn me
with you. I
would have
chose to
live with
you. You
would be
my best
friend
would never
betray you.
You are
the best
in
the
whole
wide world.
How can
anyone resist
you. You are
of ice
you are
the best
in the
whole world

4th Grade room 002

The Happy Life: Ode to the Muneca

Muneca you make
me feel like I
am not alone.
When you smile
you make me
feel happy.
When you play
with your ball
you look so cute.
when you are
sad your face is
so cute. In your eye
I see a twinkle. When you
are at the window you
look like Dumbo. Your brown
and white spots remind
me of chocolate and vanilla Ice
cream. You are so cute.


Leanne C.
Ode to Pizza

I love you pizza
because you are so, so
goos when I eat you
and that melty cheese
and your delicious
pepperoni. And when
people eat you they will
still eat you up
until there is none
more of you.

Yesenia M.
Ode to the Meat

you are
the best
in the
whole
wide
world
and in
the galaxy
you're so juicy
inside
I can
stuff
you
in
my
own
face
you're
like
a
king
to me.

Everyday Monsters

We read "The Fork" by Charles Simic, then students looked to objects in the room and found their monstrous side.

3rd Grade Room 105

Andrew S.
Water Bottle Monster

The top could
be the head
The paper around
it could be his
clothes. And
Inside it
has 13
mouths and
inside it's
drinking water
and the bottom
it it's feet
The top it's head
when I take off
the cap I'm opening
his head inside it's
head is blood.

Tyler G.
T.V.

When you
turn the

lights off
the tv

turns on
and transforms

into a
minibot

and acts
bad because
it's a decepticon

when you
come back

he transforms
again

Andrea J.
The Multiplication Table Monstery

The multiplication table with all
it's colors it is a clown not
just a clown a scary clown
that laughs if you make a mistake
it's colors are so bright it hurts
your eyes.

Alejandro H.
Monster flag

It has 50 eyes
The re stripes is blood
The white stripes it the eye brows
Two white stripes is the arms
The stick is the feet.
One red stripe is the mouth with white feet.

4th grade room 306

Omero N.
Sharpener

This thing crept
put of oil.
It eats with its stomach
right in the belly button.

Put a pencil in it and
it will make it shorter.
It must be magic.
Nobody knows how a
weird thing got out
of oil.


Mayra T.
The Clock

The clock is from another world.
If you grab it
it looks like a necklace.
Inside there is a duck
not a bird.
Making a big mess.
It is 5:00pm.
The duck comes out.
Says it is 12:00pm.
The duck has no eyes.
The clock is a time killer.

Jesus L.
Printer

Its paper
has
fire. It puts
your tail in
fire. Its face
just scares you/
It beats the radio
and the radio says
OOOOOOOWW

4th Grade Room 002

Tanisha J.
The scariest non-living thing I've never seen: Focus

The O looks like a face with
no hair.
The C looks like a something getting
ready to eat.
The f looks like Ferb from Disney
channel
The U looks like a glacier rolled
down it
The S looks like a snake ready
to attack.

Mikey A.
Computer

This odd thing has
come from the desk
and it has a huge
eye that is black


It is coming for you
mouth that spits out lava
and burns you up
it will hunt you down
and take everything
away and it will
trap you in cyber world
forever.

Diana B.
Door

This must have com out of a cave
This monster has one eye
One long nose with no hair
A lot of lips

As you run
the monster makes
a loud noise
that you never
heard before.

Finding new descriptions for things

We spent one session reading and discussing Wallace Steven's fantastical description poem "Someone Puts a Pineapple Together," and during the next students tried to find their own ways to describe some other fruits and vegetables.


3rd Grade Room 105

Margaret V.
Napa Cabbage Leaf

1. a little tree
2. a baseball mask for people
3. a snake that is a baseball
4. a light tree colder than dry
5. a phone to call people when you're far away
6. a bush of lives and it has veins too
7. a mouth mask

Favian G.
Asparagus

The crown is being held by the knight
The bean stalk is growing
The torch is on fire

Sienna J.
Celery

1. A tree trunk is coming out from the
ground. A beautiful tree is up in the
sky. The tree has beautiful green leaves.
2. I see a shooting meteor.
It is landing on earth. I see fire.

Poems of smallness and silence

After reading D.H. Lawrence's two poems "Nothing to Lose" and "The White Horse" students tried to imagine what could be inside very small things and what the sound of very quiet places could be and then wrote poems of any length or style.

3rd Grade Room 105

Jorge B.
Hollow Underworld

I find a dead cell
in the hollow part of
the underworld. I open it
and find a fat guy with
his own personal one-of-a-kind
gravity.


Guadalupe M.

My happy place is heaven
I heard birds tweeting
An ant on my hand
An ant walking
on my toys
it is fun to watch
and so funny.
Then I see my mom
and we play ball.
Then we say bye
and I go home
and see my dad
and my new mom.

Tyler G.

I have
a crumb

inside
the crumb

is a taste
of a delicious

cookie taste


Jocelyn G.

On the inside, wrapped up in a bow just for you,
there is a you my dear. I love you
piece of dirt just the way you are,
with a worm.
The quietest place
is a closet
and an echo.
You can turn
on the light
if you look
up and maybe
you can see
heaven. A bird
flying down
with flowers
wrapped up in a
bow just for
you my dear.
I love you
because you just the way you are
the most beautiful thing in the world.



4th Grade Room 306

Omar M

In a quiet place
I hear a strange
sound a duck and
a elephant were
kissing in front
of the library
and then they stopped
and went to buy
ice cream and
the elephant
squished the duck
and then the duck
slapped the elephant
and the duck went
home without seeing
the elephant for
years.

Jesus L.

One time I found
a penny I opened
the penny it had
a key inside it
I used the key
it let me in
a closet it was
so quiet
until
I heard a squirrel

4th Grade Room 002

Tanisha J.

I was in the tree house listening to
birds singing and air planes going past
and a doll shoe walked past and it
magically opened and a doll feet came
out and boy wasn't I scared.

Diana B.

I'm in a quiet
place that place
is a dark room
all I felt was
wind. There
was sand in that
sand I found
gold! The gold
was small. It was
so small I couldn't
see it. It wasyellow
like a banana.

Monique A.

I am in the
doctor's it is so
quiet I hear phones
ringing. Behind a couch
in the doctor's is a piece of a
earring I open it
up and it's dust
it is so cool
but I cough a lot.

Between Walls

After reading physician William Carlos Williams' poem about a hospital "Between Walls", we did a free write about Burroughs Elementary School, what it looked like, sounded like, felt like and then wrote a poem that could only have 16 words (although some people needed a couple more.)

3rd Grade 105

Juan A.

A bird just
maybe

Enter a school
and

Grass is a
cat

Kids glass door
made

of wood.


Isabella B.

School

I see flowers
trees

I see backs
of

Heads, outside
play-ground

Play laugh time
out

Oh, oh lets
go in


Margaret V.

And again and again and again…..

It looks like
school

from the door
it

has lot of
windows

From the side
has

lot of windows
again

Andrea J.
Burroughs school looks like…

It looks pretty
outside

room 105 has
doors

I see kids with
backpacks

I love school
rooms.



4th Grade 002

Alex R.

The students look
like Soldiers

Charging to the
door

I never want
to transfer

I like Burroughs.


Leanne C.

Looks made a lot
behind
upstairs
of the playground
of Burroughs
like when picture
up walls.

Daniel S.
The Bloody Wall of Burroughs School

The bloody wall
is

Located on the
Jagged

Stairs off the
Dark

Night sky

This is Just to Say

We read William Carlos Williams apology poem "This is Just to Say."

Third Grade Room 105

Melanie A.

This is just to say
I have taken
your money
that was in
your room

and which you
were probably
saving it for
something

forgive me,
I spent it
but I will
pay you back

Mario O.

I have eaten your
popcorn that was
on the couch

and which
you were probably
saving
for the movie

Forgive me
it was so salty
so crunchy
and so delicious

Oscar H,

I'm sorry mom

I'm so sorry
for eating my
candy before lunch
time

But I say
it is delicious
candy

I'm sorry mom.
Please don't ground
me. I will
do you chores
and I won't
look at my
sister's report card
any more

I will do
my homework
by myself.


4th Grade 306

Michael B.

I have let
aliens
Take care, over the world

I am sorry
for blowing
up your house

I am sorry
I could not
help my self

Mayra T.
I have eaten
the grapes
that were in
the cabin

and which
you were probably
saving
for our next camping
trip

Forgive me
they were
old and dusty
but still sweet.



4th Grade 002

Kevin D.

I stole your
hair I had
to, it looked
so shiny I

wanted it so
so so so
much a lot
in fact huh

I'm sorry for
that, but it
was so shiny
so good smelling
I'm so sorry.


Yesenia M.

I've stolen a
ruler from 3rd grade
We probably needed
it for class

so I said
"I'm sorry" to
Rene

Because I needed
it for class
because I don’t
have one.

Mike A.

I have blown
up your home
then drove your
car in a
store

and which I
should of done
because your home
was stinky and
your car was
a Chevy.

Don't forgive me
because I don't like you it
felt good blowing
up your home
and driving your
car in a store.