Ode to the ode

1. Ode to the ode Creative Writing II—Mrs. McLeod

2. Ode: Celebration and Homage • Offers praise and celebration • Often praises everyday objects • Uses hyberole • Often has educational purpose • Elevates everyday life

3. “Ode to the Library” by Gary Soto It’s small
With two rooms
of books, a globe
That I once
Dropped, some maps
Of the United States and Mexico,
And a fish tank with
A blue fish making jeta.
There are tables and chairs,
And a pencil sharpener
On the wall: a crayon stuck
In it, but I didn’t do it.It’s funny, but the
Waterfountain
Is cooled bu a motor,
And the librarian reads
Books with her
Glasseshanging
From her neck. If she
Put them on
She would see me
Studying the Incas
Who live two steps
Fromheaven,
Way in the mountains.

4. “Homage to My Hips” by Lucille Clifton these hips are big hips. they need space to move around in. they don't fit into little petty places. these hips are free hips. they don't like to be held back. these hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they do what they want to do. these hips are mighty hips. these hips are magic hips. ihave known them to put a spell on a man and spin him like a top

5. “Ode to the Jerry Springer Show” by Alejandra Gamez, age 15 Jerry, you keep me company When I’m bored. I like it that I always know Where to find you I like it when the girls fight. The guys just throw chairs around, But the girls pull hair and slap. Sometimes they take off their shoes And throw them at each other. I like how their hair gets mesed up. I like it when people from the audience Get down and fight and when They get in fights with the guests. I like it when the people say “Jerry, Jerry,” as if you are fighing, too. I like the way my life is pretty normal When I watch you. And I like the way I know I can always turn you off.

6. Assignment: Write an Ode • Think of an ordinary thing—jello, kickball, the school bus, your feet, a pencil sharpener, school lunches, a video game, a television show, etc. • Write an ode about it • Worth 20 points