Point Arena Elementary School
2007/2008
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All of these poems were written as part of the Odes To Ordinary And Not So Ordinary Fruits And Vegetables Project generously funded through the Arts Council of Mendocino County and the Mendocino County Office of Education Get Arts in the Schools Program (GASP) and the Arena Union Elementary School's nutrition program.
A Plump PineappleOh, brown, chubby
pineapple,
You are the color of a gold crown
that sits on top of a queen's head.
You are a sweet taste
inside my mouth.
Native of Brazil, you grow in Mexico -
you give us a sweet juicy taste.
Lizbeth Gaona
2nd Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to a Pointy PineappleOh, sweet, juicy
pineapple,
You are the color of a sunflower
that is a pretty, yellow, gold treasure.
You are a sweet taste
filled with honey.
Native of Mexico,
you give us a good taste.
Maria Torres-Acosta
2nd Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to a Pointy PineappleOh, sweet, cool
pineapple,
you are the color of a star
that lights up the dark.
You are like a pinecone
that is sharp and pointy.
Native of Mexico where you grow,
you give us sweetness.
Evelyn Garcia-Arista
2nd Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to a Plump PineappleOh, sweet, juicy
pineapple,
You are the color of the Northern Cheetah,
that goes miles away.
You are like a jicama
that is so juicy.
Native of a desert land,
you give us greater minds.
Matthew Frank
2nd Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to Ba-a Suka PineappleOh, suka, ka men.
ba-a suka pineapple.
Mto'el kale kachucha
ball chayuda ke.
Ma el men suka men katha,
ball a to mshe,
be ka Mexico,
ma daka kale.
Francisco Frank
Translated into Pomo by Clarence Carrillo
2nd Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Oda a Una Piña
Oh, jugosa, dulce
piña,
tú tienes el color del sol.
Nos das luz.
Tú eres como una pelota del fútbol,
que podemos aventar.
Nativa de México
nos das un dulce sabor.
Bryan Suarez
2nd Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to A PepperOh, shiny, green, shriveled ogre's nose,
you are the color of seaweed
that slips through my hands.
You are like a bomb
in my mouth
that burns forever,
Native of spicy lands,
You give us heat and fire!
Oscar Rios
5th Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to Bumpy PearOh, round, curled pear,
you are the color of the sunset,
that makes the grass heated.
You are like a blushing,
little girl
that is embarrassed by everything.
Native of China Land,
you give us plump flavors that are sour
in our mouths.
Emily Torres
5th Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to the Green ArtichokeOh, pokey, green artichoke,
you are the color of the river
when it's time to fish
that feeds me fish at dinner.
You are like a green torch
that helps me see in the dark.
Native of Mediterranean land,
you give us life that flows like a river.
Tyler Rasmusen
5th Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to a Plump PotatoOh, bumpy vegetable,
what a pudgy belly you have!
You are the color of the dark
earthy ground
that you are made from.
You are like the lifeless
rock that lays around
the garden bed.
Native of the high Andes
Mountains,
You give us the
mushy mashed potatoes
on Thanksgiving!
Adela Martinez
5th Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to a Bloody Blood Orange
Oh, sweet, succulent
blood orange,
you are round and rough.
You are like a star
that goes Supernova,
that explodes into
millions of stars.
Native of Sicily
where the blood orange
comes from,
you give us joy and sweetness.
Marco Moreles
5th Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
Ode to the Red Delicious
Oh, perfect , juicy apple,
you are the color of a ruby
with star-covered skin.
You are like my heart
when I am relaxed.
Native of Mendocino County,
You give us taste!
Sarah Burfoot
5th Grade, Arena Union Elementary School
Cathleen Micheaels, Poet Teacher
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