1. Writing about something you love
The Ode
Writing about something you love

2. A Modern Day Ode

3. How it all works…
Select a subject to write about: person, place, or thing.
Write phrases describing how your subject makes you feel and why you feel this way.
Write many phrases telling unique qualities of your subject.
Explain why your subject is important to you and why you adore it so much!
Join some of your phrases into lines for your ode. Remember they don't have to rhyme!

4. Revising Revise your lines following these steps:
- take away any lines that are too similar
- add more feeling to any meaningless lines
- pick a good opening line or sentence
- order the remaining lines into their best sequence
- select a good closing line that clearly expresses your feelings about the
subject

5. An Ode about Life
Life. Perplexing, mysterious, joyous. A maze with no end. A room without a door. A soul with no heart. Why is it like this? Everyday is a heart beat. Never knowing when it stops. Every second turns to minutes, hours, days, years. It's limitless. There are no boundaries. Fate and Destiny don't control you, you control you. It is what it is.

6. Life from another view
Life. Sad, gloomy, melancholy. It is a fruit that is sweet and bitter. Death always haunts your shadows, but few know when it comes. It is a trap that many know but few see. This is the reason for life. Though sad, it is the reason for existence. Death is the one thing we can never outrun. Longevity denies the truth, and medicines further you from reality.
Though we know it, we never know when it will happen. Many sorrow for death, but embracing it is the only acceptance. Life is a journey, and death is the end. The end of your journey And the beginning of a new one. This is death and It is what it is.