Ode To Births From Eruptions Poem by Doris Cornago

An ode is a form of poetry such as sonnet or elegy, etc. Ode is a literary technique that is lyrical in nature, but not very lengthy. You have often read odes in which poets praise people, natural scenes, and abstract ideas. Ode is derived from a Greek word aeidein, which means to chant or sing. Although this type of ode does not have the usual rhyme scheme ABABCDECDE, I entitled all as 'odes' so the poems will stay together as a group to remind me of that phase when I felt like singing and giving praise daily as I've escaped/recovered from what they call a 'terminal' illness. This is an ode to the Taal Volcano which became part of a road trip back to myself.