Liberty Learning Lighthouse

Mar. 14, 2006 - Haiku

We've been rowing A Pair of Red Clogs this week, and so in the process we are learning about various things that originated in Japan ...Sumo wrestlers, origami, sushi, etc. Today we talked about haiku.

My plan was to simple. I wanted to introduce haiku poetry and read a few examples. That was it. But when Daddy came home for lunch and the boys told him what they had learned during the morning, he decided to share a haiku he had written many years ago. The boys were very impressed and decided that if Daddy could write haiku that they could as well.

I must admit that I was not confident in the ability of my two young sons to write haiku. Happily, I was wrong. The little fellows spent at least 20 minutes working on their haikus and laughing over their word choices. In the end, I think they did an excellent job!

Here is what they wrote:

Read my fluffy lips:

A skeleton is coming!

Run! Run to the house!

(by Nathan, age 4)

Little, little bridge

With no people to cross you

I feel sad for you

(by Joel, age 5)

Giraffe in Egypt

Pet of the Egyptian King

Living in the sand