Haikus from Honduras
My students and I both have been trying to grapple with my poetry unit, with mixed success. Poetry is particularly challenging for English language learners, I think, because there is less context to hang on to. Last week, however, we worked on writing haikus which went quite well. I choose a few to share…
Person doing things
for all people of Japan,
Things to do all day
-Fabiola
Guatemala City
A moon with a horse in it
The night always there
-Alicia
In winter I’m asleep
And I drink coffee with bread
And I put on a sweater
-Luis
The snow is white and
we open presents and
we burn with the fire
-Eduardo
Oh my little El
Salvador I don’t live in
you El Salvador
-Hector
A good day to get
some honey in a country
with a lot of sweet
-Jorge L.
The fall is good to
see the birds sing in the tree
and to play soccer
-Jorge A.
January 30th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
pretty good, i really like jorge l’s and eduardo’s. i hope they’re not learning your writing skils though mr. i’m sure tash will back me up on this one…”I think there limited vocabularies…” HELLO!?! THEIR limited vocabularies!
February 13th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
These Haikus are amazing. Gabe so gifted…. but I might add that the Haiku form seems a tad “ethnic”…. teach ‘em a real ENGlish verse like Rhyme royale, or heroic couplets if you really want to drop bombs.