Post by Melissa in Jordan on May 29, 2004 1:20:08 GMT -5
Lene and Tracy,
I'm so glad you included haiku in you Classical Writing Poetry book. All of my children enjoyed this assignment and were encouraged by their results. Interestingly, my 12yo son, who doesn't have much patience for deep thinking or writing was most successful with this assignment. He was visably pleased with his poems and was able to write them much quicker than my other two "writers." In his book, any writing assignment where you only have to write 17 syllables is pretty good!
From my 10yo son:
(lizard)
Lifting a flat rock
Zooming, darting, slithering
Flash! Disappearing
From my 12yo son:
Wind rages, rain falls
Kettle whistling inside
Hot tea by the fire
I thought this one quite good, and in praise of an imitative approach to writing, I think my son's inspiration for this one may have come from our discussion of "Old Gaelic Lullaby" as the author uses a similar "stormy outside/cozy inside contrast.
Here is another one writing by my 12yo son. This one was written from the heart; a lover of baseball, he had, in fact hit a grand slam the week before he wrote this:
Bases loaded, crack!
Running as fast as you can
Sliding at home--safe!
From my 14yo dd:
This one is about the Muslim call to prayer that sounds out from the muezzin at about 4am. We live a couple of blocks from the mosque but are only occasionally awakened.
Lonely wail at night
Calling faithful followers
Desolate darkness
I felt that the haiku helped the children to capture their impressions of different feelings, events, objects that are significant in their lives and I would like us to continue writing haiku about such things from time to time.
Thanks for sparking the inspiration!
Melissa in Jordan
I'm so glad you included haiku in you Classical Writing Poetry book. All of my children enjoyed this assignment and were encouraged by their results. Interestingly, my 12yo son, who doesn't have much patience for deep thinking or writing was most successful with this assignment. He was visably pleased with his poems and was able to write them much quicker than my other two "writers." In his book, any writing assignment where you only have to write 17 syllables is pretty good!
From my 10yo son:
(lizard)
Lifting a flat rock
Zooming, darting, slithering
Flash! Disappearing
From my 12yo son:
Wind rages, rain falls
Kettle whistling inside
Hot tea by the fire
I thought this one quite good, and in praise of an imitative approach to writing, I think my son's inspiration for this one may have come from our discussion of "Old Gaelic Lullaby" as the author uses a similar "stormy outside/cozy inside contrast.
Here is another one writing by my 12yo son. This one was written from the heart; a lover of baseball, he had, in fact hit a grand slam the week before he wrote this:
Bases loaded, crack!
Running as fast as you can
Sliding at home--safe!
From my 14yo dd:
This one is about the Muslim call to prayer that sounds out from the muezzin at about 4am. We live a couple of blocks from the mosque but are only occasionally awakened.
Lonely wail at night
Calling faithful followers
Desolate darkness
I felt that the haiku helped the children to capture their impressions of different feelings, events, objects that are significant in their lives and I would like us to continue writing haiku about such things from time to time.
Thanks for sparking the inspiration!
Melissa in Jordan