We made our first group attempt at writing poetry today. We started with haiku. It isn't very hard to do relatively quickly, but certainly difficult to do well!
I illustrated it to my kids making up a haiku of my own showing how to count the syllables:
five syllables start
seven go in the middle
five more finish it.
Here's my first attempt:
Sun shining outright
his rays consume the dew drops
waking up the earth.
HOW-to Haiku
This site has some good simple tips and several printable worksheets (if you're into that :)
Will you Haiku... too?
Participate in a contest! It ends this weekend on Sunday, March 7th. Click over there to read our entries... Amy, Javen & Cullen.
PS. I'm really sorry I didn't get this up in time for you to work on your entries!!! My computer has gone out... read here and here.
Haiku was a recent study at our house as well. It's amazing how such a simple formula can make the plainest of words seem complexly beautiful.
ReplyDeletewe haiku as well
ReplyDeletecounting syllables brings forth
a dance for the tongue
I can not do haiku. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteI'm haiku challenged!
it is difficult
for me to write poetry
did I do this right
My proof. LOL!
What's up, Amy? I'm waiting for a new post! I saw you commenting on A peaceful day, a great blog.
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