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Spring Haiku

Mr Robertson — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:54:29 +0000

Year 4 have been learning to write Haiku recently. We have been thinking about the history of Haiku writing from Master Basho over 300 years ago right up to the present day. We’ve been thinking about taking a snapshot of our environment without using a camera – using only words.

Haiku look easy to write, but to write a good haiku is very challenging. Children have been thinking about the idea of showing not telling – this means to describe something not just tell the reader what it is. Tricky! However, I think Year 4 made a fantastic job of it and that’s why I have decided to publish every single poem! See if you can see the image being described in your head. If you like the poems, why not leave us a comment! Here they are (a few to follow):

What a funny plant
A big green bouncy castle
It absorbs water.
(Tommy)

A small thick black dot
Followed by a smooth tail
Swims in pond water.
(Daniel)

A dog in the sky
Made from water and dust
unable to run.
(Erin)

Clusters of colour
Painting the world peacefully
The ground’s a canvas.
(Holly)

Gentle dancing suns
Some never wake back up
Some try to reach for the sky.
(Emma)

Sad, friendless bushes
standing there, spikey branches
hardly life, no light.
(Jack)

Spring is here
Small bright suns all around
But they will have to go.
(James)

A burst of colours, Spring.
A green sea lights up our world
Yellow dots live, then die.
(Harvey)

Spring brings happiness
In the end it bows its head
To a certain death.
(Joseph)

Red and cheaping
Now they are dancing
Spots in the sky.
(Andrew)

Telephones ring all day
at Spring to 6pm
After that it starts again.
(Morgan)

Towering high
Emerald buds exploding from branches
Tallest mountains.
(Eve)

As yellow as the sun
Bees collecting pollen from it
Gives the world colour.
(Roman)

Shiny, silver
Staying still in the sky
In their blanket of cloud.
(Emily)

Sat there on the bush
Patiently waiting for food
Was a small creature.
(Louis)

Thin old branches hang
Dead against the Winter sky
Spring colour bursts out.
(Olivia)

Shining bright up high
Like little diamonds in the sky
How I adore night.
(Miriam)

Fireworks unfurling
Heads bowed in reverence
The earth is my soul.
(Scarlet)

Haiku Montage

Mr Robertson — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:05:46 +0000

Year 4 have spent a lot of their time in Literacy this week using their Spring Haiku and the photos from our ginko to produce some video presentations.Â Some of these have been put together to create a haiku montage.

Well done to all of Year 4 who quickly learned how to use the software and produced some excellent videos.

Here is the montage:

Click here to view a larger version in your own media player

Let us know what you think!

Haiku

Y4 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:59:42 +0000

It is spring again
blossom is on the tree
laying like soft snow.

by Maisy

Haiku

Y4 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:54:44 +0000

Blossom is on me,
It’s like snow falling down,
On grass that is green.

By Alex Y4

Haiku

Y4 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:54:06 +0000

Red hot bushy trees,
The fire leaves are burning,
Falling on the ground.

By Helen Y4

haiku

Y4 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:50:11 +0000

Sun and the raimbows,
The buzzing bees and the bugs,
The water is clear.

By saskia Y4

Haiku

Y4 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:49:38 +0000

Spring is beginning,
Bringing all of the new life,
But it has to end.

By Harry Y4

y4 haiku

Y4 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:48:14 +0000

Blossom on the trees
like snow settled on trees
but it is not cold

by Zac

Y4 haikus

Y4 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:46:53 +0000

Such a detailed leaf,
Yet it has a deadly sting,
That lasts a long time.

Curled and dry flowers,
Bow their heads with sadness for
The end of their lives.

The sky is above,
But I see it below me,
Beside my feet.

Soft cushions of moss,
Like a thousand points of light,
Making a cluster.

By Aisling

haiku

Y4 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:46:18 +0000

Flowers sprouting up,
Blossom falling down from trees,
Covering the ground.

By Katy.