A Poem From Audrey

Audrey is just finishing first grade at Alton Darby Elementary, and they had a Haiku assignment a while back. This is her poem.

Alton Darby

Alton Darby's yard
There's lots of dandelions
A field of yellow

Pretty cool, eh?

Audrey's our thinker. Emily has gymnastics and Jessica has dance. Audrey's tried both and Soccer too but none of them tickled her fancy. We think she needs a hobby that doesn't involve physical activity. Maybe she'll be a poet.

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Long Live Poetry!

Long Live Audrey!

I thought you'd enjoy that, Paul. I don't know beans about poetry, but I thought that was a pretty good Haiku for a 7 year old.

Not that I'm biased or anything.

My Littles starts first grade this fall. I hope they teach poetry to her. I know I will.

Audrey's Haiku is awe-inspiring.

It was very good, and from what I know about Haiku, it was spot on. A book that I recommend for Audrey is, "On Love and Barley - Haiku of Basho" by Penguin Classics. It is a whole bunch of Haiku. It doesn't follow the 5-7-5 syllable format, because it is english translation. Basho was around hundreds of years ago. BUT, he pretty much was the master of Haiku. See my blog. Here is Basho's haiku #136:

Wintry Day,
on my horse
a frozen shadow.

If you do a search, there are also all kinds of poetry kids websites that are quite wonderful.

A childs heart and poetry. A nice combination.



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