back in 2001 I was teaching English/Language Arts at an urban middle school. We were studying poetry, specifically the haiku. I assigned students to go home and write four haiku for homework. They grumbled like hell and I said it wasn't THAT hard-- I could write 40 haikus over nite. They doubted me, and I penned 4 pages worth of haikus--about 80 in all-- in a little over 2 hours while still at school. 80 haikus are waaaay too much to sift thru in 1 post, so I'll break 'em up for ya. Here's the first session, many are school related:
Soft rains fall tonight
I hear it splash on windows
It lulls me to sleep
Sitting on the roof
I see the bright stars come out
I feel the wind blow
Winter blows cold winds
The blood rises to my face
I soon head indoors
My students are cool
Even though they talk all day.
I hope they’ll all pass…
I hate broccoli!
Their loathsome green flower-heads!
Throw it all away!
See the fuzzy peach.
Soft hair grows from it’s surface
The fruit needs a shave.
Yo’ momma be phat!
I say she be on rye bread!
How can you stand it?
I’m on a diet.
Eating up celery stalks
I dream chocolate.
Sitting in meetings
I feel my butt go numb.
My brain will follow.
Rubrics all around
District gives huge piles of them
All to change next year.
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