Past+Haiku

HAIKU of the MONTH Students in grades 2-5 memorize one Haiku every month or so. Haiku are seasonal poems, usually with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.

Here are the Haiku that we have already done throughout the year. To learn more about Haiku poetry, check out these websites:

A good general description of Haiku with lots of examples is [|here.] Teach yourself how to write HAIKU in English, by taking the "self-study"[|here.] Check out "Butterfly Dreams" a series of beautiful Haiku and nature pictures. Go to [|this website,] then click on a season to begin.

**September Haiku** media type="custom" key="4881835" **ゆくわれに** **とどまるなれに** **あきふたつ** **I am going,** **You are staying,** **two autumns for us.**

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 * __October Haiku__ **
 * くろきまでに **
 * むらさきふかし **
 * ぶどうかな **
 * __English Meaning__ **
 * Almost black, **
 * deepening purple, **
 * ripe grapes. **


 * November Haiku **

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 * あきのそら **
 * みているだけで **
 * とりになる **
 * __English Meaning__ **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-weight: normal;">The autumn sky so high, **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-weight: normal;">I feel like a bird, **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-weight: normal;">Simply by looking at it. **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">by a 3rd Grader in Tokyo, published in the JAL Foundation's **
 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal;">"On the Wings of Words" 2008 **

__January/February Haiku__

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Let's go! Snow viewing, tumbling.

March Haiku media type="custom" key="6418307" ひなまつる みやこはずれや もものつき Dolls' Festival outside of the city, moon over peach trees.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">May Haiku: media type="custom" key="6418305" Carp kites, when the wind blows. Look! They wave.

こいのぼり かざがふくとね ほら！ゆれる

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