New Haiku

"To live is so startling

it leaves little time for anything else."

Emily Dickinson

1830-1886

     A few weeks ago, Nick Nunziata asked, "Mr. Carter, why don't we have a lecture day in Creative Writing like we do in Art? You could tell us about writers." A great idea. So, these past two weeks we have heard words and stories from Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes- two giants in the field of poetry. We also discussed and practiced free-verse, the Sestina and Haiku. Will Durant said, "Nothing is new except arrangement."

Here are a few new arrangements:

the whiteness and snow

it tends to always go slow

flowers spring again

William Lampke

snow starting to fall

the wind starting to blow now

it's time to get warm

Lindsay Frasciello

hot and blistering

kids playing in the water

long days with no school

Darian Bolten

red blossoms falling

morning dew is sweet and warm

the sun is rising

Cuinn McDermott

black ice and white snow

then the searing wind blows

snow melts, sidewalk shows

Elizabeth Hemingway

top corner, hard shot

can't stand baseball, too boring

back of the net, goal

Brad Andrews

the celadon tree

pale grey green I will miss

that tree will be missed

Jake Dudzik

he was a ruler

yet he was very spleenful

he will fall one day

Sara Ofenloch

don't eat celadon

wait, can you eat a color?

yes, I think you can

Emma Carter

his celadon skin

made me worry about him

go to the doctor

John Chirchirillo