No, I did not finish strong. And my next post will be about all the changes in my life that have distracted me from TAKING 5 MINUTES A DAY TO WRITE, but I do not want to make excuses about not writing – that is the habit I was trying to break through participating in the A to Z Challenge.
However, I did take the haiku off the blog and into my classroom this past week, and my students wrote some really amazing and beautiful pieces. We spent a chilly but lovely morning outside, trying to leave our preoccupation with our selves back in the classroom, and going to the blade of grass to learn about the grass. Yes, I did have teenagers down on their knees in the morning dew, coming nose to nose with nature. Yes, there were also teenagers glancing at the trees and sky between texts and snapchats from their dry bench seats or from just inside the hallway doors, where the breeze couldn’t touch them. Oh well, their loss. The idea has been planted.
So, to wrap up my April month of haiku, I will share here all the true-to-haiku pieces I wrote that chilly April 28th morning with my Creative Writing class during my last week of work.
(Some have assigned categories)
About the Sky:
Blue, unwritten page
Pale edges touching trees.
Unmarred indigo
About Grass: (I gotta say, my kids did a much better job with this one than I did)
Shaken with the wind
Vibration of life, grass blade
Proud, vertical shoot
About a Living Thing (trees):
Verdant harmony
Song of hunter and chartreuse:
Spring’s voice, sung in green.
About Moisture:
Rain’s breath on the wind,
still reminder of past storms
cools this morning air
Connection of Place: Between Mountain and Sea in North Carolina
The sound of ocean
Communicated through leaves
Shaking in the wind
Free Choice:
Afternoon warmth
Announced by the morning’s rays
When the wind is still
Adios, April, it’s been real. I am pleased with my efforts toward self-discipline and consistency. Though I have not reached the apex quite yet, I am moving in the right direction.
A to Z Challenge: This month, I will be writing a haiku (sometimes a senryu – same syllables, not marveling at nature) each day save Sundays for the 26 letters of the alphabet as part of the blogosphere’s A to Z Challenge.
