Happy Poetry Friday!
Can you believe another school year is coming to a close? Neither can I.
We will ring it out in style, though, with several oh-so-talented student haiku poets for these last few weeks of this month. In fact, today’s special guest is our Student Haiku Poet of the Month for May, Dylan Levy.
Dylan is a seventh-grade student at The Paideia School in Atlanta. She claims her life is like any other typical teenage girl’s, full of volleyball and writing. She says she is always thirsty for something new and is never satisfied, noting that her words “tremble and soften” when she reads in front of a group. Her days are spent at home, using her free time to write. Dylan “never keeps secrets” because “her blue eyes and wide smile always tell the tale” -- her words do as well, as you'll see.
Why haiku? Here are Dylan’s thoughts, with some insightful "how-to's" folded in:
In appearance a haiku is just a few words on a page, but in reality haiku is much more,” she says. ” A good haiku is not choppy or too wordy; it should flow. Haiku doesn’t have to be complicated, it’s simple. Haiku cannot be forced; it is something you find and can be difficult in this way; each word painting the picture of an image.
Here is a sampling of Dylan’s poetry, which I think you’ll agree demonstrates those characteristics.
silence broken
the little girl hums
a lullaby
classical music
my palm to the air
catching each note
red bird
softly cooing
fire in my hands
thunder storm
the deaf lady
covers her ears
one-way road
a downpour
carries the leaves
Poems ©Dylan Levy. All rights reserved.
Many thanks to Dylan for sharing these fine poems here this week. For more posts in this series featuring talented students, please click here.
Our Poetry Friday host today has been known to wrangle a haiku or two. Please visit Michelle at Today’s Little Ditty for all the great poetry posted around the Kidlitosphere!
Can you believe another school year is coming to a close? Neither can I.
We will ring it out in style, though, with several oh-so-talented student haiku poets for these last few weeks of this month. In fact, today’s special guest is our Student Haiku Poet of the Month for May, Dylan Levy.
Dylan is a seventh-grade student at The Paideia School in Atlanta. She claims her life is like any other typical teenage girl’s, full of volleyball and writing. She says she is always thirsty for something new and is never satisfied, noting that her words “tremble and soften” when she reads in front of a group. Her days are spent at home, using her free time to write. Dylan “never keeps secrets” because “her blue eyes and wide smile always tell the tale” -- her words do as well, as you'll see.
Why haiku? Here are Dylan’s thoughts, with some insightful "how-to's" folded in:
In appearance a haiku is just a few words on a page, but in reality haiku is much more,” she says. ” A good haiku is not choppy or too wordy; it should flow. Haiku doesn’t have to be complicated, it’s simple. Haiku cannot be forced; it is something you find and can be difficult in this way; each word painting the picture of an image.
Here is a sampling of Dylan’s poetry, which I think you’ll agree demonstrates those characteristics.
silence broken
the little girl hums
a lullaby
classical music
my palm to the air
catching each note
red bird
softly cooing
fire in my hands
thunder storm
the deaf lady
covers her ears
one-way road
a downpour
carries the leaves
Poems ©Dylan Levy. All rights reserved.
Many thanks to Dylan for sharing these fine poems here this week. For more posts in this series featuring talented students, please click here.
Our Poetry Friday host today has been known to wrangle a haiku or two. Please visit Michelle at Today’s Little Ditty for all the great poetry posted around the Kidlitosphere!