Haiku, Limerick, Sonnet
Today I learned that I'm done tutoring until fall. I'd really grown to enjoy my sessions with the kids and thought they were developing a strong appreciation for writing and reading. But they're increasingly busy and will be traveling during the summer. I'm going to miss those little dudes.
<Giant Sad Face>
<Aside: If you need any writing services or a writing tutor for someone, I know someone pretty awesome who suddenly has a clear calendar and needs some cash.>
Anyway, since it's National Poetry Month, I thought I'd share some poems I wrote during a tutoring session earlier this year. The seventh grader was tasked with writing a haiku, limerick, sonnet and epic poem on any topics he chose. He's a big fan of (1) picking a serious topic and then (2) writing all his poems about that theme. (We did a similar assignment during the election, with some amusing results.) He gets stuck in his own head too much, so I turned any poetry assignment like this one into a competition. We'd each write a poem in a set amount of time and compare results. Below, you'll find my haiku, limerick and sonnet about — wait for it — humanity's negative impact on the planet.
Haiku
Earth's gotten hotter.
The polar bears are dying.
We will soon all drown.
Limerick
It's sixty degrees and it's sunny.
It's sad and it's not even funny —
'Cause winter is hot
And summer's a rot
And the planet is melty and gummy.
Sonnet (overdramatic, perhaps)
From the sky, it soaks the land
Filling tables, wetting earth.
Painting divots in the sand
A sign of calm, of hope and birth.
It cools us down when we're too hot
In soothing compresses or drinks.
It clean us up when we are not,
A simple turn at our own sinks.
The stuff of life, through us it flows
Yet we destroy and waste each day
This resource everybody knows
Will one day simply float away.
We need earth's water to survive.
Let us not waste, but stay alive.
<Giant Sad Face>
<Aside: If you need any writing services or a writing tutor for someone, I know someone pretty awesome who suddenly has a clear calendar and needs some cash.>
Anyway, since it's National Poetry Month, I thought I'd share some poems I wrote during a tutoring session earlier this year. The seventh grader was tasked with writing a haiku, limerick, sonnet and epic poem on any topics he chose. He's a big fan of (1) picking a serious topic and then (2) writing all his poems about that theme. (We did a similar assignment during the election, with some amusing results.) He gets stuck in his own head too much, so I turned any poetry assignment like this one into a competition. We'd each write a poem in a set amount of time and compare results. Below, you'll find my haiku, limerick and sonnet about — wait for it — humanity's negative impact on the planet.
Haiku
Earth's gotten hotter.
The polar bears are dying.
We will soon all drown.
Limerick
It's sixty degrees and it's sunny.
It's sad and it's not even funny —
'Cause winter is hot
And summer's a rot
And the planet is melty and gummy.
Sonnet (overdramatic, perhaps)
From the sky, it soaks the land
Filling tables, wetting earth.
Painting divots in the sand
A sign of calm, of hope and birth.
It cools us down when we're too hot
In soothing compresses or drinks.
It clean us up when we are not,
A simple turn at our own sinks.
The stuff of life, through us it flows
Yet we destroy and waste each day
This resource everybody knows
Will one day simply float away.
We need earth's water to survive.
Let us not waste, but stay alive.
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