Room 22 Haiku and Poetry:

Jessie Eyre is a talented teacher of language and literacy. Her children have been writing Haiku, and the results are pretty cool.

Traditional Japanese Haiku is a three-line, beautifully descriptive form of poetry intended to be read in one breath. 

If read in Japanese, most traditional haiku would have five syllables, or sounds, in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the last. 

The philosophy of haiku is a focus on a brief moment in time; the use of provocative, colourful images; an ability to be read in one breath; and a sense of sudden enlightenment and illumination.

Haiku gains its energy from the intuitive or emotional leap that occurs in the space between the poem's two parts, in the gap of what's deliberately left out. ...The art of haiku lies in creating exactly that gap, in leaving something out, and in dwelling in the cut that divides the haiku into its two energizing parts.

Room 22 children have been working (and reworking) their Haiku poetry to stick to the structure of five syllables, seven syllables, and back to five syllables, and to create the best imagery they can. They have worked hard on finding and thinking about new synonyms, not starting their poetry with words such as the and I, and designing their slides to best enhance their poem.

Here then, are some Haiku from room 22 poets.

Mia                                                                                Savio

Krisha                                                                               Javier

Jacob

Zayden