Mommy brag from me, too.
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Mommy brag from me, too.
Last March, Emily wrote this series of haikus, for the 4H writing contest. Out of 1075 4H kids, in Sheboygan county, about 48 or so entered the writing contest. Of that 48, she took first!!!!!
Here's the poem, describing a sunset.
As the afternoon
Wanes, the sky grows darker and
The golden sun falls.
Dark shadows are cast
Distorted by the setting
Of the blinding sun.
The sky transforms to
A dazzling rainbow full of
Crimson and azure.
A reflection glows
On the aquamarine lake,
Rippling and shining.
Twilight arrives and
Stars emerge in the heavens
Twinkling vibrantly.
Night has arrived, and
The full moon is luminous,
Contrasting with sky.
The rated creativity, mechanics, and something else that I can't remember. When the 4H leader goes to pick up her certificate, she will be able to read the judge's comments. She also got a check for $20. Her smile was a mile wide. Also, she gets her poem published in the Cloverleaf Crier, which is the 4H newsletter.
WTG Emily!!!!!!!!
Way cool, Emily! Haikus's are difficult to create, I think. ^5!
I love the poem! She did a good job.  Congratulations Emily!!
Let me ask you a question.
This should be the first time for me to see English Haiku and just amazed!
Haiku is a Japanese traditional poem, and it is ruled to make up with 5,7,5,letters in a row. How do you make haiku in English?
Syllables?
Where do you learn it? DO you larn it is from Japan and some of the Japanese famous Haiku,too?
I am just curious, please advise.
We do English haiku with syllables (5,7,5) I don't think I ever learned any Japanese haiku, but I think I learned it was from Japan. I'm sure my kids know that, too.
Dawn ,that is beautiful ! There is a poetry thing, I think it is a national book of poetry, or a Presidential Book of Poetry, that you can submit entry's to and it is a big honor to get selected.Kind of like a "Who's Who" in poetry. My ex-dh's ex-wife wrote an absolute BEAUTIFUL poem about how she felt about him and how their divorce affected her, and her poem won. The only thing was....I just couldn't understand how she could have felt that way about HIM !!!! TeeHee
Thanks, everyone! It will be in the August newsletter for her 4-H club. She has been eagerly awaiting its release, but the woman in charge of the newsletter had a family emergency, so things have been delayed. I checked Emily's email today, since she's at camp, and it still hasn't been released. She's not going to be happy on Saturday!
Ex-DH's ex-wife? LOL! You were amazed that she could be in love with the guy? Yikes.
Thank you Dawnk777.
Now, curiouser and curiouser...
Do you learn Haiku in high school or junior high?
In what subject class?
Did YOU learn haiku at school? I mean is it a new menu for the US students?
Yumi,
To jump in, I know *I* learned Haiku in grade school, pretty early on. I remember writing Haiku in 5th grade Creative Writing (which at that age was an invite-only class), but had been exposed to it previously in English class. (Our English classes range from the actual language, to writing, to Literature.) And we were taught it is Japanese, although because the language is quite difficult, we never heard any Japanese Haiku.
I'm sure I was probably exposed to it in grade school. It would have probably been an English class, where we learn about writing and poetry and learn how to write essays and poetry.
Both of my kids had a poetry unit in elementary school, middle school, and high school. Emily has gotten good grades on all of her poetry.
What still rankles her, to this day, was an incident in 5th grade. She was writing a different kind of poem, that had certain syllables per line. Her first line was "The tail of a red fox." Her 5th grade teacher told her that was too many syllables, that Ta-el was two syllables, so she was forced to change it to "The tail of a fox."
I don't know about you, but in my world, "tail" only has one syllable.
This 5th grade teacher has been her least favorite teacher, in all of her years of school.
Thank you for your information. I did not know Hiaku is popular this much in US,(^-^)
Wow. That's awesome. She should submit it to a magazine or something. That's great.
I have another mommy brag now!
On August 18th, Emily's 4 knitting projects were judged, by a little old lady, who probably knits herself! Emily got 4 blue ribbons. Then today, we got a phone call from one of her 4H leaders that her Wicked sweater also got a special merit! We aren't quite sure what the significance of that is yet, but it's still cool. She might be winning some cash, because of it, but we don't know yet.
What I do know, is that her sweater is in a special display, that you see, right at the entrance to the 4H building, at the county fair.
Foliage Hat
One Cabled Mitten
Wicked Sweater
Saucy Sock
She really did knit pairs of mittens and socks, but only photographed one.
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