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Basho's Spirit

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CHILDRENS HAIKU

Written by pupils at Portsmouth High School for Girls
Mrs. Good's class
As the darkness Falls all Becomes silent The sea moves When the Sky moves A butterfly Flies as The trees sway My tortoise Moves so Smoothy around Your heart guides You as you Walk Alice W The ants run around Carrying food about Tickling me all over The dew falls Bright as bright Shining in the moonlight The wind is blowing You can see it But not hear it Badgers silent Funny faces So they don't bump into each other Snow fall to the ground Bright flakes shining White as white Walking in the countryside Hearing the bells And singing Charlotte My empty tummy's rumbling, Time for tea, time for tea, Hear the oven beeping Orange sky, animals waking, See the earth waking up, And badgers going to bed The honey bee, Buzz, buzz, buzz, Travelling from flower to flower It's summer, We'll go to play' The sprinkler's out Fiona Seeing horses Cantering in the wind Mane flying in the ear People setting the clock The clock starts to go tick tock People getting red fingers Anon Playful kittens Fast asleep Cuddling up to their mother Penguins walking Down to the sea Saying, Let's go for a swim Aoife Skylark Flying Here there and everywhere Paint drying In the sun On a summer day Harriet Maund Singing and dancing in the cool wind Praying to God in church Pitter patter goes the rain on the roof Scarecrows twirl And flop in the wind In autumn Hannah Miles I am in the bath Can I have five minutes peace please. Thank you Joanna Argent Waiting for lunch Empty tummy Tick tock tick tock Church bells I hear them in the distance Ringing softly The wind Whistling to me In the night Queuing for the train People crowding me As we get on Lauren Leaves fall off the trees swaying in the wind Red, yellow, brown and hazel Leaves fall off the trees in autumn Natasha In the morning sunlight A daddy long legs climbed Up my door Olivia	Five minutes peace For once, then fighting again I wish I could have five minutes peace The clock goes tick tock Mum said sh to the clock But the clock did not stop My mum said wash up My dad said homework But my brother said, Play with me Madeline G The ear of wheat Goes dull Brown The shell comes near Your ear You can hear the waves of the sea The white Dove Passes a rainbow Yasmin P The sea smells nice, And sea crashing Up against the rocks Mum hates cleaning Mum gets mad, I go to bed out of the way Alexandra The sky is Bright and Flowing The sky is Flooding with Colour The leaves Are all green And flowing with colour Hannah Matthews Put on woolly hats Put on woolly jumpers Play in the snow I can hear the skylark But I cannot see it That is strange Hear the snow bouncing on the roof Hear it sliding off What a little noise it makes As you breathe in and out and close your eyes Feel tummy empty Where is the food? Raphaella McEwan Dogs in the garden Rolling in the mud Making dirt everywhere At school I hurt my friend I said Sorry I hurt you Rachel I hear raindrops on The roof and people Singing in church Scarecrow is lonely And so am I Me and scarecrow walk together Jessica Webster Mother pony cantering round In front Of her little baby Mum and baby horse Stand head to tail Wiping flies off each other Mother and father bird Making a nest for Eggs to be hatched Naomi Bazeley Walking by a train Steam came out And frightened me away Mum was doing the washing I crawled in And never came back again The wind tickled the wheat The farmer came and cut it all down Then the wheat started to laugh Emily Harrison The cuckoo's song Is low And the lark's song is light The leaves start falling From the trees Red, yellow, orange, golden Mummies get cross, Mummies are kind Mummies buy you sweets, Mummies take you on walks Daddies play golf Daddies play cricket Daddies play tennis But most of all they laugh Hannah
Mrs Jackson's class
As I walk in the snow It goes sliggy sloggy as I Walk through it After church rumbling Tummies I go home I have Turkey for lunch Nicola J Summer grasses In the wind I love it that pattern In the mountains I like the sound And the smell Naomi The sky Above the sea The lovely cool breeze Going on holiday Hear the zip of the suitcase And off we go! Emily One pound A chocolate And a keyring A nice smell A just baked cake Just for me Grace Scarecrows waving In the Wind Rain dropping On leaves Making sounds Paints Splashing On leaves Julia Wrapping in jumpers and coats – Snowflakes fall to the ground All the land covered with snow Ingrid Summer grasses so sweet As the dew falls On the blades of grass Louise Autumn is a fun season You can throw leaves I like autumn Winter is a cold season I like to play in the snow Throwing snowballs In my little bed I sleep Dreaming of a warm day When I wake up I go out to play Laura B Jodie on my bed Very hungry as usual I feed her biscuits Oh dear Daddy's singing in the bath He sounds terrible! Anna On my butterfly bush The butterflies fly Very zigzaggy in the air Suzy	Summer grasses blowing In the wind It looks like it's flying Shutup! Go to sleep! We will get told off Harriet Mather Run with my bunny Through the wood And with the wind Flowing river by My side and hear It whisper Hats gloves Coats and Winter Alice In winter we hang up our advent calendars And put up the Christmas tree And the ground turns white Left on the mantelpiece A glass of wine And a mince pie In summer birds sing And the tortoises wake From hibernation Helen Caterpillar In my garden Magic – a butterfly Beth Five pies left for Santa Left me a present Next day my birthday Hats coats Gloves and Winter Yasmin Amin The smell of the Stable a delightful smell Lovely In the dell I play with Ingrid And we come off the monkey bars With a bang Elizabeth Reading in the garden Look down and see Crumbs in the book In the kitchen I see an ant Crawling over the cooking book Walking in the garden I see a butterfly I let it go by Harriet E In the morning of Christmas Lots of surprises waiting You can't wait to see what's in store for you In autumn the leaves fall off the trees The grass is brown Everyone has got their fires on In spring birds fly about New flowers come up There seems a new refreshing smell Katy

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