summer evening
a hotdog smell
on a light breeze
-Sarah P., 4th Grade
Rochester, NY USA,

funeral home
a child comforts
her mom's cry
-Sarah P., 4th Grade
Rochester, NY USA,

watching a bee
skim the flowers-
summer's end
-Sarah P., 4th Grade
Rochester, NY USA,

November 11^th
cemetery flags
Old and tattered
-Sarah P., 4th Grade
Rochester, NY USA,

I found a green leaf
on the sidewalk
daddy far ahead
-Abigail F., Age 3
Windsor, CT USA,

5-7-5 Haiku Poetry Project by Fifth Grade Students
At Robert Frost Elementary School, Pasco, WA

birds, birds everywhere
on my left and on my right
chirping in my heart
-Jonathan T.

I wonder through trees
and I find sticks and squirrels
the camp fire is warm
-Geoffrey W.

buzz, buzz, everywhere
on my ear, on my forehead
swat with a swatter
-David M.

fly, fly, fly away
up and down and side to side
a high, high away
-Kevin O.

the blue flowers bloom
in the spring to the summer
the wind takes them away
-Adrian T.

fly out in the sky
like an airplane or a bird
you will feel freedom
-Sammy B.

Opal

a shining rainbow
reflected on a diamond
imprisoned in stone
-Keely M., 5th Grade
New Orleans, LA USA,

Tomato Worm

Munching on the leaves
What is this catepillar
This striped ruby?
-Keely M., 5th Grade
New Orleans, LA USA,

Fall Leaves

Everyone come look!
Can you see what I have seen?
Fairy Bonfires!
-Keely M., 5th Grade
New Orleans, LA USA,

Flooded

Freshly gutted house
A light on in the window
Trailer stands empty
-Keely M., 5th Grade
New Orleans, LA USA,