The Spartan Chronicles
Do You Haiku?Saturday, April 04, 2009 By Campbell Faculty and Students
Campbell Spartans rock Write for the Haiku contest Get your poem* published -Spartan Chronicles Staff In March seniors wave college acceptance letters teachers applaud . . . sigh. -Ms. Smith Math Department fun. Makes the day go by faster. We are all such nerds. -Ms. Hayden Spinning towards the sun. Soaring higher and higher. Attaining goals now. -Ms. Hayden Haikus all around Join in for brain stretching fun Aughey wants us to. -Ms. Hayden Campbell High School year Students, Teachers, staff and more What else could you want? -Ms. Hayden Graduation soon Seniors can't contain themselves How will we survive? -Ms. Hayden Be on time to class. It's your grade in jeopardy. I still get a check. -Mr. Turner On a Haiku roll. Changing my name to butter. This stuff is easy! -Mr. Turner I have left Campbell Yet my friends have remember'd My love of Haiku -Robert Donovan Students ever late Tardy is not even great Detention you hate -Robert Donovan Does spelling count yet? Is that an oxymoron? When does counting spell? -Robert Donovan *Juniors and the GHSGT We have done the test We sure tried to do our best Now we are not stressed -Ms. Gabriel's 4th block Math teachers can't count When we try to write poems Fractured haiku -Ms. Reardon Praying all alone Not my will but Yours be done Savior of the world -Mr. Allen Spring fever grips me, White beaches call to my soul, So I give a pop quiz. -Mrs. Cruickshank Wherefore art thou spring? White blossoms delight my eyes, Pollen fills my head. -Mrs. Cruickshank Sam sleeps through my class Then complains about his grade Not seeing the link. -Mrs.Cruickshank Right now, I am home Focusing on my tough life Cuz I need to change -Daniel del Aguila It's impossible! Haikus are simply too short. I'll never write one. -Jason Thomas I caught myself once staring at some spring flowers Why don't we stare more? -Jason Thomas They see me, myself They see the exterior Me? Less consticted. -Jason Thomas *My Morning Routine I’ve got my coffee Listening to "Atlas Shrugged" On the way to school -Mr. Otero *To A Troubled Child Why are you angry? Let me help you with your pains Calm down and trust me. -Ms. Vandermey Here is my sonnet Seventeen syllables, right? Or, is't fourteen lines? -Mr. Carson All the world reborn Greengold, deep-dewy masses Dandelion fluff -Mr. Carson Hip-hop tattoo man A student. There's a reason He's called Little Wayne -Mr. Carson Edward or Jacob Alabaster or lava Does one have to choose? -Ms. Aughey TV March Madness Now Spring Training has commenced Paradise for guys -Ms. Aughey Radiohead and The Red Hot Chili Peppers My favorite bands -Ms. Aughey Haiku's easy. True. Join in on the fun, today. No more talk of tests. Mr. Sturtevant Hours past sunset And the fair flower petals Hold on to the light. -Mr. Arnold Half-moon lights the snow, And between pines, the wolf’s howl Cuts air then echoes. -Mr. Arnold Thin children traverse Among magnolia’s waxed leaves And scarred, layered skin. -Mr. Arnold Busy buzzing bee. I’m a bee who needs new air To breathe in the light. -Mr. Arnold Food to the Humpback, Lil’ crustacean on my plate - Perfectly peppered -Mr. Arnold *Note- the word "poem" actually has two pronunciations. More common is the familiar two syllables "po-um" and less common is "pome" with one |