Four Haiku Born Out of Criticism

My first class of the day is full of several students who like to challenge me. One recently criticized me for not completing my own version of their writing assignments. I don't think it's always necessary to do that, but I do like to be a writing role model for them, so I wrote a few haiku the other day as they worked on theirs:

Dandelion seeds

all blown away except two

hairy wishkillers.

A smell of grass in

lying March afternoon, a

morning crust of frost.

He is reading when

he's supposed to be writing,

but I do not care.

"That's cute that you think

they'll use a library card."

"At least they'll have one."

The last is a real conversation I had that day with a coworker. My big plans for our field trip to the library have been met with less enthusiasm than I had hoped for. Hopefully the experience of actually doing it will change a few minds!

Happy Friday!