Haiku poems are one of my favorite ways to introduce students to poetry. They have a simple easy to understand pattern that kids seem to really love. I’ve had more than one student, who was convinced they were not creative, really blossom when allowed to freely create their own haiku poem. Enjoy a few poems that my 6th and 7th grade students wrote and a few that I wrote myself while working with students. Maybe they’ll inspire you to write a few of your own.
Haiku Poems by 6th Graders
Waterfall
A cool waterfall
Makes a rainbow in the air
Peace in the water
Spooky
Spider webs inside
A ghost holds a bloody knife
I knock – Trick or Treat!
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs are big
They eat lots of meat and bones
Their growls pierce night skies
Soccer
In the rain get dirty
defend your goal, stop shots,
then make a goal – win!
Candy
Cherry blossoms bloom
Smells like candy in the air
A little bell rings
Winter Snow
we make memories
play in glittery snow with
friends and family
Oceanic
Underneath the pier
Smelling the fresh salty air
Rotting from water
New England Passageway
Leaves fall from the sky
Trees dance in the crisp cool wind
Calm walk in the park
Acorn
The lonely mouse tries
To save his acorn hat from
The fierce blowing wind
Haiku Poems by a 7th Grader
Rainfall
Fluffy clouds are gray
Gracefully the raindrop falls
from my sky blue eye
Desert
Dry sand swirls in wind
While scorching sun bakes the earth
In the shade – a snake
Tiny Forest
Beanstalks all around
A tiny inchworm inches
A grass blade forest
Magic
The inchworm is lost
This apple, now a mountain
Was the inchworm cursed?
Hidden Stash
Gathering acorns
The tree stuffed like turkey
Prepared for winter
Haiku Poems by Ms. Zephyr
Flying Kites
Kite floating in the wind
Dives like a hungry sparrow
But the worm escapes
Inchworm
Tiny green inchworm
Would inch five hundred miles
Just to see you smile
Oak Seeds
plump nut-brown acorn
brittle crunch against deer teeth
Fall’s delightful snack
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