Haiku in Honor of My Six-Year-Old Granddaughter
Whose Favorite Color Is Green
Riding in the car
I muse aloud: Look how green
the fields are today.
From the carseat: Yes.
Greenest green I’ve ever seen.
—Children are poets.
Photo: The sunset of the green field. Bardia Photography. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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with thanks to Two Writing Teachers for the Slice of Life Story Challenge every day in the month of March. This is my sixth year participating.
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Fran, this is precious. I love her response! I’m not surprised she’s a poet already having grandmother, who’s an excellent poet like you. Have a fun weekend with your grandchildren! 🙂
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Many thanks, Gail! ❤
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Fran, what a beautiful moment! You know I love a Haiku! This quick slice will stay with me – I’ll be saying color rhymes today because your legacy is beginning to radiate from your granddaughter – greenest green I’ve ever seen is your wit, your eye, your mini me coming through. She says a lot of powerful things from the back seat. I’m still thinking of the nurture scientist! Great slice!
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Ah, my little nurture scientist! You now have me thinking about a collection of her observations… something along the lines of Pearls from the Backseat Prophet… I don’t know…
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P.S. Forgot to say I think of you whenever I write haiku 🙂
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What a sweet little poem. Kids are amazing. Green is my favorite too.
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I am learning that green is a very popular favorite color!
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Grandchildren and poetry! Could there be a better combination?
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Not in my book! ❤
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I love how you added WHERE the characters were in this poem. Setting really does say lots.
Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks, Sally…as has been said, setting or place is almost a character…
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Can’t believe she is 6! Slicing in March does make you realize that time flies! I love how these Haikus bring us right into the moment. I can even hear your two voices. I have never seen a poem in two voices with Haiku… I will have to try this! Thank you
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Clare, thank you for your words about the haiku and two voices. My little granddaughter is growing up so fast…and you should hear her read! I assessed her just to see what she could do…she blew me away ❤
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I’m with your granddaughter–green is my favorite color! I was just telling a friend yesterday how I admire the wonderful SOLSC writers who can say in a few lines what it would take me pages to communicate. This post is testament to your writing skills, Fran!
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I love how haiku force me to be concise; it’s not my natural inclination!
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I wonder where she gets that way with words?! I’ll be looking for the greenest greens in the coming weeks. We’re not quite there yet. Those haiku are so natural in image and rhythm that I wouldn’t have known they were haiku without a prompt.
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Thank you for these lovely words. I heard a poet say that it often helps to find your own natural rhythms in syllables, something I hadn’t ever thought about before. It can be different for different people. Haiku appeals to me; those syllable beats force me to be concise. Sometimes, though, it’s too constraining…just depends on what is trying to make itself said. Slicer Kim Johnson writes fabulous and seemingly effortless haiku… I call her the Queen of Haiku.
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Greenest green expresses beautifully 🙂
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I thought so, too – those are her exact words!
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Simply beautiful
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Thank you, Book Dragon – I adore your name!
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Thanks Fran, I came up with the moniker as I am book crazy. It is a big part of my teaching. Literature infuses my day.
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Such a sweet little slice. Your granddaughter’s a proper poet. Precious!
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Thank you – she’s definitely becoming a master word wizard!
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That’s adorable!
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Thank you, Tim!
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Perfect slice, perfect poem, green is my favourite colour!!
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Aw – thanks. Wishing you much greenness, today and every day!
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My favorite things: green, poetry. And children. Thank you!
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Scout made a delightful poem for springtime. How lovely, Fran.
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I have taken to referring to Scout as The Backseat Prophet, Carol, on account of her observations of the world.
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