More on the Hai-who tip.

The following passages are from writing that may have not received a high star count from classmates, but something about it spoke  to me or offered a fresh take on the assignment. Can you guess what I found notable? Leave a comment.

The Military
The giant weight they carry
Career they marry
                -Doughnut

“Mini Moi”
Her aesthetic levitates on mind-numbing doodles
And helps me forget that this world is brutal
With her undying will and sewing know-how
The only word I have to describe my sister is, “Wow!”
                                -Mylene Perlas

Silently alone
She felt distant from the world
Trapped in her own mind
                                -Cassie Parks

Musical Erin
Eating pizza and reading
Friendly and benign
                                -Unknown

                “Alexis”
A new friend to all
Bringing you into her life
She is irreplaceable.
                                -Unknown

Song is my Escape
The sweet music in my ears
Lets me feel my rest
                                -Marcino N.

This is a haiku
Or is this just a Hai-who?
I don’t really know…
                                -Ryan Le

Excerpts…
I am no artist, athlete or genius…
I am the negative stigma that people call weird and freaks…
On the one hand, you have the me that you see daily…
Then there is the other side of me… that’s forced to stay shut.
                                -Unknown

B Day Highest-Rated Hai-who's

the sun still burns hot
a thrifted wool Pendleton
young death by heat stroke
                                -Lisa Lupe

My name is Sarah
And I hate mascara
It gets in my eye
And I want to cry
                                -Sarah Ayubi

School is not my thing
Sitting, listening, homework
I wish I was home
                                -Case Stallings

Iowa he wears
Comes from the underwood-life
Two of them in class
                                -Ryan Shuman

With Kind hands I ride
Only hoofbeats can be heard
This horse has my heart
                                -Kathryn  Francis

My whip fom is lit
My nae nae is lit too
I dance very good
                                -Grant Fuller

Flat tube of toothpaste
Bland icon of their conflicts
Just thrown out of sight
                                -Kendall Moffett

A gamer with gain.
English runs deep in her veins.
A reader for pain.
                                -Christina Terrazas

Eric Sakmyster
Lacrosse is the game
Pizza is the way
                                -Unknown

Two drumsticks one drum
He escapes reality
Is Aditya
                                -Unknown

“Mother Nature’s Discipline”
blossoms like tumbleweeds that litter our
                wilting Utopia.
we live in the city of clean cars and
                dirty streets.
the only silencers are holy thunder and
                lawful lightning
but plants die and rocks will weather
as the wind and rain wash us away.
                                -Jasmine Lander

A Day Highest-Rated Hai-who's

I’ve heard of a girl
With a passion for soccer

Her name’s Morgan Kerns

-Unknown

Petty loves soccer

We share a taste in sneakers

As well as in taste

-Matt Yorkilous

I was born to skate
As a fetus, I could shred
Kick flips are so clean.
                                -Dominic

We share just our names
Extraordinary Lexi

Holds a caring heart

-Unknown

 “Striking Strides of a Freedom Eagle”

She is a runner,

Who soars miles near and far.

Giving it her all.

                        -Rachel Stegmeier

Eats pizza. Hates corn.

What she loves is to perform

Cecilia B.

                        -Dani Stelly

Love. Life. Dance. Theater.
From the top, 5,6,7,8
Lights, Camera, Action
                                -Angela V.

Softspoken and kind
She dances around the Clock”

“Front Ensemble”
How it changed my life,
The Front Ensemble magic.
New talents appear!
                                -Jean Lim

“Justin”
He really loves band
Favorite food is bacon
Carolina Crown
                                -Raveen Omr

“Brisa”
small but powerful
running through life with big dreams
basically great
                                -Lahari B.

His name is Peacher
Student, Athlete, Hard-Worker,
Plays tons of baseball
                                Cameron Peacher

Shayna is short,

and she still plays basketball,

but balls on the court.

                        -Isabelle Clavelli

I am Adrian
I like to draw cause it’s fun
Chicken Sandwiches
                                -Adrian Rosas

Sand meets the water

tasting the salt on my lips

radiating sun

-Unknown

Give all less than three
Always parentheses equal sign
And you will be good
                                -Veona Mills

My name is Victor
I enjoy eating good food
life is Very cool.
                                -Victor Diaz

HaiWHO??

Haiku are traditionally a Japanese form of poetry in three lines and seventeen syllables (5-7-5). In modern times many have created humorous takes on haiku. In class, we made haiku about each other.

Here is one about me and by me                                           Revised...

His name is Kalbaugh                                                     The fifth b Kalbaugh
Father, Teacher, Director,                                               Father, Teacher, Director
He plays many roles                                                        Now plays diff-rent roles

Yes, in the revised example, I took poetic license. the mistakes are supposed to be there.

I gave some of you the option of writing a quatrain instead, just in case you like your poems with a bit of rhyme. Something  like...

Mr. Kalbaugh grew up in New York State
Where he resided, until a twist of fate
Brought him to sunny Virginia
Where he tries to hammer some English in ya'!