Lovely Lanturnes

5 12 2007

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Grass

laying

on the ground.

Skinny, green blades

move.

Corey B.

 

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Big

bright stars

shining far,

silvery, bright

light.

Claire B.

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Snow

falls on

the tall trees

and sticks to each

branch.

Kaitlyn M.

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My

dog

had eleven

puppies. They’re so

cute!

Jenna A.

(Her dog really did have 11 puppies! Click on this photo to see a bigger image.)





What is a lanturne?

2 12 2007

Uhm, excuse me.  Shouldn’t you be asking what is a “lantern”? 

Actually, it is a lanturne.  A lanturne is a five lined Japanese form of poetry with a syllabic pattern of one, two, three, four, one.  If you use your imagination, the basic shape of a lanturne does look like a lantern.  This is the type of poetry we learned about in our first writing class in September.  Here are a couple written by me, the teacher.

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Peas

swirling

on my plate.

They don’t taste so

great.

 

 

 

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Smile

lingers

on your face;

telling of your

joy.

 

 

Stay tuned for our next post which will feature lanturnes written by our students.