Grass
laying
on the ground.
Skinny, green blades
move.
Corey B.
Big
bright stars
shining far,
silvery, bright
light.
Claire B.
Snow
falls on
the tall trees
and sticks to each
branch.
Kaitlyn M.
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.)
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.
Peas
swirling
on my plate.
They don’t taste so
great.
Smile
lingers
on your face;
telling of your
joy.
Stay tuned for our next post which will feature lanturnes written by our students.
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