This summer I had the opportunity to participate in the Coastal Bend Writing Project Summer Institute. It was a great opportunity to rethink writing in my history classroom. Here are two Haiku (is there a plural?) I wrote this summer.
Khomeini's captives
The eagle declawed and screeches
Four Hundred and more
Rising in the clouds
The chariot thunders welcome
Seven heroes home
I got the idea of writing history haiku from noted historian H.W. Brands. His students use twitter to share their haiku. The institute was a great course. I feel more confident in my writing and look forward to more research and local history writing in the near future.
