Monday, August 24, 2015

Haiku Summer

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.


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