Celebrate National Poetry Month with a Haiku or Two!
Springtime Melodies
Haiku from MY MAINE (Poetry & Photography Collection) by Bette A. Stevens
Sunbeams composing
Springtime melodies, humming
Tapping to the tunes
I love designing posters to go with my poems and often use photos I have taken. As a former teacher (now retired) in grades four through eight, I know that kids of all ages love writing poetry and they enjoy illustrating their poems too. It’s simple and it’s so much fun to tell a story in the three short lines of Haiku. Of course, you can write as many stanzas as you wish. Give it a try!
Grab the kids, take out your pens, head into the great outdoors and get inspired!
~Bette A. Stevens, Maine author/illustrator
Take a look inside MY MAINE, Haiku through the Seasons
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Discover more about how to write haiku and other poetry
- More tips for children and adults from Bette A. Stevens on writing poetry https://4writersandreaders.com/2016/10/19/have-fun-writing-haiku-get-the-kids-writing-too/
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Comments on: "#NationalPoetryMonth: Write a Spring Haiku & Get the Kids Writing Too!" (66)
Your post sounded like an invitation for haiku writing. Here’s my attempt:
Dappled April day
Light, shadow bob together
Like dear dance partners
Thank you for nudging me to tap into inspiration, Bette!
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Love it, Marian! I’ve always been fascinated by shadows and your imagery is so lovely… Thanks!
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Your beautiful words and pictures are always a perfect combination, Bette! Wishing you a Happy Spring! 😊❤ xoxo
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Thanks so much for joining the Party, Sarah! ❤ xoxoxo
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Have you seen the children’s book Dogku by Andrew Clements? It’s delightful…
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I always love the combinations of your haiku and the pictures you find! Great to have you link up at Booknificent Thursday on Mommynificent.com this week!
Tina
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Thanks so much, Tina! ❤ Have a lovely week, my friend. xo
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Dear Bette, I have often wanted to come check out your site because of the sweet comments I’ve seen you leave at our friend Gayl’s site. So today when she featured you at the #LMMLinkup, I knew it was the perfect way to come visit you. I love those little viola’s and your beautiful Haiku. And what a sweet gift to pass down to the younger ones–to be able to find the joys of poetry! Blessings to you! P.S. I’m a little partial to your name also! 🙂
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Hi, Bettie! I’m partial to your name too… 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and for your thoughtful note. It’s a blessing to meet a new friend who shares the love of reading and writing with children of all ages. ❤ Blessings and love… xo
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[…] by the beauty of the deep blue sky and had to take some photos. This afternoon I reread a post by Bette Stevens. She reminded me that this is National Poetry Month and inspired me to write another haiku for […]
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Hi Bette! I’m back to let you know that I chose your post as my favorite for #LMMLinkup and it will be featured on my blog! 🙂
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Delighted to find your sweet note, Gayl… An honor and a privilege to be selected as a favorite feature on your lovely blog. Thanks so much! ❤ xo
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Beautiful haiku, Bette, and lovely photo! What program do you use for adding text to photos?
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Thanks, Lauren. ❤ My primary source for enhancing my photos is the digital editor at Ribbet.com Free and paid options are available. 🙂 Give it a try and have fun! xo
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Thanks for the website, Bette. I’ll try it out. Wishing you a blessed weekend! 💕
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A beautiful haiku and may the countdown indeed commence! 😀 I always love your accompanying photos … a lovely post. ❤️
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Thank you, Annika! ❤ xo
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I run a weekly Writer’s Club at school and our challenge each week is to complete a haiku and flash fiction to share with the others in the group. The children love it and find it hilarious fun to combine the most arbitrary things to create the haiku. I’m going to use your idea of taking them outside this summer to inspire their writing further. Thank you!
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Your ideas are awesome, Eloise! 🙂 You remind me of my blessed days in the classroom with all of my precious students. We would take nature walks with pen and notebook in hand–their poetry was fantastic and we would have poetry readings in our outdoor theater (Yes, we really had one on a path near the school) every week during good weather. Nature is sure inspiring and so are our children. Thanks so much for stopping by to chat, my friend. ❤ May your week be amazing! xo
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Thank you Bette. Have a lovely week too! x
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As always Bette I enjoyed your spring haiku!
Jennifer
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Thanks so much, Jennifer. ❤ Blessings and love every day, my friend. xo
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Thank you, blessings to you too Bette!
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I thought this was a very encouraging post Bette and you haiku excellent. In my part of the world after a long hot summer, we are looking forward to cooler weather, even today, April 11 its 30C. So over it.
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Thanks for your thoughtful note, Michael. Our snow is slowly disappearing and a brand ne world will soon be appearing…Your 30C sounds perfectly heavenly right now to me… 🙂 Enjoy your soon to be new world too!
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Thanks Bette it’s still a few days off.
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Hi Bette, Thank you very much for sharing your haiku at the Senior Salon. I am so happy to see you and hope your fellow bloggers will also come over, check us out and participate.
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Hi, Esme. Thanks so much for popping by for a visit and for your awesome support for creatives at Senior Salon! ❤ xo
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I am the one to thank all you awesome Silver bloggers sharing your posts
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Both your haiku and the photo of the johnny-jump-ups are beautiful! I hope Spring arrives sooner than later. Hugs ❤️❤️
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Thanks so much, Michelle! Hugs & Happiness every day… ❤ xo
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So inspiring to children of all ages! ❤
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Thanks, Annette! ❤ Hugs xxx
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I love your haiku – so cheery and springy. What a lovely celebration for National Poetry Month and spring.
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Thanks so much, Eugenia!.<3 Happy Spring & Poetry Month to you! xo
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Reblogged this on Viv Drewa – The Owl Lady.
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A lovely haiku, Bette. I like haiku and tanka poems for the same reason. You can tell a story in a few punchy words.
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Me too, Robbie! 🙂 xo
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This just makes me smile! Thank you for sharing the love, Bette! XO
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Thanks so much, Natalie! ❤ xo
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Happy Poetry Month, Bette. Lovely haiku and photo. The countdown is slow in my neck of the woods, but it is progressing.
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Thanks, Molly! 🙂 The countdown is progressing here too…and, just think, it might reach the 50s this week. Yay! Happy Poetry Month & Happy Spring. xo
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It is National Humor Month, too, Bette and I’ll be celebrating that along with National Poetry Month on my blog tomorrow. 😉 The 50’s! Yay!!! I heard one weather reporter say the word sixty. She was giddy at the thought of it.
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Lovely Haiku, Bette. It made me want to jump up and milk Spring for all its worth! ❤
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Thanks, Tina. ❤ Let's go for it, girl! xoxoxo
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With you, Bette! ❤
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It’s such a lovely activity – and children enjoy it because it is accessible. Your haiku is beautiful, btw…
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I’m with you, Sarah! ❤ Thanks so much for your lovely note, my friend. Have a beautiful week! xo
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I hope you, too, have a lovely week, Bettex
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I hope the countdown is commencing! Great haiku, Bette, and lovely idea for engaging kids in poetry. Hope your days are warming!
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Thanks, Diana. 🙂 Kids really do love poetry and writing these “little stories in a nutshell” is challenging and so much fun! 🙂 The meltdown is on and it looks like we’ll get to enjoy a whole week in the 40s and 50s… YAY! xo
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Beautiful…both your poem and the picture! Happy Poetry Month Bette. Love and hugs.
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Thank you, Balroop. I’m enjoying your awesome Poetry Posts celebrating the power of the poem… Happy Poetry Month to you, too! ❤ Blessings and love… xo
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The johnny jump-ups are beautiful and I really like the Haiku form. I started writing in grade school and experimented with both short stories and poetry. My parents encouraged me at every step I took, but I also remember all of the teachers who encouraged me to keep exploring my writing. It’s so important for young, creative minds.
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Thanks so much for sharing your story, Mae. It’s so rewarding to share the love and the power of words with the kids in our lives! ❤ xo
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Having confessed my thoughts on Social Media, your ‘promoting poetry’ for kids is a noble goal, AND, I’m all for it! — Just adding a little levity! ♥♥♥
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😀 You got me… Thanks for the encouraging words, Billy Ray. Poetry is a great way to help kids fall in love with the written word and recognize its power. Have a fantastic week, my friend. ❤
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‘Internet Destiny Thoughts’ – ‘Tanka You!’
Social Media
Can corrupt my writing plans:
Leave me frustrated;
Leave me terribly wasted,
No energy to inscribe.
BR Chitwood@
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Tanka You, too! 🙂 Good to know I’m not alone… xo
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Glad you’re promoting poetry for kids (and kids-at-heart), Bette. ❤
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Thanks for your sweet comment, Tracy… Love it! ❤ xo
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I think we are a lot alike, Bette. We both love kids and we both love nature and writing and haiku! I love this spring haiku and those are some of my favorite flowers, too. 🙂 Blessings to you! xo
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I’m with you all the way, Gayl! ❤ Thanks so much for stopping by to chat about our common passions. Sending lots of love your way… xoxoxo
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