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Heavenly Haiku by Bette A. Stevens


Celestial sky

Shining, simmering shower

Spectacular Show

—Bette A. Stevens © November 19, 2002

On my 55th birthday after observing the Leonid meteor shower, I  wrote this haiku. The following day, I shared it with my fifth grades students and after some celestial research, the students wrote their own “Heavenly Haiku” poems.

Watch the Leonid Meteor Shower November 16 – 17, 2013  at

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/watchtheskies/leonids-2013-live-ustream.html#.UogHseKLjlc

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