Student Writing Samples

Here are some examples of ESL student writing as they learn to write English poems, particularly Japanese haiku.

 

Rain is falling down, still

Trees are suppressing and waiting

Under he trees, you are

 

Cherry blossoms bloom

A girl standing with a smile

Waiting for someone

 

the son of sun

hot today, hot tomorrow

maybe we died

 

the sound of silence

nobody can hear, but can feel

it’s in the darkness

 

children don’t know me

and they shouldn’t know know me wholly

I am the failure