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Making a Picture for a Haiku
 
Here are some haiku written by students from Thomas Adams School, Wem and The Marches School, Oswestry in the UK.
 
Can you make a picture to go with a haiku? It doesn't have to illustrate the haiku exactly but somehow compliment it and take us on to another idea perhaps!
 
Why not try using your graphics package - make it simple with blocks of colour - like this one (you can do even better!) CLICK HERE to see a haiga.
 
If you prefer to make your picture by drawing or collage and scanning images etc do that - but turn it into a digital image and save it when finished - your workshop leader will tell you how and where to save it.
 
 
Here are their haiku - choose one and make a haiga!:
 
Cool breeze
sun beating down
on wet grass
 
George Lester
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

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Sunshine
the smell of footballers
cold sweat
 
 
Tom Young
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

 
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People chattering
over creaking wheels
clattering horse shoes
 
 
 
Birds twittering
symbols of peace grow
the ivy, the holly and the yew
 
 
Dogs bark as people walk by
the peace during the day
and the birds feast on rubbish
 
 
Sophie Wharton
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Streets busy
cars speeding by
women with bags full
 
 
Red sky
the morning brings
frozen puddles
                                                           
William Thomas
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Empty crisp packets
hunchback teens
propped up by the fence
 
Ivy creeping
mourners weeping
dead silence
                                                           
Natalie Price
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Wet shoes
the birds singing
in fluent seagull
                                                           
Charlotte Embrey
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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People
talking on the road
engines rumble
                                                           
Ian Pitchford
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Dirty puddles
splashing
little children run
                                                                           
Frankie Crowther-Smith
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

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Wet grass
a frozen puddle
in the empty field
 
 
Whistling wind
leaves gathering
in a heap

The mouldy stones
howling and whispers
bodies lie asleep
                                               
Nick Smith
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

 
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The smell
of the cold fresh air
blowing into your face
                                               
Rosie Cooper
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
 
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The sun
in an empty sky
songbirds
 
Silence
birds sit on the broken graves
the trees sway
 
noisy cars pass nearby
people pay respects
laying flowers
                                               
Sam Taylor
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Footballers
splattering mud on the ground
friends cheering them on
 
Birds
on the stillness of a wall
other birds sing
 
A puddle
stays motionless, until
a splash makes ripples run
                                               
Greg Pennington
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

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The smell
of football pitch mud
empty shadows
 
Splashing water
soft sand between my toes
as I get on to the boat

The sound of traffic
going by the quiet church yard
daffodils are starting to grow
                                               
Katie Higgins
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

 
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Round and round
crows fly
circling
 
 
The sun shines through
the evergreen
the half-hour chimes
 
A vine
climbs up and up
on a bare tree
                                               
Huw Edmunds
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Gates standing firm
protecting pedestrians
silently
                                   
Dan Ryley
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Midday
the shadow of a big tree
over muddy ground
 

Far distance
people walk to heaven
over an old bridge
 
 
Fresh flowers
lay around the graves
memories
                                               
Jenny Metcalfe
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

 
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A beautiful day
houses overlooking
the school grounds
 
 
Old graves
standing still
1831
 
Graves scattered around
the old church
fresh flowers
                                               
Emily Hayman
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

 
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Football boots
getting louder and louder
approaching me
 
Birds singing
a soft gentle song
in the blue sky
 
Fireworks burst
into the midnight sky
the colours of the rainbow
                                                           
Katie Poutney
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

 
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The big bells ring
cars whistle by
silent graves
                                               
Melissa Pharo
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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A sunshine breeze
the clatter of football boots
on concrete
 

Cooling pool of water
ripples drift past
as men chat

 
The twitter of birds
the slant of a grave
all stone and quiet

                                               
Charlotte Taylor
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Seagulls
flapping their wings
football boots
 
 
Tuesday morning
the smell of country air
wafts through the school
 
A bell rings
children walk in
to their next lesson
 
Bridge
people walking their bags
talking to their friends
 
Churchyard
big tall trees
hiding graves
 
Half moon
Bell rings every half an hour
fresh flowers
                                               
Charlotte Smith
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Wind in the trees
the sound of a tractor
on the road
 
 
The man walks
with his nose on his back
the dark trees

 
Peter-John Sanders
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
 
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Scavenging crow
sitting on a high fence
cold breeze
 
Questioning people
curious to know whats up
why? what? how?
 
Flying birds
trees swaying
in a swift breeze
                                               
George Tilbury
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Clouds
in a clear blue sky
country air
 

Dismal day
ripples in the puddles
as rain lashes down
 

Emily Jones
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk

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The smell of manure
as I walk through the door
my nostrils 
 

The clock strikes half-two
a helicopter passes
the half moon
 
Annita Taylor
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Winter shadows
birds climb, dive
getting away from shoes
 
Along comes a teacher
cigarettes disappear
clouded air
 

Concrete cross
the pillar stands tall
with poppies to finish
                                               
Tom Walmsley
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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In the sea
men go back
to their childhood
 

Silent and still
where bodies lay unharmed
seven crows

Tall statue
war men named
heroes of the heart
                                               
Sarah Dorricott
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Bright sunshine
the seagulls voices ringing
through the breeze
 

The church bell
chimes on every hour
crows squawk
 
The flowers fresh
on every grave
soft grass grows
 
Alexandra Adkin
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Sunshine
the smell of footballers
cold sweat
 
Wet grass
birds hunting
for worms
 
Deep blue
the boats drift through
a fishy smell
                                               
Tom Young
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Silent footsteps
the feel of muddy grass
under my feet

 
The river swishes
oars backward
and then slowly forward
 

 
Fresh red roses
carnations in colours
of pastel pink
                                               
 
Stacey Carter
Thomas Adams School, Wem, Uk
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Haiku from Students at The Marches School, Oswestry
 
a cloudless sky
restless slaves wading through
still waters

Kaye Jennings
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire,UK
 
 
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bright sunshine
a baby sheltering
beneath his mothers dress
 
Ellis Edmunds
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire,UK
 
 
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the gentle sea laps
against shaded sand
musky sky

delicate snowdrops
swaying against the leaves
a pile of rubble

Siobhan Caller
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire,UK
 
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bare branches
blue sea water
in a death black cauldron
 
 
white shimmers
elegant snow drops
on the forest floor

Corey Pritchard
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK

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dusty sky
a man running
after his hat

Megan Harvey
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK
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water birds
swimming with their young
for them it's routine
 
 
 
calling out
with a series of splashes
a waterfall's song
 
 
big and small
stumps praising the entity
that is their tree
 
 
darker still
trees on all sides
is that hostility?
 

 
trees numbered
24, 25, 26
as though it's some sort of game
 
 
 
new life
fuelled by the leech
it isn't all bad



Gemma  Dulson
Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK
 
leaves falling
old and brown
autumn

 
Scott Graham
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK
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bright sounds
the sky sparks
and everyone shouts

 
mighty oak
golden leaves
fall to the ground


straight as lines
trees stand together
only the sound of the wind

Lucy Chadwick
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK
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bent people
with yellow umbrellas
dusty shadows

Bethany Dean
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire,UK
 
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white walls
one friend betrayed
by another

pierced water
geese swimming
on the rippled lake

Michael Pugh
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire,UK
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red sky
wind blown ships
on a lapping sea
 
 
birds sing
a tree with branches
on one side
 
 
spring sun
a goose ripples
the lake

water splashes
down a slippery rock
bulbs poke through

Matthew Maidment
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire,UK
 
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a man drifting
the soft breeze slips through
his hair

Thomas Moses
The Marches School, Oswestry, Shropshire,UK
 
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