Haikus of Cities Around the World Vol. 3

As a writing exercise to our new Poetry unit, the students browsed the website Drive & Listen and chose live feeds of cities around the world and wrote haikus to capture their atmosphere.

The students train their 5 senses and immediately have to describe little details that move them about the location and capture it for the reader.

Here are some of the highlights:

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Warsaw, PolanD by Fergus Yeung 6G(34)

Old beautiful city

Once a battleground

But grows everyday

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Nan Chang, China by Ron Qin 5A(25)

Bright stalls cooking food.

People rubbing their tummies.

Clean streets everywhere.

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Athens, Greece by Hannah Chan 5H(1)

Ancient stones whisper,

Parthenon in sunlight,

History breathes through.

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Kobe, Japan by Jasmine Wong 6G(28)

Pink cherry blossoms.

Pictures, Camera. Snap! Snap!

Romantic feelings. 

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Tokyo’s Restaurants by Hailey Wong 6E(31)

Lanterns dangling 

From restaurants’ front doors

Scent wafting through

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Busy Hong Kong by Nathan Yam 4f(29)

Boat makes white bubbles.

A hotel next to the sea,

I stayed there before.

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Berlin, Germany

by Fergus Yeung 6G(34)

Once was conquering

Then fallen and conquered

But now in one piece

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Shanghai by Bruce Zhu 6G(34)

Building lights switch on

Workers yawning having drinks

Keyboards are typing

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Venice, Italy by Hannah Chan 5H(1)

Whispers on the breeze,

Gondola glide through still canals,

Venice dreams in gold.

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