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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Poetry Challenge #3 - Riddle-ku

I am celebrating National Poetry Month by writing a poem every day.  I am not a poet, I am a teacher of writing.  Therefore, I must write so I can teach.

Today I am trying a riddle-ku which has the traditional 5-7-5 syllable count, but is written from the point of view of an object or animal.  The reader tries to guess "what" has written the poem.  Laura Purdie Salas is writing a riddle-ku a day for the month of April.  Check out her site to get ideas and resources for teaching riddle-kus



Getting to the point
while collecting the remnants
of your words to come













A Pencil Sharpener

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5 comments:

  1. Margaret SimonApril 3, 2014 at 6:06 PM

    This is great! My students are loving the riddle-ku challenge. I should have them try to do one as well. Love your bird of pencil shavings!

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  2. Michelle HaseltineApril 3, 2014 at 6:54 PM

    Ohhh!! That's a good one. I love Riddle-ku. Have you ever read the book Dogku? It tells a story of a day in the life of a dog, in haiku. Great format and I've had students write their own versions. :)

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  3. Linda BApril 3, 2014 at 10:03 PM

    How great is this, Leigh Anne. I'm glad you came by & told me what you were doing. Did you also create that little bird? So fun to see, of pencil shavings!

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  4. Linda BApril 3, 2014 at 10:04 PM

    I'm following you, but through my feed...

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  5. JulieanneApril 3, 2014 at 11:17 PM

    So fun! I love the bird and I get the point!! Great thing for students to try!

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