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Hopwood haiku
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Posted on Sep 16 2004
This group of students’ haiku/senryu marks the fourth school year that Hopwood Junior High School students have had their poems published in the Saipan Tribune. Today’s poems are a haven for the havoc created by recent typhoons and a harbor for some creative poetic student histories. Enjoy!
In Guam
water dripping from the tento
come crashing down on me
-Diana Quinata
typhoon winds
heads up! look up, watch out
a tree branch drops
-Mary Cris Waing
I catch your breath and
hard winds fly away
I’m a typhoon
-Kimberly Kim
cold rain hits the earth
as the sky grows dark
leaving us in fear
-Jonel Ermitanio
winds whistles
against my face
bam! the door slammed
-Kyle Enriquez
rain thrashing me
as I run for safety
wind downs a tree
-Darren Demapan
strong winds blowing
as roofs fly away
we stay safe
-Gester Garcia
candles flickering as
power surges everywhere
terrible typhoon
-Matthew Wheat
ceiling leaking
wind and rain pouring in
bye bye roof
-Julius Reyes
our lemmai tree falls
and lines break
power goes off
-Adelphalyn Kapileo
wind blowing hard
rain pouring down
it’s typhoon chaba
-Odessa Sacro
tree falls
and misses my house
by inches
-Cheska Salen
houses breaking and
moms with crying children
need a shelter
-Klynne Serrano
gray skies
wind from all directions
clouds fade
-Jessica Estrada
typhoon winds blow
people scared at home as
power lines snap
-Naomi Cabrera
flooded yard
in the eye of the storm
loud thunder
-Christian Cruz
never ending fright
the storm is strong for us
but Saipan recovers
-Donna Herrera
food is spoiling
there’s no power here-hey!
its back on again
-Eldred Sanchez
no one went outside
in this typhoon some called hell
people called for help
-Ian Benavente
horrible typhoon
with debris everywhere
in my room
-Bernadette Laviste
howling winds
bring flooded roads
trees pass by
-John Mendiola
typhoon chaba
no school for a week
what a break for us
-Casey Obaldo
a dark room
with a waterless fountain
super typhoon
-Shannin Nestor
candles are melting
guarding me in the darkness
that was my last one
-Marie Con-ui
These haiku pieces were written by the 7th grade students of Joe Connolly at the Hopwood Junior High School.
