It is August again. To wish Singapore a happy birthday, here is a haiku for Singapore:
In a beautiful
breezy rainy eighth-month sky…
shout “Happy Birthday!”
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Once, my student asked me to write a haiku. A haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. The haiku poems consist of three lines. The first and the last lines of a haiku have five syllables and the second line has seven syllables. The lines rarely rhyme.
If you would like to play language game with Primary school students, haiku is a good option. It is short and seldom rhymes, so it is easy for beginners to start making poems of their own.
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