Wednesday 23 August 2017

Haiku 2017



Success Criteria- Your poem will include:
  • Synonyms  for peace in English and te reo Māori.
  • Images from nature that connect to your message for peace.
  • Similes or metaphors
  • Plurals

Peace
Take a look around
What is this world turning to?
Make a difference

Our voice will be heard
We can roar like a lion
Resilience, just try

Spring birth of nature
Plants grow like our love for earth
Peace spread like butter

Stop and stare around
Silence listen, serene breeze
Tepid air surrounds

Restful call, the sea
Tangaroa soothes live souls
Crawls for harmony

Te Rangimarie
Tirohia te titiro
He aha te huri o tenei ao?
Hanga he rereke

Ka rangona to reo
Ka taea e tatou te hamama rite te raiona
Te tautuhi, te tamata

Te whanau whanau o te taiao
Ka tipu nga tipu hei aroha mo te whenua
Ka horahia te rongo kia rite ki te pata

Kati me te tirotiro
Whakarongo, whakarongo mai, he wera reka
Ka karapoti te hau o te taiao

Ko te karanga, ko te moana
Ko Tangaroa te wairua e ora ana
Nga pupuhi mo te pai

  • Greanne Williams

2 comments:

  1. Hi Greanne,
    My name is Reitu and I am a year 7 at Paihia in Te Ngahere. I like your poem. I like how you put the maori translation on it too. I like how you wrote a poem about peace in English too.
    Why did you make a poem?
    Who told you to write a poem?

    Thanks and keep on blog posting,
    Reitu

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  2. Kia ora Reitu,
    Thank you very much for taking the time to comment on my blog. All students in my class had to write a haiku (type of poem) for peace week that included te reo māori. My teacher set this task for the class.

    Thanks for commenting
    Kind Regards
    Greanne

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