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Earth Day to Arbor Day
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Posted on Apr 21 2005
“Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise;
My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.”
With that opening verse Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns, begins his poem “Afton Water” and subsequently waxes poetic about the Afton River and its surroundings in his native land.
In honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day next week, some of our young poets at Hopwood used the Japanese forms of haiku and senryu to express their observations of the natural world that surrounds us here in the CNMI.
relaxing-
big tree branches
block the sunlight
-Clara P. Sablan
mango trees
give us food
treat them right
-Shereena Saburo
from a green seed
embryonic sprouts
-comes a pineapple
-Dalena Aldan
its bright
up in the sky
the sun shines
-Jennifer Esteves
betelnut trees
and flowers grow healthy
it’s Arbor Day
-Jackie Castro
heated up-
in my soup
hot chili peppers
-Ailene Gutierrez
on my head
ashes falling from above
dark skies
-Rachel Anastacio
shady and useful
fast growing trees
our playground
-Melanie Turbila
volcano
ash burns my eyes
makes me cry
-Heartim Williams
springtime starts
volcanic ash falls and
ends with happiness
-Woo Joo Kim
smelling fresh
watering you
bird of paradise
-Effierose Santos
vegetables ripe
flowers blooming
Earth Day today
-Albert Palacios
These student poets are in Seventh grade Speech classes of Joe Connolly at Hopwood Junior High School.
