Poetry Corner

So in the junior high third grade (9th grade) textbook, there is an assignment to write a poem. The structure of the poem is similar to the type of poem I wrote long ago in elementary school and goes like this: one word topic, two words that add to it, three words of description, four words of feeling, and one word of summary. So my example would go something like this:

Penguins

Flightless birds

Black and white

Flying in the sea

Adorable

So now, please sit back and enjoy the poetic musings of my students. I’ve left the mistakes they made because some of their made up words and Engrish are pretty awesome. Tell me your favorites!

Sea

It’s beautiful

Many living thing

Many life live in

Place

Goldfish

Glass bowl

Transparent beautiful water

It is comfortably swimming

Pretty

Sky

Very beautiful

Many faces carry

It’s not clors express

Wonderful

Sky

Very large

Sunny rain cloudy

It show many faces

Wonderful

Tanabata

In summer

The Milky Way

We have many wishes

Night

Night

Quiet night

Dark and cold

The stars are twinkling

Sleep

Sky

Blue canvas

A white cloud

Look up the sky

Beautiful

Sky

Very big

Many the weather

Sunny rain snow cloudy

Wonderful

Tree

Tall tree

Cherry cedar bamboo

Tree make oxygen

Thank

Giants

Baseball team

Strongest of all

I like very much

Love

Snowman

White man

Cold, big, cool

Snowman is gone away

Sad

Sunset

Beautiful scenery

Sky turns red

Sky is very shy

Fascinated

Soccer

World cup

Honda Endo Turio

They are very great

Fun

Home

My family

Parents sister grandmother

My family very gentle

Calm

Rain

Sad faces

Colding paining trifling

Time passes so long

Bad

Milk

Very nice

Hot tepid cold

Height is very high

Good

Vegetable

Grow vegetable

Green yellow red

What do you like?

Carrot

Sea

Calm wave

I like sea

The sea is calm

Beautiful

Photochemical smog

Dirty sky

Stinking smoking darking

The sky is dangerousing

Help

Sky

Sky blue

Birds are flying

The sky looks threatening

Help

Monster

Very big

It very fear

I feel like crying

Help

Pudding

What’s this?

Sweet bitter smooth

Keep on loving pudding

Happy

Curry

When eat?

Breakfast Lunch Supper

It’s cheer the source

Fine

Moon

Half full

A crescent

They are different in

Beautiful

Music

Very fun

I love music

Music makes me happy

Sweet

iPod

It’s handy

I love it

Can’t live without iPod

Wonderful

Dreadful

It’s natto

Smell, bad, dirty

Isn’t good to eat

Unreasonable