a lovely day
the woman next door
washes her cat
Samson Abdillahi (age 12)
humid
a breath of fresh air
through my scarf
Ayan Suleman (age 14)
distant mist
two men stare into
our blue river
Rugia Mohammed (13)
nice shoes
a man and his friends
sing songs and dance
Amal Abdale (12)
closed eyes
the sound of the wind
in my hair
Mustafa (12)
I am pleased to be able to share some haiku
written in workshop with me during a Summer School organised jointly by
Leicester City Council Education Department and the Leicester Somaliland
Community. The sessions took place in the new Crown Hills City Learning Centre,
part of the Government's "Excellence in Cities" initiative.
These are haiku produced by 11 to 14 year old
Somali children from Leicester's Somaliland community. The children
have been for the most part brought up in Holland before moving to the UK and
have some problems with English and Somali - preferring, for the moment, to
speak Dutch in conversation with each other - it was fascinating to see them
grasp haiku and start to write. On this page are a few of their first tentative
haiku.
Paul T Conneally
WHC Regional and Education Director
Charnwood, Leicester, UK
Computer haiku-art by Sonia
Cristina Coman, age 14, Constantza, Romania
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