WHF2005 IN ROMANIA..........
....HAIKU FOR HAIGA BY STUDENTS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
....POLICLINIC SUVAG, ZAGREB, CROATIA
Zrinka Simunovic, HR

Prize-winning haiga by Dr. Zrinka Simunovic's Croatian students at WHF2005 These awarded haiga were displayed at the World Haiku Club WHF2005 (World Haiku Festival) events in Romania, which took place in June. (L) Dedicated teacher, Professor Zrinka Simunovic, CR; (R) Award-winning poet, Visnja McMaster, CR Haiku by famous poets were illustrated by pupils from our school as well as haiga with their own haiku. All pupils have language problems. Each is making progress according to his or her potential—attending programmes which improve all aspects of their language: speaking, writing, articulation, vocabulary, intonation, rhythm of speaking. Visit the WHC Gallery photo-feature of the winning student haiga of Croatian young people at WHF2005 in Romania.

 

Anamarija Bozic, HR
Age: 15

Nudging the snow
the tips of crocuses
stretch to the sun.

A friend’s consolation:
one day we too will have
a home of our own.

Out of nowhere—
a sudden sting for no
reason at all. Rage!
 

Name: Sara Loncaric, HR
Age: 13

On the way to school
a bud, and upon return
a red flower!

In the warm ball
of wool – suddenly, eyes!
Then the barking.

A new pupil!
Everyone looks at him, yet he
looks out of the window.


Name: Arnold Papic, HR
Age: 13

On a school window
snowballs lined up.
There’ll be war!

A restless boy—
a bother to the teachers,
but to me just fun.
 

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Names of pupils and their award-winning haiga shown at the online WHF2005 Gallery:

Divjan Cecuk (11 years old) “No trace…”
Bruno Sikoparija (16) “No trace…”
Tihana Majpruz (12) “No trace…”

Tihana Majpruz (12) “a tiny spider…”
Tihana Majpruz (12) “hototogisu …”

Bruno Sikoparija (16) “pear blossom…”
Adnan Bajagilovic (12) “ a snail…”

Denis Matic (17) “darkening sea…”
Denis Matic (17) “over the withered…"

Miroslav Zakman (15) “see that peasant…”


Tihana Majpruz and Adnan Bajagilovic have a hearing loss and have implants for better hearing.
 

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Read: Haiku Poetry as One  of the Modes of Speech and Language Rehabilitation in a Population of Children with Specific Language Difficulties, the paper by Zrinka Simunovic read at WHF2005 in Romania

 

Photograph and gallery of Croatian students' haiga images courtesy of Visnja McMaster, Croatia

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