Shopping for Haiku

Yesterday, I took

Haiku to the shops in town
Lots of people came

What a fab idea
Shopping Centre Managers
Erect Gazebo

Now to find artists
Ask a local charity
Arts Care Gofal Celf

They telephone me
'Can you do Origami
And Haiku Workshop?'

'Yes, I'd love to. Where?'
'Down in the Shoppping Centre'
'The Shopping Centre?'

'Yes, is that OK?'
'Off course, I'd love to, thank you.
How many people?'

'Not sure, say 50'
'Oh, Righty ho, busy then.
Best get more paper'




Haiku day arrives
Extra paper just incase
You never can tell

One hundred people!!!
Queuing to take part in my
Japanese haven





Who would have thought it
Children desperate to write
A haiku poem

Even though it is
The school summer holidays
'Look at my poem'




And this genius
Idea is from Merlin's walk?
A Shopping Centre?

How good to know that
Even the private sector
See value in Art

Inspirational
Ways of attracting footfall
Pretty impressive

www.merlinswalk.com

I was so utterly taken aback by the response to my Drop in, particularly the children's enthusiasm for Haiku and how the parents took to helping them, that I am now writing a little e-book to help parents who would like to write this traditional form of Japanese poetry with their children at home. To find out more, click the links below.

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