The Art of Haiku; Monday, Second Period [08/15].

[sake_shinigami]

One last time for the summer, meeting under the tree in the park by the duck pond, and on the right day this time, too, with some tea and little concern for the light rain that had been falling all morning. It just meant that Shunsui would do a bit of minor tweaking to his lesson plan (in so far as he had a lesson plan, anyway) to make it a bit more...well, thematic.

"Ohayō gozaimasu, ducklings ♥," he greeted them with his sleepy smile, a duck of his head, and already set to pouring out some tea to distribute to those who would wish to partake. "Hard to believe it will be our last class meeting for the summer already, neh ♥? I was thinking of perhaps squeezing in another focus on a specific poet for our final lesson, but I've decided to be a little more...topical ♥. After all, one of the key elements of haiku is its focus on nature, and so, with a little bit of a rain, we'll take that as inspiration, and go over a few rain-driven haiku to help hopefully inspire our own ♥.

"Let's begin, shall we ♥?"

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Re: Write some Haiku -AoH, 08/15.

[pun_king]

Graham was definitely focusing on trying to think of a good poem to write for today, tapping his calligraphy brush on his chin (yes, sometimes the wrong way, because he still hadn't learned) as he thought about it. Seemed to have a few sparks of ideas and false starts before shaking his head with dismissal, frequent flying of his fingers in counting, and then, finally, he began to write.

Went through at least a few parchments, before he was finally satisfied, and proudly presented the paper to the class before clearing his throat, turning it toward himself, and read,

"Rain on the rooftop
The stable is warm and dry
Adventure on pause."

And then he grinned broadly, already looking forward to when class got over and he could go see Triumph at the stables, and share it with him, and then make it a reality by hanging out with his trusty steed for the rest of the day, probably.