The Great ENSR Haiku Competition

These haikus (which are presented here in no particular order) were written by 9th graders for the Great ENSR Haiku Competition, open to all students of the gymnase. The winning poems have been chosen, but we don't plan on announcing who won, since no one actually cares.


I wish there was peace

All over the whole wide world.

-Snap out of it, dude.

Sasha

As with all faeries

It's important to see them

Before they see you.

Chloé

He says don't worry

I promise, I won't hurt you

Then he pulls my tooth

Marie

Welcome to my realm;

Never-ending happiness.

But I'll have to charge.

Sasha

A girl with blue eyes

It's like looking at the sky

A window to space

Gabriel

Boy, do you know what?

I'm falling in love again.

Hey man, what the hell.

Béryl

The tree is dying.

The leaves are slowly falling.

It must be autumn.

Alexandre

The image is clear

The sound is even better

Thanks for the popcorn

Diane

Something is changing

I'm trying to sense what is.

Maybe it is me.

Chloé

Just to be noticed

All for a reputation

She likes that venom

Howard

You're like an ocean

Nice and full of mysteries

I think I love you

Marie

The day I came here

I was happy to see him.

Years since last we met

Jonathan

.

It's only with you

That I laugh more than I talk

That I feel at home

Joanna

She can't stop crying

Since he has a new girlfriend.

Will killing her help?

Marie

The stars in the sky

Are as bright as my candle

I am almost blind

Rachel

The water is still

Abruptly it starts to move

I'm breathing water

Diane

Shopping with those girls,

A task only few can stand.

Obey and carry.

Kimon

I just crashed my car;

I drove into a palm tree.

Coconuts fell down.

Sasha

He is sitting here

I am still looking at him

He's not that special.

Marie

I bought a guitar

But I can't play anything.

Why did I buy it?

Alexandre

Give me fuel and fire.

Give me that which I desire.

Come with me to hell.

Victor

A lady just passed by.

Her clothes are old and dirty.

Did she smile at me?

Rachel

Rappers need the weed,

Others need pills and needles

We just need our minds

Sasha

When the French girl came,

The Russian frost brought a

Flush to her cheeks.

Ania

My dog is dirty,

My cat smells like a dustbin.

What the hell is next?

Alexandre

Go to Florida

Or go to Mongolia

But don't come near me

Howard

France won '98

France also won 2000

Please, God, not '02

Gabriel

My shoes are quite cool,

But they smell like crap sometimes.

Do you smell that too?

Béryl

Happiness is here.

Go somewhere else to find it

And you'll find sadness

Isabel

The clay is nothing

Till you take it in your hands.

Then it's everything.

Isabel

 


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