GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys

GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys By Bob Raczka

Grades 1 and up

I just die for this book. Seriously. It's not just haiku for boys, it's haiku for kids, for grownups who still wish they were kids, for absolutely anyone who was ever a kid, ie everyone. It's divided into seasons and I have to share a few of my absolute faves.

I watch the worms squirm

and decide to bait my hook

with hot dog instead

Mosquito lands on

my cheek. I try to slap her,

but I just slap me.

Hey, who turned off all

the crickets? I'm not ready

for summer to end.

How many million

flakes will it take to make a 

snow day tomorrow?

Lesson Seed: This book begs to be read aloud and then turned into a class book of haiku poems, either season based or not. Just have fun with it and get those kids writing poetry. Bob Raczka explains a little about Haiku and why he wrote the book on the last page.