HAIKU for A2 class written by our American epals recited by A2 students A Haiku is a poem about nature which originated from Japan. It comes in three lines of syllables. 1

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Bennett to Skevi Rainbow So many colors Absolutely beautiful Red, orange, yellow 3

Tanner to Panayiota CHILL When we are at the beach Sandbars can be in water In Summer sunshine 4

Erik to Apostolos Humid day one hot summer day sun beaming into windows warm bright sunny mornings 5

Joel to Panayiotis F A new Start Deep inside forest rose flowers begin blooming beginning of Spring 6

Mary to Katerina Peaceful Pretty sapphire sky with your clouds so very soft comfort me today 7

Zachary to Nathanael Rappahannock Deep smooth riverbed fish swim to gather dinner one chilly evening 8

Kyle Ho. to Panayiotis K Beach Shiny scorching sand big waves crashing close to shore summer has begun 9

Danielle to Aggelika End of summer Swimming at seashore crashing waves, hot July sand rising of Autumn 10

Richard to Panayiotis E Beach Waves crashing on beach Summer day brings happiness Warm and sunny day 11

12 Flow Deep misty oceans both ships and fish lurk around abundance of life Chase to Nicoletta

Ryan Z to George Water White waterfall booms Descending at rapid speeds With the morning sun 13

Ryan to Vangelis Swell Waves of our ocean Riding them is amazing Hot, crisp surfing day 14

Makena to Stavri Spring This bright green pasture full of radiant sunshine flowers bloom to life 15

Rachel to Ioanna k Dandelions Fields of bright colors Soft petals, beautiful smells Summer afternoon 16

David to Savvas Mars Grass flowing in breeze looking down from blue sky light see sunshine on Earth 17

Jamie to Filippos Cherry blossom (Sakura) Sakura garden cherry petals falling down middle of April 18

Shruti to Christodoulos Sunny Oh, beautiful sky Sitting birds, chirping around Yellow summer sun 19

Madison to Ioanna G Summer This relaxful beach thats full of fun and laughter on sizzling day 20

Jonathan to Marinos Winter days Home where snows falling building rapidly on ground cool and peaceful day 21

Kyle He. to Andria CALM Beautiful water flows smoothly through cool blue stream burning afternoon 22

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many thanks to our epals and their teacher who have sent us a bookmark with the haiku written especially for us. Each one of us is reciting the haiku. Some of the pictures and the video on the title slide(Fig Tree Bay in Protaras) are of Cyprus taken by our English teacher! 24