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Haiku: “My Third Eye”

Posted on April 4, 2008 by Mishi | 26 Comments

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The third eye can see what regular eyes can’t or is only open when the regular eyes are closed. It is a magical eye.

I took this idea from Doobleh-vay and coupled it with one of my favorite forms of poetry, the Haiku. I let the kids do the exercise and then helped them turn it into haiku. It was surprising how well it worked.

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My third eye sees God
Calories, inside people,
Germs and atoms, too.

My third eye also
Makes me small then big again;
My third eye sees all.

—Benjamin (age 7)

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I see a jungle,
And money grows from the trees.
Gold falls from the sky.

Tigers have stripes
Of yellow and brown with a
Polkadotted tail.

—Olivia (age 9)

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My third eye shoots fire.
I can see around the world;
Giant peanut, too!

My third eye also
Sees millions of fish swimming,
Cat in the Hat, too!

—Mikey (age 10)

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