My Haikus

So my class have been learning how to write haikus
- Japanese poems with syllable pattern 5-7-5.

After they finished their rainbow one
I said "make one up about something else"...

Miss Page, Oh TP!
We'll miss you so much that
Our hearts will turn lonely.
...

Miss Page you are so cool
I will miss you when you leave
You are so much fun!
...

I love your songs
Your singing makes us happy
You really sing well.
...

Great and wonderful.
Ms Page is lovely and bright.
I love my teacher.
...

My teacher is great.
She always smiles in class.
She is called Miss Page!
...

Teaching naughty kids
Giving us tests all day long
She's sometimes grumpy.

Making us happy,
She plays games with us all day.
You're the best teacher.
...

Princess of learning.
The brain of all the whole world.
She is my teacher.

Dogs and Walls

Possibly two of the most striking things about El Salvador.

Dead dogs everywhere. Hit by cars.
I try not to look and always hope Chayo won't notice.
'It's probably just sleeping' I sometimes say...
But then it's there the next day, and the next, and the next...

...

So what's different about El Salvador? I asked my five year old niece.
She thought for a moment and then said 'The walls'.
High walls. Often covered with rolls of razor wire or broken glass bottles.
You can't see the houses from the outside and when you're inside you can't see out.
Security.