For fourth quarter writing, we are learning about poetry. So far we have learned a lot about different types of poems like cinquains and haiku’s, and how to write them. In Mandarin for Poem in Your Pocket day, we wrote a 五七五持. That means 5-7-5 poem. It is not a haiku because it is not about nature. A challenge doing the 五七五持 was that syllables do no mean anything in Chinese. Each character has pinyin, but it is only one syllable each, so instead of 5-7-5 syllables, we did 5-7-5 characters.

My 五七五持：

今天我学了
我最喜欢的饮料
可乐和橙汁

That means
Today I learned
My favorite drinks are
Coke and orange juice

Cinquain

Yeezus:

Yeezys
Comfortable, Hype
Not for running, only for walking and talking
On my feet in my dreams
Expensive

Haiku

Willie Mays:

All time great… there he goes!
Like a fly escaping the swatter
Running, running, gone