April is National Poetry Month, and in its honor we invited any member of the Dawson community – students, faculty, staff, families, -- to submit a haiku last week. (In case you’ve forgotten, that’s the poem in three lines, the 5/7/5 syllables.) The jumping off point was Dawson-themed, but all entries were considered. There were many wonderful entries, but TWO emerged tied for the overall win, and each will receive a prize: Katrine Larsen (3^rd grade) and Summer Stone (5^th grade).

 

Thank you to everyone who tried their hand. We include all of the entries here for your reading pleasure!

We will find each and  /  Every person here and help  /  Them find the pathway

 

The jay in the tree  /  Singing a love song of spring  /  From the dirt flowers grow spring
  -   Kalea Aratow (5^th grade)                                                                      

 

Rabbits frolic past  /  My present and former lives  /  Collide: gratitude

-        Cathy Fink (US English)

 

Blue like the free sky,  /  Bright white like  mustang’s mane  /  Unified with pride
  -  Breck Dunbar (8^th grade)

 

A Mother’s Poem (A Haiku for Che)
A soul came to me  /  Full of love, magic and joy  /  A dream comes to life                                                                         

   -  Linda Asbury (Dawson parent)                       

 

What’s inside matters / Look deeper than the surface  /  Beauty lies within
  -  Elle Pedersen (5^th grade)                  

 

Whirling frisbees fly  /  With crazy spins but one end  /  Just like the students                                                                   

-         Erik Nickerson (US Science)     

 

Tiny buds of green  /  Pushing through the loosened earth  /  Colors flashing – Spring!
  -  Cindy Knight  (MS/US Library, Community Service Coord.)

                                                     

Go Dawson Mustangs  /  We are together as one  /  We’ll fight ‘til we’re done                                                                                   

-        Lily Sullivan & Charlie Budacz-Kauflin (3^rd grade)  

 

Jerry Henderson  /  Nihil Sine Labore  /  That was your motto
Dawson graduates:  /  Achieving their potential  /  Since the ‘70s

Respect, Compassion,  /  Courage, and Integrity:  /  Dawson’s four virtues

Only seventeen  /  Syllables to praise Dawson?  /  It cannot be done!
  -  Cinnamon Lopez (MS English)

Springtime at Dawson                                                                                  

End is drawing near  /  Our friends soon traveling far  /  Dawson memories                                                                                        

Dawson School Spring  /  Apples blossom, bunnies hop  /  Students counting days                                                         

Springtime now has sprung  /  Counting, not many days left  /  Where are my blue shorts?                                        

         -  Charlie Romano (7^th grade) & family

The Mustangs are cool  /  Dawson doesn’t stop at all  /  Thank you Dawson School
  -  Banks Biffle (3^rd grade)                                                                           

 

As my birthday nears  /  Trees and blooms begin to sprout  /  Bring me joy and sun!
   -  Gus Lux Bryant  (5^th grade)                                                                   

                                                     

The sweet gift is mine  /  catching babies in my hands      /  Though my heart receives

Babes grow like rainbows  /  Blending joy and sadness too  /  Making us mothers                                        

Breathe when crossing streams  /  Sometimes an end is the start  /  Of things not yet known

Haikus make me think  /  Of second grade with tulips      /  When I first wrote one                                                                           
   -  Cosima Lux (Dawson parent)                                                               

 

raindrop on small leaf  /  dances to the tip and grins  /  then, laughing, is gone
  -  Heather Ward (Asst. Teacher, 6^th Grade)

 

Dawson is great and  /  We are all nice and helpful  /  And we all work hard
  -  Ryker Leaneagh (3^rd grade)

 

Dawson is the best  /  Dawson does really fun stuff  /  Go Dawson Mustangs
  -  Nikhil Nijhawan (3^rd grade)

 

Creating designs  /  for problems that come forward  /  allows me to step back.                                                                                

Design something good.  /  Make it better than before.  /  Best to iterate.

-        Jeff Ellenbogen (Director of IT)       

 

We are Dawson, woooo  /  We are Dawson white and blue  /  We are the Mustangs
  -  Sam Scott (3^rd grade)                        

                                                                                                                               

We stand together  /  We are a community  /  We are white and blue

-        Charlie Elliott & Bella Berger (3^rd grade)                    

 

Dawson is the best  /  It can be anything cool  /  It is the best school

   - Emmy Hostelley (3^rd grade)

 

Dawson, thank you for  /  our teachers and our  /  great education.
  -  Abrielle Huze (3^rd grade)

 

Dawson is the best  /  I came here two years ago  /  I love Dawson School                                                                        

-         Teagan Slaton (3^rd grade)                                                                 

 

Dawson is a fun  /  school. You can learn a lot of  /  cool, awesome new things                                                                                  

-        Isabelle Jacobsma (3^rd grade)                                      

 

The Mustangs will stand  /  Side by side and hand in hand  /  We’ll strive ‘til the end
  -  Ramona Chen & Delia Lyle (3^rd grade)

 

Dawson Spring Fever  /  Hectic, but savor friendships  /  Summer is close by…

-        Anonymous