Monday, March 12, 2012

Running After Antelope: Little League Haiku

1. Why did the boy choose to set up a haiku?
2. What does the haiku symbolize?
3. What is the significance of reciting the haiku?
4. What is the importance behind the imagery to nature?
5. What does the poem say about life?
6. What does it mean when the boy says, "I was conscious of being inside a shell"?
7. Why do you think the boy wanted to make a change?
8. In the haiku, what does it mean for the wind to bring the dry leaves and build a fire?
9. What does this action say about the boy's character?
10. In the last line, what does the phrase "I'm ready to move on if you are" signify?

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