Poetry Class at Ashimori Community Center [City of Literature Okayama Participation Project]

On July 25 and August 2, 2024, the “Wakuwaku Taiken (Exciting Experience Expedition)” “Poetry Class for Elementary and Junior High School Students” was held. Children listened to instructions and created their poems.

1. The instructor explains what is good about the poem.
2.  The instructor explains how to write poems.
3. Each student writes down memories of the summer vacation.

1. Instructor gave some comments to children for the poem written.
2. Children write title the poems.
3. Everyone reads poems together.
4. Children submit poems of assignments during summer vacation and submit them to “Okayamakko” and “Shimin no Bungei”.

Ichiro Nakao :Former president of Okayama Poets Society, director of Chushikoku Poets Society, member of Japan Modern Poets, member of Japan Poets Club.

A judge for the Kibiji Literature Museum's “Poetry for Boys and Girls,” Takahashi City Literary Award, Okayama Citizen's Literature and Art Contemporary Poetry Division, and Okayama Prefecture Literary Award.

Okayama City Ashimori Community Center

（This article was written by the secretariat of the Creative City of Literature Okayama based on a report submitted from the Ashimori Community Center in Okayama City.）