We all know the Christmas Story, but have you ever tried to write it in haiku. My English Set have been retelling the story of the nativity in Haiku. Click on their names to read them.
Mary saw Gabriel
He told her that she would give
Birth to God’s own Son
Mary and
Joseph
They must go to Bethlehem
So they can be taxed
Bethlehem is full
There are no rooms to be had
No rooms left at all
In a manger laid
Born among the animals
Mary smiles at him
Shepherds see the light
Angel said "Be not afraid"
"I have news of joy"
"Go to
Bethlehem
Find the baby in the hay
Give him a young lamb"
Jesus Christ is born
The angels sing Gloria
The Saviour is born
Wise men from the east
Saw a bright star in the sky
Followed through the night
Wicked Herod hears
Of the birth of a new King
He wants to kill him
Asks the
Three Wise Men
Where the baby Jesus lays
He can worship.
Who were following the star
Taken to the babe
They bring him presents of gold
Frankincense and myrrh
He kills all the new born babes
In Jerusalem
Not to tell Herod the King
Where the babe is born
Kings went home a different way
Didn't tell Herod
Take the baby to Egypt
To hide from Herod
Jesus came home from Egypt
He was safe and sound
Christ is
born today
Celebrate the Saviour’s birth
We should worship him