This month's Super SmartGirl Award goes to Leanna, age 9, for her beautiful nature poetry!

Congrulations, Leanna, on being our Super SmartGirl for July 2009! We loved your beautiful poems about nature. Traditional Japanese haiku was always about nature, but because English words can have more syllables, it can be difficult to translate the succinct magic of haiku into English. Leanna did a great job capturing the moment in these short poems, as good as snapshots!

Sitting near the pond watching the loons

Sitting near the pond watching the loons.
Drinking sour lemonade on sweaty afternoons.
Sneaking out at night to watch the silver moons.

Rainbow Haiku

A pretty rainbow
Shines across the blue sky
Fades by evening.

                                                  -Leanna, age 9