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So Far From the Bamboo Grove

By: Yoko Kawashima Watkins•Tia Patterson•

Chapter 1 Haiku

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YokoShe’s called ‘Little One’

In danger and on the runWill she get to Seoul?

KoSixteen and helpful

Must escape with familyCannot give up now

MotherOld and must escape

No husband, no HideyoMust stay strong for kids

HideyoWants to do his part

Joins work with ammunitionLeft alone at work

Chapter 2 Cinquain

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All Aboard

TrainHospital train, filled with patients

Whining uncomfortablyHungry and thirsty

Tired

Chapter 4 Tanka

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Seoul

At last! Made to SeoulYoko realizes she’s hurt

With family bladeMother must shave off their hairThey’re so close, but yet, so far.

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Chapter 5 Quatrain

AloneTheir Mother’s family is long gone

Under stress, Mother’s life was withdrawn

Ko and Yoko, all aloneTo sell there wares, in which they’ve

shown

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Chapter 7 Free Verse

Story of Their LifeKo and Yoko had been offered a place to stayIt’s nice and convenient, they didn’t have to pay

But with mother gone, they would finish up schoolBefore they knew it, it was winter, weather’s cool

Doing well academically, the girls all teasedKo and Yoko they were such bullies

Still they couldn’t find their father, or HideyoEven though they posted posters a while ago

Alone in the warehouse, it’s just them twoLiving sparingly on money from shining a shoe

Yoko and Ko have things very toughThe rough gets going and the going gets rough

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Chapter 8 Minute Poetry

New Year Is SoonYoko and Ko continue schoolThe girls, still cruelBut they don’t knowWhat Ko won’t show

The New Year is so soon to comeNo food, problemOh what to doWhat will they chew?

Honroable Sister get tea time?Right now’s schooltimeMake money firstFood will soon burst!

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Chapter 9 Sedoka

New Year Is Here!

Japanese New Year!Yoko surprised old sis KoGreen tea for the honorable

Oh look at their feastFluffy rice cakes and roast fishEven an orange for mom

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Chapter 10-11 MonorhymeFamily

Ko and Yoko along back to realitySadly running out of moneyUsing mother’s money, an emergencyYoko see’s essay contest luckilyWith her wisdom, she enters it bravelyFirst place winner! 10,000 yen whoopee!Corporal Matsumara contacts them quicklyHe’s alive and helps them survive healthyHad to leave, friendship continues stronglyStill living strong and on a healthy (barely)Yoko’s sight gets weak, still she can seeFather and Hideyo, where can they be?Life can’t get worse, they feel sorryUntil they come across another escapeeWho says he’s just on a journeyIt’s Honorable Brother, they’re family!

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Chapter 6 Shape Poetry

HideyoHideyo, now an escapee

Is on his way to SeoulNot so close, not so far

Oh no! Soldiers, he must hideUp in a tree, hiding

Will he make it? Patient, quietIts all clear, he can come down

On with his trek, will he survive?Thoughts of happiness

Must see familyMake it through!

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