The secondhand collection continues with its youngest writer yet, the lovely Emma Rose Martino. Emma is still awaiting her fourth birthday, but that didn’t stop her from composing the above haiku with a little logistical help from her mom and dad.

The haiku sprouted from Emma responding to her father’s explanation of what a poem is. And while she relied on her mother for a bit of spelling guidance, Emma conceived the words and wrote every letter herself. Promising work for a three year old :)

(Update: Karl has posted a great explanation of this haiku’s creation — I recommend reading that as well.)

As always, you can see the rest of the secondhand collection here. If you are so inclined, you can send a haiku or short poem of your own.

When you draw with pictures
and you draw words, it’s a poem
color with crayons