National Adult Literacy Database

March 31, 2008

The following poem was written by a learner from Toronto, Ontario. Bonnie is enrolled in the Independent Studies Program of Frontier College. Frontier College is proud to share some samples of the haiku and cinquain (five-lines in a diamond shape) poetry written by its learners.

Life

Bonnie, Frontier College
Independent Studies Learner

Life
Personal, Possible
Trying, Challenging, Existing
Misery is Life
Being

[This poem was taken with permission, from Literacy. Learning for life, Frontier College, Fall 2007.]