So...the assignment was to write a haiku poem. Haiku poetry is generally about nature and consist of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. I was very clear with the students that this poem needed to be about something found in nature. Here is what one of my "gifted" students wrote:

There's a fuzzy cow

Big and fat eat it at home

Yummy tender steak

Notice that the cow is begging "please don't eat me."

Now here is one that blew my mind:

leaves are very green

cold nights turn them all yellow

then they will fall off