Poets choose words with precisely the right meaning, including words that may have multiple meanings. It is the listener's or reader's interpretation that gives the poem its meaning for any particular time it is read.
It will be important for your child to know what a haiku is. As the activity indicates, a haiku is three-line poem where the first and third lines have five syllables and the middle line has seven. Haiku is a very popular poetry form and examples can be found at Haiku-dedicated sites all over the Web.
