The 3.11 tsunami wiped out the small port town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture. One month later, the town’s junior high school resumed classes earlier than any other school in the disaster-stricken areas. Soon, they started unique classes in which students confront the reality of the disaster. They wrote haiku, a very succinct form of poetry, and expressed their inner feelings. We take a close look at how their haiku composition served as psychological care after the disaster.