Originally titled; Rhyme Time II
A haiku, if you will recall back to your elementary school days, is a three-line poem, with the first line containing exactly five syllables, the second line exactly seven syllables, and the third line containing exactly five syllables. However, when written in Japanese, the 17 syllables are written in a single line. As well, a haiku will usually contain a kigo (seasonal reference).
Basho Matsuo (1644 ~ 1694) is one of Japan's most famous haiku poets, and he traveled in and around Tochigi-ken writing some of his most beloved poems.
The last haiku I wrote helped me get a girlfriend. No, it's not this one. This is one of MY first haiku. It's entitled (in lowercase):
"memories of a weekend in oyama"
rain falls all day long
woodpeckers are in my head
melissa. vodka.
Who is Melissa? Obviously that's her on the right in the photo at the top of the page. She is a fellow AET, and we were at a party in Oyama, a city south of the capital Utsonomiya. If I recall correctly, no one else from my neck of the woods made it down there... which kindda explains the photo.
What's even more bizarre is that aside from the photo and haiku, I actually have no memory of this event.
Somewhere wishing I had a better memory,
Andrew "I did what?" Joseph
PS: Title is by Kid Rock.
