Gaijin Or Haijin

Wayland Bunch a gaijin
With aspirations of being haijin
Worked tediously for some time
Writing  poems that don’t even rhyme

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013



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Date: 3/12/2013 10:56:00 AM
I love writing haiku so this gave me a laugh! It is a harder form to master than people think, lol... This is very witty!
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Date: 1/31/2013 9:28:00 PM
okay, the humor was, the "non-Japanese" impression I have on you... xox~LINDA
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Wayland Bunch
Date: 1/31/2013 9:44:00 PM
And I'm just using Haiku humor again, bless you lol hahahaha, still funny.
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Wayland Bunch
Date: 1/31/2013 9:38:00 PM
and yes while gaijin means outsider, it was the term they gave normally to white americans. Don't you remember the book lol?
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Wayland Bunch
Date: 1/31/2013 9:35:00 PM
hahaha you're only seeing one meaning of haijin. Haijin is also a haiku writer lol.
Date: 1/31/2013 9:26:00 PM
Hello Wayland, I'm wondering what poem you are talking about, during my soup-mail. ooo..and about the clerihew... ha ha ..Love it! The ending gave me a super out loud laugh. LOL ;-) I'm going with "Gaijin". cause you don't scribble dribble like a cripple. well, your not an outsider. So I supposed, your in between. always~ PD
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Date: 1/31/2013 7:56:00 PM
I laughed so yes it is funny i'm sure others will find it funny too
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Wayland Bunch
Date: 1/31/2013 9:22:00 PM
Thank you very much. I do see some humor in it as well. Thanks again for your nice comment.
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