In Spring 2008, JETAA NY held a huge Meishi Exchange event and asked attendees ahead of time to submit original haiku about life after JET.\u00a0 The haiku were posted on the wall around the room and everyone had a chance to choose their favorite.\u00a0 The following haiku were the ones posted on the wall that we actually remembered to take down afterwards.<\/p>\n
Hashi in my hand –Anna Barbaus<\/strong> (Nara-ken, 2006-07)<\/p>\n \n To Paradise lost –Seth Dorman<\/strong> (Akita-ken, 2004-07)<\/p>\n \n I slurp my ramen –Lee-Sean Huang<\/strong> (Oita-ken, 2003-06)<\/p>\n \n From N-train rumble –Anna Barbaus<\/strong> (Nara-ken, 2006-07)<\/p>\n \n Learning not to bow: –Dawn Mostow<\/strong> (Gifu-ken, 2003-06)<\/p>\n \n Warm udon ordered –Steven Horowitz<\/strong> (Aichi-ken, 1992-94)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Spring 2008, JETAA NY held a huge Meishi Exchange event and asked attendees ahead of time to submit original haiku about life after JET.\u00a0 The haiku were posted on the wall around the room and everyone had a chance to choose their favorite.\u00a0 The following haiku were the ones posted on the wall that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":47,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-718","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PkZ7m-bA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/718\/revisions\/724"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCrossing o\u2019er Queensboro Bridge
\nLet\u2019s St. Marks shi-you!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNo money to stay in school
\ndumb, you left Japan<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFrom Nakatsu to New York
\nSoaks up the shochu<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThrough English cacophony
\n\u201cHai, moshi-moshi?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nMetroCard Vending Machine
\nDoes not have manners<\/em><\/p>\n
\nIn perfect Japanese but
\nWaiter speaks Chinese<\/em><\/p>\n