Japanese Poetry

Presenting you my Econometrics lecturer:-

Dr. Aki Asano...Amongst all my lecturer, he's the only one so far who doesn't use power point to teach. Probably because of all these experiences, he now writes pretty fast and nicely.

He inherits all the traits a typical Japanese should have: hardworking, funny, naturally cute, enthusiastic to spread Japanese Cultures. Rice, Miso Soup, Iron Chef...these terms are all in his notes.

He even had this Poetry Competition called Haiku which is a form of Japanese poetry, and the English version consists of three lines with 5-7-5 syllables.

And there's also Henku, the poetry of similar format, which is meant to be a reply to a Haiku.

Sadly, not many of his students participated in this contest...but nonetheless, the winning entry and reply is pretty funny =p

Haiku:

N said to his son, (5)
'Do not date 2n-plus-1. (7)
She is very odd.' (5)

Henka:

His son's name is i, (5)
She said to him, 'I'm odd but (7)
You aren't even real.' (5)
If you can't get the joke, the points below might help:-
- An odd number has a general formula of 2n+1
- i is an imaginery number.