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# The Haiku Apprentice: Memoirs of Writing Poetry in Japan

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    A wonderful and informative book about writing Haiku in Japan and learning from the masters of the poetic art.
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2017*

I have loved all kinds of poetry for most of my life but my favorite poetry forms include the Japanese Haiku, Senryu and Tanka.  I have read numerous books on haiku, senryu and tanka over the years; however, this is the first volume I have read on an American who learned to write haiku while living in Japan as a U.S. diplomat.  I purchased this 235 page soft cover book (The Haiku apprentice: Memoirs of writing poetry in Japan by Abigail Friedman) on Amazon for a bargain price.  I found this to be one of the best books I have read lately on the art of writing Japanese haiku.This excellent book is organized into three parts.  The author is fluent in the Japanese language which makes this a very interesting and informative book on the experiences she had joining a haiku group where she learned from haiku masters.  I found this book hard to put down once I began reading it.  Abigail Friedman weaves the story in such a way you can’t wait to turn the pages.  The three parts cover an enormous amount of material in her adventure in learning how to write good haiku poetry.  Besides the three parts her end notes are important for anyone desiring to write haiku in English. It also has suggestions on how to start your own haiku group, furthering reading on haiku and questions for reading groups.This is a book for anyone who is interested in Haiku.  I found the book a pure delight to read and learn some of the finer points of writing good Haiku poems.  As someone who has written a few Haiku and Senryu books I found this book very helpful.  I was in Japan while in the U.S. Navy but my passion then was Japanese martial arts (Judo, Jujitsu, and Karate-Do) rather than the cultural and poetic arts at that time in my youth.Rating: 5 Stars.  Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Martial Art and Warrior Haiku and Senryu)

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    Hooray for Hajku
  

*by B***R on Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2020*

Less applause for Abigail Friedman. Fortunately she decided to write to find her way into Japan via Haiku and calligraphy. In doing so she shares excellent insights into the Japanese character. She seems a bright and adventurous person but not especially someone that I would like to know. Her self absorption became annoying as she shared meaningful insights into these art and life forms. She does a respectful job of helping the reader better understand and appreciate Haiku. The inner focus and its connection to one's existence is fundamental to the way of Haiku. My favorite phrase is:  Haiku is the literature of silence. That alone made the book worth reading.

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    Seventeen tricky syllables
  

*by P***O on Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2009*

For someone like me who knows nothing of the subtleties of haiku, this book offers a pleasant way to read about the basics of the form.The author, an American diplomat in Japan, joins a haiku group in the foothills of Mount Fuji. Already engaged in calligraphy lessons, she is charmingly willing to leap into the unknown to gain a better understanding of Japanese culture.Reporting on her conversations with various haiku practitioners, Abigail Friedman does a good job of answering the question "why do people write haiku?" She also gives us a wonderful portrait of how happily and successfully the highly socialized Japanese engage in group activities.It seems that in Japan seven to ten million people write haiku every month. Some take up the practice after a spiritual crisis. Many start writing haiku when they turn 70, an age that makes you think. People with serious illnesses engage in "illness writing," and aging poets are working in advance on their death poem.I'm still not convinced, however, that anyone can write haiku. There are instructions in the back of the book for starting your own haiku group. But I dread to think what kind of poetry this might engender, without a qualified leader.

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