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The Haiku Apprentice. Memoirs of Writing Poetry in Japan.
Abigail Friedman
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Description for The Haiku Apprentice. Memoirs of Writing Poetry in Japan.
Paperback. Discover the beauty of haiku and be inspired to start your own haiku group! Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 B&W photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
The problem came to a head one day as I was driving through Tokyo. While waiting for the light to change, I saw the following public service announcement on the side of a bus: Omoiyari hitonikurumani konomachini (Sympathy / toward people, toward cars / toward this town). Seventeen syllables. Five-seven-five format. It must be a haiku, I thought. But when I reached the office and repeated the announcement to my Japanese coworkers, none of them thought it was a haiku. I knew they were thinking to themselves, What kind of a lunatic is she? One tried to break the news ... Read more
The problem came to a head one day as I was driving through Tokyo. While waiting for the light to change, I saw the following public service announcement on the side of a bus: Omoiyari hitonikurumani konomachini (Sympathy / toward people, toward cars / toward this town). Seventeen syllables. Five-seven-five format. It must be a haiku, I thought. But when I reached the office and repeated the announcement to my Japanese coworkers, none of them thought it was a haiku. I knew they were thinking to themselves, What kind of a lunatic is she? One tried to break the news ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stone Bridge Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Berkeley CA, United States
ISBN
9781933330044
SKU
V9781933330044
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About Abigail Friedman
Abigail Friedman joined the Foreign Service in 1988 and served her country in Washington, Paris, Tokyo, the Azores and most recently as Consul General in Quebec City. She is a member of the Haiku Society of America and Haiku Canada. She is a founding member of the bilingual (French/English) Quebec Haiku Group in Quebec City. Michael Dylan Welch is a ... Read more
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