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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 to me gently, It's not
a haiku, it's an advertising jingle. Well, I knew it was an
advertising jingle, but still, wasn't it an advertising jingle
haiku?-From The Haiku Apprentice Abigail Friedman was an American
diplomat in Tokyo, not a writer. A chance encounter leads her to a
haiku group, where she discovers poetry that anyone can enjoy
writing. Her teacher and fellow haiku group members instruct her in
seasonal flora and fauna, and gradually she learns to describe the
world in plain words, becoming one of the millions in Japan who
lead a haiku life. This is the author's story of her literary and
cultural voyage, and more: it is an invitation to readers to form
their own neighborhood haiku groups and, like her, learn to see the
world anew. "...A deft and seamless merging of genres: at once
memoir, travel literature, and an unpretentious guide onto the
terrain of Japanese poetry. It will appeal not just to poetry
lovers, but to all readers who are curious about the world beyond
their own borders." -- Foreword Magazine "Friedman is an appealing
guide through an alternate Japan where modern people make poems
about teacups and temples but also about skyscrapers and kidney
surgery." -- East Bay Express "The book is not designed to make the
reader a poet, but it does, perhaps, help us to pay more attention
to our poetical eye." -- BiblioBuffet "The Haiku Apprentice gives
the reader an original, thoughtful and personal glimpse of one
expat's productive encounter with Japan." -- Metropolis "...Notable
for its frankness and enthusiasm...Friedman has made a lively
narrative out of the things she learned..." -- The Japan Times
"Close to the Wind" collects nearly a hundred haiku and senryu by
attendees of the 2013 Haiku North America conference, held August
14 to 18, 2013 aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.
Edited by Michael Dylan Welch and William Hart, this wide-ranging
anthology features many of the leading poets writing haiku in the
English language, together with seaside-related illustrations by
Naia. "Haiku is not a port in a storm." -Marlene Mountain
"Here, There, and Everywhere," edited by Michael Dylan Welch,
collects 120 poems by 70 poets who have been active with the
Redmond Association of Spokenword (RASP) in Redmond, Washington
since this literary arts organization was founded in 1997 (its
website is www.raspread.com). The book's poems are divided into
three sections-here, there, and everywhere. This anthology
celebrates a full range of poetry from this active region of
thePacific Northwest. Editor Michael Dylan Welch has been curator
for RASP readings since 2008. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS: Kelli Russell
Agodon, Elizabeth Atwood, Elizabeth Austen, Lana Hecthman Ayers,
Peggy Barnett, Janee J. Baugher, Laura Lee Bennett, Katherine Grace
Bond, Leslie Brown, Terry Busch, Dennis Caswell, Ana Christensen,
Mary Eliza Crane, Pamela Denchfield, Tom Flynn, Erin Fristad,
Jeannine Hall Gailey, William Scott Galasso, Maya Ganesan, Richard
Gold, Cora Goss-Grubbs, Shane Guthrie, Elizabeth Carroll Hayden,
Bill Hayes, Michael Heavener, Esther Altshul Helfgott, Janka Hobbs,
David D. Horowitz, Winifred Jaeger, Christopher J. Jarmick, Aarthi
John, Donald Kentop, Jared Leising, Marjorie Manwaring, Jack
McCarthy, Rebecca Meredith, Denise Calvetti Michaels, Kevin
Mooneyham, Paul E. Nelson, Dawn-Marie Oliver, Ken Osborne, James
Parrott, Wendelle Peoples, dan raphael, Susan Rich, Stephen
Roxborough, Raul Sanchez, Michael Schein, Monica Schley, Martha
Silano, Annette Spaulding-Convy, H. R. Stahl, Heather Stark, ChiChi
Stewart, Barbara Stoner, Adora Svitak, Ann Teplick, Linda Thompson,
Vonnie Thompson, John Tripp, Marie Helen Turner, S. A. Upton,
Qiaolan Wan, Michael Dylan Welch, David Lloyd Whited, Mark K.
Whittington, Carolyne Wright, Bill Yake, Maged Zaher, Jason Zions.
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