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“In The Haiku Apprentice we encounter the real world of Japanese haiku today. No other book in English gives such rich insight into how it feels to participate in haiku writing, Japanese-style. Friedman’s engagingly clear prose also directly addresses many of the questions about haiku that have bothered readers and writers of haiku in English and other languages for decades. . . . For its honesty, accuracy, and the pure pleasure of reading, Abigail Friedman’s book joins that small collection within easy reach of my desk for ready reference and continuing enjoyment.”
William J. Higginson, author, The Haiku Handbook

With a special appendix on writing haiku in English, starting your own haiku group, and further reading on haiku, plus questions for reading groups.

Follow the author, a professional American diplomat in Japan, as she joins a haiku group and learns that you don’t have to picture yourself a poet to write haiku. Meet the ordinary people who provide extraordinary insight into writing haiku.

Abigail Friedman joined the Foreign Service in 1988 and served her country in DC, 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 Quebec Haiku Group in Quebec City.

Michael Dylan Welch is a poet, editor, and publisher. More than 2,5oo of his poems have appeared in hundreds of magazines in 10 languages. He is vice president of the Haiku Society of America.

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