![]() ![]() But the story quickly turns to a desperate race for life as the townspeople around him have been turned into zombies by a worldwide plague. Zombie Haiku opens with an innocent anecdote about Lynch’s typical commute to work. But for the majority of us, if the poem's got a 5-7-5 syllable structure, it's a haiku. Keen poets may note that Mecum's "haiku" are more accurately senryu, since nearly all the poems lack the the traditional reference to nature and describe life’s follies with sarcasm. Written as series of journal entries, the book recounts Lynch's foul and gruesome encounters as an infected zombie through the traditional Japanese poetic form. This haiku was penned by Chris Lynch, the fictional zombie-poet in Ryan Mecum's new book Zombie Haiku. ![]() ![]() Aside from the incessant braaaains, you may notice certain neatly doctored meditations about the everyday trials of the afterlife. When you find a safe place to stop and reload your shotgun, take a minute to listen to what your zombie pursuers are moaning. ![]()
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