Werewolf Haiku

By Ryan Mecum

Dear haiku journal,
I think I killed some people.
That was no dog bite.

This journal contains the poetic musings of a mailman who, after being bitten by what he thinks is a dog, discovers that he is actually now a werewolf. Wreaking havoc wherever he goes, he details his new life and transformations in the 5-7-5 syllable structure of haikuhis poetry of choice.

Follow along as our werewolf poet slowly turns from a mostly normal man into the hairy beast that he cannot keep trapped inside. And watch out for carnage when he changes and becomes hungry. No toenail, no entrail, no pigtail will be left behind. And talk about wreaking havoc: His newfound claws and teeth have sent his clothing budget through the roof!

He is in love with a woman on his route, but he has never had the courage to tell her. As he fights against his urges during each full moon, he discovers that succumbing to his primal instincts will not only bag him a good mealit just might help him in his quest for love…Or maybe not.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Release date: Aug 10, 2010
• ISBN: 9781440311208

Book preview

Werewolf

HAIKU

Ryan Mecum

Manufactured Haiku. Copyright © 2010 by Ryan Mecum. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. No other part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by HOW Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322 [phone]. First edition..

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mecum, Ryan.

   Werewolf haiku / Ryan Mecum.

           p. cm.

   ISBN 978-1-4403-0826-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)

   eISBN 13: 978-1-4403-1120-8

  1. Haiku — Humor. 2. Werewolves — Humor. 3. Werewolves —

Poetry. I. Title.

   PN6231.H28M428 2010

   818’.602 — dc22

                        2010012988

Editor: Amy Schell Owen

HOW Books Art Director: Grace Ring

Production Coordinator: Greg Nock

Designer/Packager:

Lisa Kuhn, Curio Press, LLC

Contents

About the Design

About the Author

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Dear haiku journal:

This could be my last entry

if I have rabies.

A stray dog bit me

while I delivered the mail.

Should have used the mace.

"He was a mailman

and a struggling poet

who died by dog bite."

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The dog seemed homeless.

It looked like a rabid wolf,

hungry for mailmen.

I kicked and he ran —

but not before he bit off

a big chunk of calf.

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Reviews for Werewolf Haiku

[yarkan_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The haiku sound so natural. It reads so quickly that adds to the excitement. Fun. And the book design adds to the atmosphere. Inspires me to try something like this.