Herringbone: Ribknit

By Erelah Emerson

A year of diary entries in the form of a haiku, from the author of Queen of Cowards and Erratic and Unnecessary

• Language: English
• Publisher: Squirrel House Publishing
• Release date: Aug 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781951882211

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H   e   r   r   i   n  g  b  o  n  e

(A year of diary entries in the form of a haiku) 

Herringbone by Erelah Emerson

ISBN: 978-1-951882-14-3

Copyright © 2022 Erelah Emerson

Cover design by SJ Blasko @thesongsofsparrow

Illustrations by Erelah Emerson @bro.etry

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Dedication:

My mom hates poems, 

So this is in her name. Can‘t 

get too picky, now.

hai·ku

/ˈhīˌko͞o/

noun

plural noun: haiku

-a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

- Haiku originated as an opening part of a larger Japanese poem called renga. These haiku written as an opening stanza were known as hokku and over time writers began to write them as stand-alone poems.

May

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 (1) 

Maybe I will be 

unable to wash my hair 

tomorrow, again.

Wednesday, May 5th (2) 

I kind of forgot 

to write last night, worse things have 

happened, I suppose.

Thursday, May 6th (3) 

I found out I am 

Getting my lymph nodes checked soon 

Let’s hope I am o-

Friday, May 7th (4) 

Kay, so, ultrasound

Next. Someone was disapproved-

And I cried. (not linked) 

Saturday, May 8th (5) 

I only wish you 

had gotten stuck with someone 

that you could have loved  

Sunday, May 9th (6) 

Happy Mother’s Day.

We had carrots, my head hurts. 

Tomorrow- results.

Monday, May 10th (7) 

My friend has a cart 

named mart. we made plans to take

Over the world soon. 

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Tuesday, May 11th (8) 

I got a new pill, 

and finished reading a book 

that ended on a- 

Wednesday, May 12th (9) 

-cliffhanger. I then

began one that started quite 

the same. (But more dolls) 

Thursday, May 13th (10) 

I was gifted a 

Collection by a stranger. 

I can’t make this rhyme. 

Friday, May 14th (11) 

I got bit by a 

Horse and spilled red dye on my 

Blanket. This isn’t fun.