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Ryan Mecum
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October 2008
About this author
Hello. My name is Ryan Mecum. I wrote a book about a zombie who writes haiku called Zombie Haiku. I also wrote a book about a vampire who writes haiku called Vampire Haiku. It won’t come out until August 2009, but because I wrote it I read it already, and I think it turned out pretty good. It’s a fun story, and I’m excited for people other than myself to read it.
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Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains
— published 2008 — 5 editions |
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Vampire Haiku
— published 2009 — 2 editions |
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Dawn of Zombie Haiku
— published 2011 — 4 editions |
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Werewolf Haiku
— published 2010 — 5 editions |
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If Famous Poets Wrote Zombie Haiku (Poetry)
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updated Feb 11, 2009 09:43am
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Here are some short poems I wrote in the voice of some of my favorite poets, as if they were writing a zombie poem in 5,7,5 syllable structure.
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This series is so awesome. Such a smart package. In this volume, Mecum ups the stakes by making his eventual zombie a child. A child obsessed with poetry (hence the haiku). She has a long-dead mom, a crush, and lives with her dad, who loves watchi...
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This little book takes on the guise of a journal kept by William Butten, a passenger on the Mayflower, who had decided to chronicle his adventures in the form of "small poems."
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There's more poop in this one.
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Got it for $2 at a Borders close out sale. Cute and only worth about what I paid.
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"Don't know what a 3 5 3 syllable poem would be called, but I follow the traditional 5 7 5 for my haiku."
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“Blood is really warm,
it's like drinking hot chocolate
but with more screaming.”
― Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains
it's like drinking hot chocolate
but with more screaming.”
― Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains
“If this were real life,
Ed would have looked at her neck-
bite, dead, burp, credits.”
― Ryan Mecum, Vampire Haiku
Ed would have looked at her neck-
bite, dead, burp, credits.”
― Ryan Mecum, Vampire Haiku
“If the dawn should break
and take away this sunrise,
I hope I break, too.”
― Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains
and take away this sunrise,
I hope I break, too.”
― Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains
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“If the sky falls they shall have clouds for supper.”
― Charles Simic, The World Doesn't End: Prose Poems
― Charles Simic, The World Doesn't End: Prose Poems
“The problem with being nuts, she thought, is that you don't always feel as if you're nuts. Sometimes, in fact, you feel perfectly sane, and there just happens to be a trailer-shaped dragon crouching in the lot next door.”
― Christopher Moore
― Christopher Moore
“Vade Mecum
I want the scissors to be sharp
and the table perfectly level
when you cut me out of my life
and paste me in that book you always carry.”
― Billy Collins, Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
I want the scissors to be sharp
and the table perfectly level
when you cut me out of my life
and paste me in that book you always carry.”
― Billy Collins, Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
“Beth from accounting
is just sitting in her car
eating spaghetti.”
― Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains
is just sitting in her car
eating spaghetti.”
― Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains
Horror Haiku Q&A with Ryan Mecum
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Thanks for adding me! I gave Zombie Haiku to my brother for xmas. I'm looking forward to your future work :)
Tania wrote: "I loved Zombie Haiku! I'm giving it as a gift to my boyfriend for Valentine's day :)"I can think of few better gifts. Thank you.
Blessings,
Jeannie