{"product_id":"9781429908405","title":"Office Haiku: Poems Inspired by the Daily Grind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems! About your office!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe work hard at our jobs, and in return we are frequently plagued by bad coffee, strange smells, paper cuts, other people, and, at least once a week, Mondays. So what better way to tackle the absurdities of the modern workplace--to get a little peace!--than with Zen poetry? In the first poetry collection to do just that, \u003ci\u003eOffice Haiku\u003c\/i\u003e contains witty haiku divided into chapters including \"Monday Mornings Suck,\" \"Paper Cuts, Office Equipment, and Other Maladies,\" \"Existential Malaise,\" \"Departmental Meetings,\" and, of course, \"Anywhere But Here.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformed by a lifetime of work, James Rogauskas's haiku speak for themselves (and everyone else):\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSitting at my desk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs proudly as any serf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn his scrap of dirt. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This has to go out\"?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd I was waiting for desk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFairies to type it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI sit wondering;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan someone die of boredom?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnly time will tell.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf I could read minds,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI would certainly have a\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetter job than this\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I thought I knew all the reasons to hate cubicle life, but James Rogauskas have given me a pork barrel full of laughs to ease my deary Monday mornings. This book should be required reading for all corporate managers!\"--Mary K Witte, author of\u003ci\u003e Redneck Haiku: Double-Wide Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141770887408,"sku":"9781429908405","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429908405_p0.jpg?v=1763748716","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429908405","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}