{"product_id":"office-haiku-george-zou-9798199664455","title":"Office Haiku: A Collection for the 9-to-5 Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you've ever felt the weight of a Monday morning, the soul-crushing nature of a meeting that could have been an email, or the strange prison of remote work, this book is for you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 100 haikus capture the absurdity, frustration, and strange humor of office life. They're not about loving work - they're about surviving it. About finding dark comedy in the mundane. About being human in a system that sometimes forgets we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the panic of deadlines to the relief of Friday afternoons, from Zoom fatigue to the existential dread of Monday mornings - these poems are a mirror held up to the modern office worker's soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrganized into five sections: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonday Mornings - The slow torture of the week's beginning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeetings - The absurdity of conference calls and wasted time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemote Work - Working from your bedroom, living at your desk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeadlines - The panic, the procrastination, the collapse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFriday - Relief, freedom, and temporary escape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffice workers who need to feel less alone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecret Santa and coworker gifts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who's ever stared at a spreadsheet and questioned their life choices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople who hate meeting culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemote workers wondering if they've forgotten how to leave home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManagers looking for something thoughtful for their team\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who's worked a job that sometimes felt pointless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Finally, a poetry book that gets it.\" - Every office worker ever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quick, funny, painfully relatable read. If these things feel true, this book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Zou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199664455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.26d","brand":"George Zou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997740413183,"sku":"9798199664455","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/office-haiku-george-zou-9798199664455","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}