Heart haiku : friends & family. Issue 9, August 2021.

Heart Haiku is a series of collaborative zines of patient-produced short-form poetry. Following a call for contributions on experiences of heart disease through the format of haiku, Laura Donald asked: "Do friends help or hinder in a way that family doesn't, or vice versa? Are you open with friends and family or do you prefer to keep your health issues to yourself? Do you do that to protect them or to protect yourself... or for some other reason altogether? Maybe your nearest and dearest provide emotional support, practical help, distraction techniques, (mis)understanding? What constitutes "family" (or "friend") to you? Do you communicate through face-to-face chats, WhatsApp conversations, via online support forums, or not at all? However friends and/or family interact with and impact upon your experience of living with a heart condition, we want to hear about it!" The haikus featured in this zine were contributed as comments on heartytales.co.uk--More information can be found on the zine maker's website. https://heartytalescouk.wordpress.com/2021/08/09/a-haiku-or-two-friends-family/