Friday, May 06, 2022

 

Haiku Friday: Animal friends



 

Someone suggested that Haiku Friday should be about the leak of the Dobbs opinion and... no, just no. I can't do it.

 Instead, let's haiku about the animals in our lives (or who once were). I'm pretty sure that will be a happier topic. Here, I will go first:

 Chuck the cat, good guy
Knew how to avoid a fight
And best spots to nap.
 
Now it is your turn! Just use the 5/7/5 syllable formula, and have some fun!
 

Comments:
Elly

Tiny Elly, the fierce feline
Recued from the barn floor straw
Tiny still and sublime

Regent of her place
Ten larger dogs and cats quake
At her guile and grace

 
I want to honor:
Lionel, Bagheera, Shadow
Fluffy, Dale and Smoke
 
Charlie's eyes told me
I am not just a cat friend
I am family
 
My sweet Taffy Anne
Beautiful and elegant
Everyone agreed.

So she enjoyed a
Drink from the toilet sometimes
She was still purr-fect.

Meow!
 
Flex Impetigo:
he of the "undignified"
name and noble spirit;

the cats who knew him
or knew him not, still respect
the void he filled here.
 
They said "he never
stops purring. We cannot hear
his heart." No matter,

we knew already
that his heart would be the last
to go, even as the

terrible cancer
swiftly claimed him. Did he know
why he felt better

only in the make-
shift oxygen chamber? That
we kept him at least

less miserable
just so his person could come
home to say goodbye?
 
For 30 plus years
One of our loving Labbies
Has kissed me good 'morn
 
Chuck the dog, good guy.
Always spoiling for a fight.
Twelve pounds, big spirit.

Twyla, named for Tharp.
Danced into our lives. She guards
the house from tigers.


 
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