Pets Senryu Poems

backyard dog barking
     I wonder what it could be
          dead snake on...

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The dog brings his leash
     it’s time for our daily walk
          I...

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I
I click, call "Kaalnek"  - the hen -
She, rooster come! They greet me
As dogs do, at gate

II
They stay in yard - waiting
Faithful? Guard pets?...

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i
Kuiken, five-week chicken little
cares little for half-brother
walks indoors all day

ii
Kuiken little looks, recalls
faces, responds to BABATJIE
when called, plus clicks (for chicks)...

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I
Last week, funeral
You heard Nature reviled here
But Neem Tree gave life

II
This week, two new pets
Chicken Little, who comes in nights --
Angel, power-lady dog, outside...

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I
Siblings stolen
Why list the nations ills ...
Bring Chicken Little home

II
Kuiken has cage during light
Twilight cheeps, louder -- plaintive --
Back in box, quietest baby...

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pets, feeding times
my presence, their animation -
two broods: chickens...

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Hats flung, passing out
Seven years and student debt
Fleas, ticks and fur balls



18 June 2021
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
Contest: Bite Size Poem number 8...

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                 There, goes my pet true.
               ...

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God, we were in need.
California getting rain?
With bowed heads, we pray.

Thank you, what a treat!
We lost much, forests and pets.
Keep our lands safe, now.

People locked...

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Dog wearing mask
Pet Smart customer
Covid 19...

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It's not your looks, I
like but what you are INSIDE
*talking to my fridge*

Sometimes I pretend
that I’m dying to see if 
my cat would save me....

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how small a pet’s life

when a pet exits your world . . .

how immense your grief


July 23, 2020
for the Haiku or Senryu Contest of Constance...

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Your counter is my hunting ground
But you get mad and pull me down.

            ...

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I skiddle down the hardwood hall;

Scratching, sliding, bump and fall.


               ...

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