September 2021 – Selected haiku

7 September 2021

among the blue and
white flowers of the chair, a
black and white dog rests

this Baja Blast Freeze
was thawed by summer heat and 
the warmth of friendship

longer than an oak 
leaf, slug full of abundant
summer bugs seeks more

dog sniffs late summer
flowers, prey, and rivals in 
cool air after storm

neighbor, nude and fur-
-ry and rain-wet, nuzzles my 
knee with their whole face