haiku – Selected haiku

16 October 2021

two cats meet; the one
made with sugar is less sweet
than the one with fur

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

Meyer lemon tree
produced piquant bud, perhaps 
an atom of juice

slug considered on-
trend cicada dinner when
Brood X emerged, died

on path near Lake Anne 
Plaza, doll counts leaves and hours 
without their person

not fast enough to
photograph cat’s joyful face,
I’ll brush her again