Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog walking on a wooded path in summer looking up at the person who loves him most.

You’re still on each walk
trotting out ahead or
smiling at my side.

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A black and white dog walking through tall grass in summer with the person who loves him most.

The joy of going
through the tall meadow grasses,
only needing us.

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A black and white photo of a black and white dog in profile in the woods with the person who loves him most.

The moon, a sliver,
reminds me of you today,
these things that persist.

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A black and white dog on a walk on a boardwalk along a creek with the person who loves him most.

You were only six
this day we walked at the creek,
all luck and beauty.

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A black and white dog resting on a couch contentedly looking at the person who loves him most.

Resting together,
mornings were for poetry,
true words seeping in.

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A black and white dog smiling on a forest path in spring with the person who loves him most.

The start of our walk,
your nose filled with forest life,
us, a part of it.

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black and white dog laying in spring grass with the person who loves him most.

The softness of May,
you, out in front and looking,
I imagine it.

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A black and white dog walking by a large clump of wild asters blooming in late-fall light with the person who loves him most.

We’re here a moment,
asters feeding bees in fall —
there’s no other life.

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Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog lays on a couch contentedly looking at the person who loves him most.

Our home was just this —
quiet on a Saturday
in between our walks.

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A black and white dog smiles on a sunny spring day on a forest path with the person who loves him most.

Awake to the day —
every concern disappeared
on our forest path.

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A black and white dog smiles on a sunny day looking through a fence with dandelions all around with the person who loves him most.

The hopeful morning —
the kindness that changes things,
the good memory.

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A black and white dog smiles on a sunny day reflected in a garden gazing ball with the person who loves him most.

Every good thing —
the gazing ball reflection
of our garden smiles.

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