Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog lying on the grass in front of tall grasses in spring with the person who loves him most.

Soft mornings of May,
we took the orange light in —
this patch of earth, ours.

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.

Haiku-a-day
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.

Haiku-a-day
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.

Haiku-a-day
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.

Haiku-a-day
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.

Haiku-a-day
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.

Haiku-a-day
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.

Haiku-a-day
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.

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.

Haiku-a-day
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.

Haiku-a-day
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.