Wednesday, October 15, 2008

the pet haiku challenge!

Here's a CHALLENGE for readers. My sister-in-law Emily wrote the haiku below, perhaps about Spike, and suggests others may want to write a pet haiku too. They are somehow both easy and difficult. Easy because they are short, difficult because you count syllables and you want to say something clever.
Try it if you wish, and comment. Here's the form (as best I understand it):
-should be nature themed (but don't worry about that)
-does not have to rhyme
-3 lines: 5 syllables first, 7 syllables second and 5 syllables third line.


One large lazy cat
Rolling on the comforter
proudly shows belly.


(Spike and Penny)

19 comments:

  1. Here is one that I wrote for the most fab cat with an eating disorder-

    Martin my sweet boy
    Eat too much and toss cookies
    Love you none the less

    Martin Luther Cat was rescued when he was about 5 months old- he was never fed regularly, so he would (and still does) gorge himself, his poor tummy can't handle it. Martin is now 8 years old and still has a bit of a problem, although we are very careful about how much we feed him at once. I put up with his "bulimia" because he is the sweetest guy in the world- and I love him!

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  2. Spike the lazy cat
    Penny the happy beagle
    Both are dearly loved

    (Who knew the haiku
    fraught with syllable trials
    Could cause this much angst?)

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  3. I don't do Haiku
    Sibu won't look when he plays
    When I'm bugging him

    Yeah, that sucks! He is so funny, he lays with his paws stretched out and I tickle them, he turns his head away, then tries to catch my fingers.

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  4. That first haiku is brilliant! It could be about one of my cats, Little Miss Maude, who also has a kitty eating disorder. I think she went through early kittenhood trauma in a group home, even though otherwise she seems okay. She eats much too fast and then...technicolor yawn. Her sister (same litter) doesn't do this.
    EH

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  6. Newtie the Turtle
    Sleeps and crawls in his big tank
    And loves to eat food

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  7. NEWTIE!!!!!!!!!!
    BRILLIANT work!
    Technicolor yawn, har!

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  8. Oh pottery man..
    Do you make pots for herbs?
    If so, you're kiln thyme.

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  9. Not a pet Haiku, but due to my current addiction, need I say more?

    Potter is always
    Wares today for tomorrow
    Clay formed into art.

    Ok here is a pet one:

    Pet provides comfort
    Undeniably to all
    Deservedly so.

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  10. I linked to you on my blog today, about the pet haiku!

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  11. It took re-reading about this at Reb's blog to realize you said "pet haiku".. let me try again..

    Jack Russell Terror
    Benny pesters my feline
    And hisses ensue

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  12. I'm still working on it....great exercise--haiku is not my thing.

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  13. Dog contently waits
    until the doorbell buzzes
    barking will commence.

    About my dog Rufus! I'm going to link to you later with this. So much fun! :D

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  14. Proud shih-tzu got shorn
    No more eyes peeking through hair
    Stunned disbelief reigns

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  15. "Kiln thyme" - LOVE IT!!!

    And, I thought I had the world's only bulimic cat - glad to know I'm not alone. However, mine has no excuse like a deprived or worrisome childhood - I've had her since she was 9 weeks old, and she's 16 now. I swear - she does it just to get my goat (and my attention)! She sits absolutely still, gazes at me, opens her mouth, and whoopsies. Then, she stalks away, lies down and takes her 19th nap du jour *sigh* Of course, she is Siamese, which probably explains a lot...

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  16. Chatty, I think that is indeed a Siamese trait! I grew up with one, and there is a strong memory:

    Early in the morn
    Slip out of bed while one foot
    Squishes into mush


    It happened all too often. I don't know which was worse -- a foot in cold mush or warm mush! ugh
    Cleopatra does not gift us in that manner (for which I am very grateful):


    The queen of the house
    With turn of her regal head
    Shows her diadem

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  17. Wolf (shiba inu)
    is my soul mate and my heart
    and he snores real cute

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