Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands in a yard in wintertime sniffing the air.

Still wild and happy,
you basked in the scents of earth,
dreamed of them later.

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A black and white dog stands in a forest in wintertime with a perfect snowflake on his black eye patch.

Your nose finding life,
happy to root in the snow,
crows calling above.

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A black and white dog rests on the grass in summertime.

Your white eyelashes
stand out as you rest in the grass
warmed by summer sun.

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A black and white dog stands in the summertime sun with his eyes closed and smiling.

The pull back is strong
to your last best sunny day,
and your life before.

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A view of dried wildflower stalks in snow with late-day blue shadows and a deer hoof print.

You were the center,
leading the way every walk,
through sun and shadows.

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Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands stands outside in grass looking with soft eyes at the person who loves him most.

The winter solstice,
a start and also an end,
soft-eyed, out ahead.

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Haiku-a-day
A crow flies on a blustery gray winter day.

Crows blow over wild,
I’ve heard they detect heartbreak
and gather for you.

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A black and white dog sits contently with his chin in the hand of the person who loves him most.

Your chin in my hand,
a sign of love between us,
contentment and peace.

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Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands stands contently in the grass among dandelions gone to seed with sun shining on him.

Smiling under sun
among the dandelions
at the forest’s edge.

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Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands stands contently in the grass of a backyard garden with sun shining on him.

In the summer grass,
you stand in early-day sun,
soft-eyed and content.

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A black and white dog stands out ahead on a leash at the edge of a forest looking at the person who loves him most holding the leash.

Your forest, meadow,
you loved the world till the end,
and you were loved back.

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A black and white dog stands out ahead on a leash in a fall forest with the person who loves him most holding the leash.

For a year a stray,
then loved and always at home,
me, here, just behind.

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Haiku-a-day
A black and white dog stands near a fence, looking happily at the person who loves him most.

These things sustained us —
out looking — before sunrise,
or under spring stars.

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