Cairn Haiku - Poll 1 of 5

[bradl]

Bon Appetit

Steel bowl full with food

Seconds pass, food gone, silence

Loud burp! Dinner good!

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Diving Diva

The water calls her

She sees her beloved float

Now she takes the plunge

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Hot-Diggity

He sniffs the area

"What's this....?" scratches the soft ground

Soil flies all around

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The hang-out

Treat jar has no name

But it always looks the same

Twelve paws beneath it.

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Guard Dog....

Sleeping in my bed

I hear a noise so I bark

Oh it's just Mom, Sigh......

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Stinky Pup

My stinky puppy

To bathe or not to bathe him

That is the question

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Enticement

I have a Cookie,

Won't you come my little one

NO not til I'm done!

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My home is your home

Lizards, Mice, Crickets

too! Wes sneaks 'em all inside.

"Hide under my couch!"

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While We Try To Sleep

Voices bark, cairn ears

Hear faint rumbles, thunder comes

The boys protect us

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In the yard

Holes dug, plants watered

Cairn commandos stand on guard

Cairn ears listening

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This is a poll for choosing a finalist in the Cairn Haiku contest. There are five polls - you may vote once in each of the five polls. The top vote-getter in each individual poll will be placed in a final poll to determine the overall favorite Cairn haiku. This poll will close at 8:00 PM server time (Pacific Daylight Savings Time) on Sunday, August 8.

Note to contributors - while I tried to be reasonably generous in pronouncing words in order to get syllable counts into line, poems that could not be coaxed into 5-7-5 format are not included. While 5-7-5 is not the only format acceptable for haikus, it was the format specified for this contest. All submissions were lovely and worthy of re-reading and I thank everyone who contributed to this fun project in any way.