Cairn Haiku - Poll 2 of 5

[bradl]

Who me?

My chewed up new shoes

Savannah looks innocent

"I didn't do it, Mom!"

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A New Day

Awakened to noise

a paw bangs on the crate door

the day has begun

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Life in Our House

Brody come, good boy

Mia come, Mia, Mia?

Oh how we love it

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Our Cairn Terriers

Playful and happy,

Best little pals in the world.

Our Cairn terriers.

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The Aloof Cairn

The stooge ball is thrown

Look at that Lab run and fetch

I, with pride, refuse

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Earthdog

The prey hides below.

Come out, Come out, my sweet toy!

Earthdog has your scent!

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Dreams

Playtime is over

Cosmo lays on cold cement

Dreaming biscuit dreams

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Farm Boy

Cosmo looks back once

Then into the corn so high

the chase has begun

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Old dog

Losing sight, hearing

Forget where I am going

Still cute as ever

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In the Eyes of a Cairn...

Squirrels in my back yard

Bark, Bark. Up the tree they run.

Rats! They win again!

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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.