Your haiku (or is it a senryu?) works for me, Ray Rasmussen – although I would be in me bed earlier than 3am, dog or no dog!
twig in beak
a crow flies over a dog
fetching
? ?17
TECHNICAL NOTE
An all-season ‘mu-ki’ [‘no season’] ‘topic’ [theme] or ‘keyword’ [to link themes] is allowed in Japanese haiku rules. Muki can stand in for a ‘kigo’ [seasonal reference]. Throwing a stick for a dog, like skipping a stone over water, or kite flying, are muki, therefore haiku events [rather than senryu, or zappai].
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:43 am
I love your work! You’re an inspiration??and your web site is spectacular. So glad you’re sharing.
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:46 am
Winter wren hopping
fast from fir limb to fir limb.
Yellow lab squats to piss.
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:56 pm
A doggone dogged dog, Ray.
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Nice one Ray. Makes me think of counting sheep. Hope you’ve slept better since…
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Your haiku (or is it a senryu?) works for me, Ray Rasmussen – although I would be in me bed earlier than 3am, dog or no dog!
twig in beak
a crow flies over a dog
fetching
? ?17
TECHNICAL NOTE
An all-season ‘mu-ki’ [‘no season’] ‘topic’ [theme] or ‘keyword’ [to link themes] is allowed in Japanese haiku rules. Muki can stand in for a ‘kigo’ [seasonal reference]. Throwing a stick for a dog, like skipping a stone over water, or kite flying, are muki, therefore haiku events [rather than senryu, or zappai].
March 4th, 2010 at 8:55 am
It has to be a Lab.
March 4th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Nice one, Ray. I love dogku.
March 14th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Here's a dogku, Helen Ruggieri :
lab
chilly spring day
her dog sits
on my shoe
May 19th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
It has to be a Lab.