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·May 25, 2000·2 min read

Posted by puppylove on Thursday May 25, @06:59AM

These are some profound haikus. Someone has come up with these haikus from a dog's point of view.

For those of you not familiar, Haiku is a minimalist form of Japanese poetry. There are strict limits for the number of syllables on each line, 5 syllables on the first, 7 on the second and 5 in the third and last, no more no less.

I lie belly-up In the sunshine, happier than You will ever be.

Today I sniffed Many dog behinds -- I celebrate By kissing your face.

I sound the alarm! Paper boy -- come to kill us all Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!

I sound the alarm! Garbage man -- come to kill us all Look! Look! Look! Look! Look!

How do I love thee? The ways are as numberless as My hairs on the rug.

My human is home! I am so ecstatic I have Made a puddle.

I Hate my choke chain Look, world, they strangle me! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack! Ack!

Sleeping here, my chin On your foot -- no greater bliss well, Maybe catching rats

Look in my eyes and Deny it. No human could Love you as much as I do.

The cat is not all Bad -- she fills the litter box With tootsie rolls.

Dig under the fence -- why? Because it is there. Because it's There. Because it's there.

I am your best friend, Now, always, and especially When you are eating.

What stayed with you?

A line that lingered, a feeling, a disagreement. Great comments are as valuable as the original piece.

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