322

outdoor cats visit
mine separated by mesh
monitored by guards

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July 31, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Cats, haiku, haiku for cats, SenryuTags: cats, feral, haiku, haikuforcats 5 Comments

293

fugitive kitty
missing from evening tail count
secure the drawbridge

July 19, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Cats, haiku, SenryuTags: cats, escapee, haiku, haikuforcats, kitties 1 Comment

292

itchy spider bites
I hope he gives to causes
worthy of my blood

July 19, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, haiku for cats, SenryuTags: brucejewett, causes, haiku, haikuforcats, spider, support

270

lab chimps with androids
pay for their coffees faster
than I can with cash

July 11, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, SenryuTags: chimps, coffee, haiku, haikuforcats, senryu, starbucks 1 Comment

269 tanka

when caught in headlights 
they whip out top hats and canes
make a chorus line

that’s how shy our blacktail deer
in my town are becoming

July 10, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, deer, poetry, Tanka, WildlifeTags: chorus line, deer, haiku, haikuforcats, shyness 4 Comments

268

no TV grifters
no telephone scams and cons
only a cricket

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haikuTags: brucejewett, cons, crickete, grifts, haiku, haikuforcats, scams

266

I always tell him
these ladies are mean with knives
cat flees angry hens

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July 9, 2015July 10, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Cats, haiku, haikuforcatsTags: brucejewett, cats, haiku, haikuforcats, hens, senryu 2 Comments

265

bringing out buckets 
dishwater and bath water 
apple tree might live

July 9, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, haiku for catsTags: apple, brucejewett, drought, haikuforcats, tree, waste water 7 Comments

261

tornado alley
that stretch in my apartment
cats chase each other

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July 7, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Cats, felines, haikuTags: brucejewett, cats, haiku, haikuforcats, senryu 5 Comments

260

this heart is hemmed in
with fire breaks and cold trails
no flame can touch it

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July 7, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, poetry, SenryuTags: brucejewett, haiku, haikuforcats, heart, love 9 Comments

251

cats knock down a stool
demonstrating for more food
burning cars is next

July 4, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, Cats, haiku, haiku for cats, haikuforcats, SenryuTags: cats, demonstration, haiku, haikuforcats 7 Comments

240 rewrite

a bank takes away
an elderly poet’s home 
fights back with limericks

July 1, 2015July 2, 2015 by brucejewett Categories: Bruce Jewett, haiku, haikuforcats, SenryuTags: aging, autumn, foreclosure, haiku, haiku for cats, haikuforcats, housing, senryu 16 Comments