PROMPT: Pet

What is good about having a pet?

More time with animals and less time humans makes one more likely to retain sanity.

Christmas Cat [Haiku]

sitting on a wall,
 beside the potted poinsettias,
  a cat grooms itself. 

Go-Getter [Senryū]

when you’re the family 
go-getter, and yet you’re
a zoned-out mess.

Cambridge U. Limerick

When Lord Byron lived at Cambridge University,
he greatly increased campus diversity.
He lived with a bear.
They were quite the pair.
For the poet, the dog ban was a perversity.

Guard Dog [Senryū]

dog guards church
by being a trip-hazard...
and doing it well

Cat Conformity [Senryū]

the cat that conforms
to a hollow in the wall
won't conform elsewise

DAILY PHOTO: Primping Cat on a Rail

Taken in December of 2021 in Darjeeling

Curious Dog [Haiku]

a sun-warmed dog,
freshly fed & curious,
readies to inspect

POEM: Silly Cat

I think you know my silly cat

It perches on heads like a hat

It catches critters and sets them free

cause it finds canned food more tasty,

but it loves the sport of the hunt

and can perform acrobatic stunts

between bouts of blissful slumber