You remember what Haiku is, right? It's that Japanese style of poem writing you were forced to learn in middle school for some unknown and protested reason. The first stanza of the poem has five syllables, the second stanza has seven, and the third and last stanza has five. No more. No less.

We never hand out homework, but we're making an exception for Dog-Related Haiku Challenge 2019. Your mission is to write at least one, but preferably multiple haiku about your dog. Here is the Wikipedia definition of Haiku to help you all out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku.

We'll be giving out a $25 gift certificate to the winner. You have our word that all conforming entries will be judged by a highly trained Haiku professional. There's no limit to the number of poems you can submit, so go nuts. Call the neighbors. Get the kids involved. Alert NORAD.

Submissions must be legitimate haiku and they must be family-friendly. Submissions that don't conform will be deleted with malice.

Send all submissions to fatmax@twosaltydogs.net

Here are a couple of previous submissions:

Snoozing on the couch
Our pup has nary a care
Life is good, right here

Who, with sincere eyes
Can warm my heart so sweetly?
No one but my dog