Terrier

Terrier
By Kitty Sutton

The dog is ever close,
teasing me with his ball.
Taking me on wild runs.
Terrorizing the cat.
Together we explore
to find hidden secrets
tucked deep in a dark hole.

Pleiades

This titled form was invented in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, Sol Magazine's Lead Editor. Only one word is allowed in the title followed by a single seven-line stanza. The first word in each line begins with the same letter as the title. Hortensia Anderson, a popular haiku and tanka poet, added her own requirement of restricting the line length to six syllables.