FurBabies by Nancy Beiman for June 11, 2024

Sometimes you just want your peanut butter to go further…

Yuck. Nothing like a soggy peanut butter sandwich. Perhaps if were Elvis’ favorite, it would be worse.

They don’t even need a washing machine.

A haiku is supposed to be 5 7 5 not 7 7 5, but a lot of haiku writers can’t do that. I like limericks the best.

Taste does not matter – Raccoons will eat anything – If it’s washed or not

Wait…do they? Ah, now I have to google and learn something…

What a beautiful raccoon!

The trash pandas here will eat anything , washed or not.

That’ll gum up the fountain’s filter.

The bread was probably too dry.

Yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck/Yuck…well, you get the idea!

Haiku? Bless you. :)

Soggy bread. Sad. Cute little critter though, and Kates sweet face. I wonder if she could have a crossover with Milo and his friends.

Is that your sandwich, Kate?

I love the video of the raccoon washing cotton candy in the water and the look on his face when it disappears.

Sirius Haiku…

Look, it’s the mailman!

He’s coming to kill us all.

Bark, Bark, Bark, Bark, Bark!

I think that may have been Kate’s lunch.

FYI: Haiku (俳句, listenⓘ) is a type of short form poetry that originated in Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 phonetic units (called on in Japanese, which are similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern;1 that include a kireji, or “cutting word”;2 and a kigo, or seasonal reference. However, haiku by classical Japanese poets, such as Matsuo Bashō, also deviate from the 17-on pattern and sometimes do not contain a kireji. Similar poems that do not adhere to these rules are generally classified as senryū.3 (Copied from Wikipedia)

There are 15 pages of information about Haiku at Wikipedia, I recommend it.

I have wondered about haiku translated from Japanese. How can they maintain the form and give a worthy translation? Of course, reading any poetry in translation you only get a hint of the original.

Love the poems. Seldom seen in comics. Thanks to the author.

Maybe if you’re a raccoon. Otherwise, I’m not sure.