Shopping Haiku and Doggie Date Haiku

By Laura Stamps

Shopping Haiku

Going to Marshalls 

to buy a gift. Find lipstick 

for me. Buy that too.



At Marshalls my phone 

rings. It’s the vet. Really? “What’s 

up?” I say. Clueless.



Oh. It’s the cute vet 

tech I saw there. And now he’s 

asking me out. Yikes!



How do I tell him 

I don’t like men? Well, I do. 

Like men. But not now.



He proposes a 

date with our dogs. At Starbucks. 

Yeah. I can do that.



I mean, how could I 

resist a cute guy with a 

Yorkie? Can’t. Just can’t.



I should get Hazel 

a new outfit for our date. 

More shopping. What fun!

Doggie Date Haiku

Puppuccinos for 

Hazel and Sam (the Yorkie). 

Two cold brews for us.



I give Hazel part 

of my grilled cheese. So pretty. 

She is. Her new dress.



The cute guy is nice. 

Mark. That’s his name. We like the 

same books. This is good.



People compliment 

us on our dogs. His Yorkie. 

My sweet Chihuahua.



Then Sam bites Hazel. 

He hates her. Date over. Oh, 

well. At least I tried.

Laura Stamps is a poet and novelist and the author of over 60 books. Most recently: THE GOOD DOG (Prolific Pulse Press, 2023), ADDICTED TO DOG MAGAZINES (Impspired, 2023), and MY FRIEND TELLS ME SHE WANTS A DOG (Kittyfeather Press, 2023). She is the recipient
of a Pulitzer Prize nomination and 7 Pushcart Prize nominations.