Happy National Haiku Poetry Day!

sleeping cat Kawanabe Kyôsai 1831–1889
Sleeping Cat by Kawanabe Kyôsai (Meiji era, 1831–1889)
April is National Poetry Month and April 17th is National Haiku Poetry Day. Here’s a special haiku I wrote in honor of the occasion.

spilled ink
paw prints on bamboo paper
budding poet

Feel free to leave your own haiku creations in the comments below!