I would like to thank April's Recognized Writer RGstar who challenged my haiku-lovin' heart to write an open syllable count, rhymed, four-stanza poem. He also edited and provided valuable suggestions as I enter the realm of rhymed verse. I owe a big debt of gratitude to him.

Since I am vacationing on a mountaintop above Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, I have the luxuries of time and isolation to try other complex forms of poetry. I chose as my subject my Chihuahua Mina's homecoming in Mexico, and added a fifth stanza to RGstar's challenge, forming a story. Everyone here has or had at one point a Chihuahua, so they greet her as is she was Chloe in the movie "Beverley Hills Chihuahua." People kept calling her "Chichi" and I did not know what that meant until I learned that Chihuahuas are thought to be the descendants of Techichi, the companion dog of the ancient Toltecs. As you can see by my picture, walking though the outdoor markets with Mina, I am an easy mark for Chihuahua knickknacks.

More poems are coming inspired by my walks with Mina on a Mexican mountain.

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