#life

beach rainy day---
can't remember who said
life is a beach

#directions

sunday morning---
a priest asks me
for directions

#box

searching
in an old box---
I found "Paradise Lost"

#fast

walking fast---
my eyeglasses
covered with rain drops

#doctor tanka

they yelled is there
a doctor in the house?---
as a kid I had a toy
doctor bag to induce me
to grow up to be one

#mermaid

slapping and bubbling---
the two parts of a mermaid
are estranged

#parts

foggy morning---
the two parts of a mermaid
are estranged

#bite

long day in the park---
a mosquito
comes back to bite

#less

union square station---
the less clothes people wear
the hotter it gets

#giggle

an older girl
on the swing---
the others giggle

#scoreless

the world cup game
is still scoreless---
summer solstice

#summer solstice

summer solstice---
too short a night
to remember her name

#butterfly

breezy day---
a butterfly
and I collide

#squeak tanka

the laundry rope
across an ally squeaks---
while the woman
pulling on it squeaks
about the landlord

#new

early morning---
a bird hasn't sung
any thing new for hours

#sailboat

lying on his surf board---
near a toy
black sailboat

#first

first summer moon---
light in my heart
clouds in my eyes

#sunset

sunset---
the orange volley ball
served into the sea

#he

fathers day---
he would have asked me
why haiku

#clean

clean streets,
shiny cars---
and no pedestrians

#pine

long summer walk---
she massages
her calluses with a pine cone

#night

early morning---
last night disagreement
continues

#sunset

sunset---
there is more foam
to my beer than the surf

#morning

morning sky---
the pigeons
are hungry

#girl

a little girl dances
in the park---
partner is imaginary

#Union

Summer time
in Union Square---
Oh! Calcutta

#frizzles

sunlight strikes
the wine decanter---
the frizzles of her red hair

#towel

the third time
the guest wants a fresh towel---
the waiter drops the towel

#beach

rush hour---
sitting next to a woman
going to the beach

#end

all park benches are taken---
she sits at
the other end of mine

#past

hitting a ball
against a park wall---
the cracks of my past

#sunset

sunset---
she pours me jasmine
flavored tea

#dog

early morning---
a man yelling
at a barking dog

#ant

cold night---
an ant creeps
under my foot

#dance

the party is over---
silently the leaves
dance to the wind

#spider

under my desk---
a spider builds
its own wires network

#high

down town
after hours---
high heels echoing

#sunset

sunset---
a cricket
sounds lonely

#woman

the woman who
moved next door---
gets many late night callers

#school

friday morning---
a school kid
yells: "I don't want to go"

#tail

hazy evening---
a distant light
has a tail

#cup

street soccer---
practicing
for the next world cup

#chili

chili dinner---
a heart-burn
cooked by a heart-throb

#rain

heavy rain---
an open umbrella
floats down the street

#worm

on the floor, the paper string
from a Hershey's kiss---
acting like a worm

#moon

a drunk raises
his bottle and winks---
a half moon

#combs

morning stillness---
she combs
her hair

#bat

dense fog---
a bat can't see
where he's going

#cage

behind me---an old lady
carrying an empty
bamboo cage

#sunset

sunset---
the coffee
is almost done

#column

overcast sky---
a smoke column
moves horizontally

#chalk

overcast day,
drawn in chalk on a
playground wall---the sun

#meeting

at a meeting---
some one with
the same ring tones as me

#softball

sudden downpours
both softball teams
go to the same bar

#machine

buying a metrocard
with a credit card
from a machine---thank you

#Darwin

in the subway
a Darwin look alike
stares at me

#rabbit

morning fog---
a white rabbit
takes it easy

#sunset

sunset--- the clouds make
the end of a long summer day
welcome

#noise

the noise from the street
blocks the noise
of the neighbors

#fountains

water shoots up
from fountains---
calla lilies bloom

#dragon

hot day---
a smoke column
shaped like a dragon

#ex

the sun shines
while it rains---
I think of my ex

#fish

early morning---
watching fishermen
talk more than fish