#tattoo

in a Turkish restaurant
the belly dancer
has a Greek  tattoo

#equinox

Autumn equinox---
a swan glides in a pond
with the wings raised

#sunset

sunset---
a neighbor
ends her fast

#cinnamon

Autumn morning clouds---
I go out to buy
more cinnamon

#wrinkles

after Autumn rain---
the sun shines
on his face wrinkles

#blue

overcast morning---
I can't find
my blue suede shoes

#Hamlet

''Hamlet'' brand
little cigars---
''Smoking kills''

#dancer

a ballet dancer
picks up a rose
off the stage---thorns point

#traffic

rush hour---
a contrail crosses
over stalled traffic

#bird

desire---
a cat looks
at a picture of a bird

#sunset

sunset---
Autumn wind
smells of apple pie

#cat

morning stillness---
a cat
is hungry

#ducks

Hyde Park---
the ducks
are very polite

#city

overcast day---
a city full of red buses
and black taxi cabs

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#green

Autumn clouds---
green leaves
quiver

#bench

Sunday morning---
my favorite bench
has spelled coffee

#story

sitting in a bookstore---
she tells me
the story of her life

#fruit

gloomy day---
I order another
half of grapefruit

#hat

 

cold wind blows off

my hat---

and a good fantasy

 

#bamboo

 

morning stillness---

bamboo shoots growing

in a water bowl

 

#wrong

 

looks the wrong way

before crossing the street---

a Yankee dog in London

 

#sneeze

 

dark clouds---

I sneeze every time

the cat passes by

 

#drizzle

 

Autumn light drizzle---

I am glad

I forgot my umbrella

 

#sign

 

in a miniskirt

she waits for a train----

'mind the gap' sign

 

#turtle

on the way to
the airport---
I pass a pet turtle farm

#fly

a September fly
keeps flying
into my face

#football

after all the violence
in the news---
Monday football

#eleven

nine eleven---
a five year old kid
celebrates his birthday

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#sunset

sunset---
a tennis ball
lands on the white line

#Sharapova

Sharapova wins New York---
a tennis court
became her ballet stage

#salt

health food restaurant---
an old man
wants salt in his soup

#sunrise

sunrise---
the neighborhood witch
closes her blinds

#skyline

the skyline on a cool
Autumn night---
and crisp Chardonnay

#humans

Union Square Park---
the dogs look happier
than the humans

#moon

orange blue full moon
in the horizon---
what lunacy!

#subway

after Labor Day
in the subway---
the clothes colors darken

#moon

city night stresses
his after five shadow---
full moon

#mantis

mantis mating season---
I hope she
does not get ideas

#backpacks

first day of school---
all backpacks
are bulging

#school

his first day of school
for the first time---
he forgets his name

#Summer

abandoned sandals
on the green---
last day of Summer

#Labor

Labor Day---
a police dog has to work
in the subway

#green

many fallen leaves
in last night storm---
they are still green

#swans

the lake is
full of swans
and she goes swimming

#movies

dreary day---
I watch on tv
old hurricane movies

#hurricane

after a hurricane---
not much in the news
till the next one

#gossip

two old ladies
on a bus gossip---once home
I close my curtains

#smell

Bush gives a speech on Iraq---
the smell of sulfur
from lighting a match

#sunset

sunset---
suddenly the sound
of a fire alarm

#Lance

seeing Fer-de-Lance---
you'll run faster
than Lance on a bicycle

#stacks

beyond smoke stacks
and rain clouds---
a day moon

#sparrow

a sparrow snatched bread
from another
and flew to my porch

#fly

dreary day---
a fly keeps falling
down the window glass

#happy

happy hour---
the bar maid
keeps breaking glasses

#dark

dark street---
a stranger smiles
at me

#karate

late Summer---
I show off my karate
blows using peaches

#jungle

a city dweller dreams---
a jungle
with eight million parrots