#sorcerer's

dark Autumn night---
a sorcerer's apprentice
shivers

#clock

October last Sunday---
lost an hour
resetting an old clock

#ghosts

cold Saturday night---
the semetery ghosts
brown-bag it

#rain

pouring rain---
the landlord
turns on the heat higher

#sunset

she wears a purple blouse
at sunset---
I order espresso

#fawn

tattoos---
a fawn with a back
full of little nothings

#moon

a night owl
finally meets a real one---
full moon

#cotton

morning cotton clouds---
the washer
stopped foaming

#pumpkin

Autumn night---
a homeless man
has a pumpkin

#pie

cold morning---
nothing left
of last night apple pie

#brisk

evening rush---
only the wind
is brisk

#train

my morning train
delayed---a seagull
flies above the tracks

#sunset

the smell of roasting
eggplant---
October sunset

#sunny

sunny---
a ditch digger
finds a brass doorknob

#pictures

overcast day---
I look at old pictures
in black and white

#Wal-Mart

Sunday morning---
I look
for a Wal-Mart

#hell

hell---
a homeless man
wears a new garbage bag

#sunlight

morning stillness---
a dead leaf
shines in the sunlight

#wind

strong Autumn wind---
fallen leaves are back
at branch level

#sunset

a cat sitting out
at sunset---
gray with yellow streaks

#swallow

a swallow steals food
from two pigeons---
Autumn haze

#grafitti

Autumn morning---
neighborhood graffiti
has changed colors

#branches

Indian Summer---
some branches
are already naked

#pigeon

slow morning---
one more pigeon
joins the rest

#bodega

rainy night---
the silence
outside the bodega

#fountain

plaza fountain---
light paints petals
made of bubbles

#ghosts

October in the woods---
I look for ghosts
and witches for a party

#blue

blue sky---
a crow lands
in a ditch

#kinks

knock on the door---
she straightens the kinks
in her black dress

#diner

in a Japanese diner
a fly prefers
American

#sunset

wind howls
on the boardwalk---
cold feet at sunset

#Noble

Yunus economics---
how crumbs become wheat fields
won a Noble

#yellow

green leaves dangle
in my face---I bow
yellow ones all over

#man

standing before an ant
a man asks:
who am I

#earing

rush hour---
she forgot to wear
the other ear earing

#spider

a spider
built its web
above a mouse trap

#vacuum

morning stillness---
a vaccum tube
sucking fallen leaves

#dive

rainy afternoon---
the Yankees suffer
one more nose dive

#leather

brown cockroach
walks on a brown leaf---
I wear my leather jacket

#art

art work in the park---
tree shadow
on the back of a canvas

#headline

morning headline:
"Another 60
Bodies Found---"

#fruit

I see her at a fruit stand---
the sweet smell
of Fall apples

#Mohawk

Columbus Day---
I shake the hand
of a Mohawk from Buffalo

#sunset

Autumn sunset---
a leaf falls
into the gutter

#more

look east you see the sun,
west the moon---
what more do you want?

#moth

Autumn night---
a piece of bark
becomes a moth in my hand

#fleece

awaken---
I search a dark closet
for my red fleece sweatshirt

#moon

all the blue
tortilla chips are gone---
full moon

#violinist

the violinist
in the train station
wants "no pennies"

#march

Union Square anti-
war march---tired old
hippies and their kids

#empty

early morning---
an empty beer can
in an empty subway car

#jacket

leaves start to fade---
I take my base ball
jacket to the cleaner

#couple

rush hour---a couple
stay standing by leaning
one against the other

#dogs

Madison Square Park---
all the dogs
had their Autumn hair cut

#mosquito

hot day in Autumn---
a mosquito
gets one last wish

#waxing

a turtle keeps peeking
out of its shell---
waxing gibbous

#flying

cool morning---
a fly shows
no interest in flying

#light

star gazing with
my back against a
broken street light

#hiccups

Sunday morning fog---
I got the hiccups
for no reason

#football

Saturday college game---
too much kicking
for football

#ant

an ant inside
my slipper
survives a brisk night

#sunset

sunset---
a yellow half moon
green with envy

#comb

dark clouds
pour Autumn rain---
I comb my gray hair

#airplane

Shea Stadium---
looks bigger
from an airplane

#alarm

early morning---
waiting for the
alarm clock to ring

#Ode

packing to go
back home---
I hear ''The Ode to Joy''

#pudding

cloudy sky---
I get one more rice
pudding cup from the fridge

#Park

a fat duck
awash by green ---
Knightsbridge exit of Hyde Park

#pheasant

morning sunshine---
a pheasant
stays among tall grass

#hell

crowded bus---a man
whispers to another:
go to hell

#duck

clear day---
a duck keeps diving
into its water image