#carpet

she walks on the red
carpet like an actress---
Oscars' night

#emptiness

a woman loiters
on a street Saturday night---
the emptiness

#moon

I pull my navy tuque
over my ears---
a half moon

#sunrise

sunrise---
too many
broken hearts

#Campbell

early morning---only
a can of Campbell soup
in my pantry

#rush

morning rush---
she puts on lipstick
sitting next to me

#moon

watching the skyline
from a hammock---
crescent moon

#baccarat

he is still sitting
at the baccarat table---
Golden Pig

#line

Ash Wednesday---
no line
at the halal food cart

#irises

she keeps pointing
her finger---
Japanese irises

#Fat

Fat Tuesday---
an ice cream truck
parks on melting snow

#crow

morning stillness---
a crow finally
flies away

#cat

cat at the window
can't wait till the snow melt---
moonless night

#sunrise

sunrise---
she goes home
to feed her lovebird

#Pig

more babies are planed for
the year of the twice lucky:
Golden Pig

#kick

dirty big lumps of snow
blocks the crossway---
a kid starts to kick ass

#navel

her winter coat unzipped---
the sun copies itself
to her navel

#rays

sun rays
play in the snow---
the loudness

#beauty

bathing beauty
on a billboard---
snow on the sidewalk

#ears

seeing my friend's
new haiku---I can't
believe my ears

#roofs

finally those tar roofs
are brightly carpeted---
first snow

#sunrise

sunrise---
the sound of
shoveling snow

#blizzard

blizzard---
too much powdered sugar
even for Valentine Day

#blood

the red is blood
the presents bullets---
Valentine Day Massacre

#grasshopper

the wind drives a leaf
over sidewalk snow---
grasshopper

#sunset

a kid can not
find the purple crayon---
sunset

#pigeon

overcast morning---
a grey pigeon pesters me
for more crumbs

#blond

cold wind---
her blond hair
touches my face

#snail

morning stillness---
a snail
blows its horn

#lips

Valentine Day---
the only red I want
is lips

#Eskimo

mid February---
an Eskimo buys
his sweetheart a ring

#cafe

East Village cafe---
bouzuki music plays
and no one dances

#date

first date---
he does not
stop talking

#ODed

ODed---
once more
a sex symbol found dead

#chocolate

looking for her brand
of chocolate---I find
Belgian jelly beans

#metal

soft spoken---
her jewelry and music
are heavy metal

#sunset

she watches me cook
a raspberry souffle---
sunset

#astronaut

too many stars---
an astronaut forgot
how to mend a broken heart

#perfume

a flower shop---
her perfume is stronger
than nature's

#ethanol

the price of tortillas
goes up---
let them eat ethanol

#stuffed

very cold day---
a stuffed bear
stays under the bed covers

#roses

cold February day---
a florist takes
the red roses indoors

#stars

extreme cold weather---
the stars shine
more brightly

#Super

Super Bowl party---
she asks me
if I like football

#seagull

a seagull soars
above rising smoke---
cloudless winter skies

#chess

looking for wood
to knock on---
I found a chess table

#moon

beautiful blue sky---
a full moon refuses
to go to sleep

#fog

fog---a smoke column
is confused about
which way is up

#First

February First---
a sun ray dances
on her cell phone

#coat

cold night---I pass the statue
of a man wearing
a winter coat

#winter

winter morning---
too many men
wearing grey suits

#little

blue sky---
too little snow
fell to write about

#snow

morning stillness---
a man walks to work
in the snow

#tree

icy side-walk
I slip---
a tree stares

#sky

cold morning---
new graffiti
under blue sky

#prowl

a cat out
on the prowl---
no dreamgirls

#outside

side-walk cafe---
only the squirrel
sits outside

#snow

late first snow---
not enough
for a snowball fight