#sunset

sunset---
a red grape
falls inside her décolleté

#Park

Madison Square Park rain---
a couple
don't even notice

#cat

I pet a cat
for a long time---
but no haiku

#moon

crescent moon
at my window---
I refill his glass

#sprinkler

Spring showers---
a shut off sprinkler
spins in the wind

#yard

a dead sparrow
in the church yard---
early Spring

#rush

morning rush---
second day of Spring
and still no miniskirts

#cake

early morning---
not much left of last night
Black Forest cake

#balloon

Spring solstice---
a birthday balloon
stuck in a leafless tree

#charcoal

waiting for Spring
to start---
I draw in charcoal

#stare

bright day---too many men
in sunglasses
stare at me

#boots

morning rush---
she steps on my toes
with her snow rubber boots

#gray

overcast day
dirty snow on the ground---
I close my gray curtains

#Park

Madison Square Park---
a pigeon shits on the snow
late March bright day

#moon

snow on the ground---
the moon
walks on the water

#snow

late March sun shines
on more snow---
being blinded by hate

#pub

at a pub---I drink
Guinness and leave
the green beer for amateurs

#Irish

Saint Patrick Day---
the weather
has an Irish temper

#milk

a snow storm---
I spill all the milk
I got

#cat

a cat drinks
from a dripping faucet---
predawn silence

#picture

Spring cleaning---
an old picture
of me in a swim suit


#pine

rubbing her callouses
the smell of pine---
almost Spring

#sunset

sunset---waiting
for these colors to bloom
in my back yard

#hawk

a hawk flies high---
traffic crawls
on the highway

#baths

foggy day---
I visit
the Turkish baths

#fly

a fly enters through
the kitchen window---
cooking cabbage

#warm

warm March day---
in the produce section
she smiles at me

#light

morning rush---
light
at the end of the tunnel

#brunch

brunch at the pier---
eating seaweed
while watching seaweed

#clocks

the clocks sprang
forward early---
while Spring still slumbers

#silent

a silent movie---
the audience
keeps on talking

#Ides

the Ides of March---
a cat has passed
nine dogs

#dark

Friday afternoon---
it's too dark to find
where's the bathroom

#frisbee

a yellow frisbee
on a park bench---
sunny mid March

#sunset

March sunset---
there is salt
in my sangria

#cat

new cover of soft snow---
an angora cat
yawns

#storm

March snow storm---
a young man
takes off his shirt

#chimes

stormy morning---
some one silenced
her wind chimes

#seagull

a seagull quacks
then quacks---
frigid day

#twin

morning rush---
a twin in a
crowded subway

#voice

cold wind---
her voice howls
from the other direction

#blue

blue sky---
a sparrow sees
its self in the puddle

#tulip

early March---
new graffiti
shaped like a tulip

#Spring

Vietnamese noodle soup---
I look for quail eggs
Spring nears

#Park

Madison Square Park---
the snow all gone
a couple kiss at night

#eating

eating raw carrots
with chicken breast---
pass the saliva please

#dinner

end of the month---
she wants to go
to her mother's for dinner

#turtle

wind driven rain---
a turtle
stops

#snow

all the snow melted---
she wears her
angora sweater

#moon

late night
the brass starts to jam---
full moon

#sunset

sunset---
my neighbor
paints the daffodils

#mum

warmer days---
the buds on trees
stay mum

#day

overcast day---
she cooks
paella

#hydrant

on a fire hydrant
I tie my shoes---behind me
a dog waits its turn

#slush

the waitress brings
grits with my eggs---
slush on the ground

#accent

she speaks English
with a Provence accent---
I order a glass of rosé