#Paris

Paris Champs-Elysees---
bicycles race
Tour de France lives on

#wet

morning haze---
they both try
to avoid the wet spot

#Park

Madison Square Park---
cars honk
end of July boredom

#nude

Summer haze---
the nude beach
is empty

#sunset

colored fluffy clouds---
cotton candy man comes
at sunset

#suits

hot Summer days---
men in dark suits
dozing on the train

#Lance

Tour de France
doping scandal---
I miss Lance

#sunset

Summer sunset---
she
sighs

#roofs

Big Apple Summer
some roofs painted silver---
for lack of snow

#parlor

outside an ice cream parlor
a homeless woman reclines---
late July

#ballet

Summer afternoon---
flipping channels
I find a ballet

#yesterday

blue sky---
as if yesterday
did not happen

#gravel

Hudson River Park---
a sparrow bathes
in the gravel

#sunset

sunset---
a rider on a Ferris wheel
goes up

#Summer

Big Apple Summer---
Coned screws up
once again

#buzz

afternoon nap---
the buzz of a chopper
then a mosquito

#Venus

viewing Venus
the skyline red lights wink---
Summer lust

#tree

late July---
a tree in a schoolyard
bears apples

#rush

Summer evening rush---
a man asks himself
why am I here

#drain

overcast morning---
a giant cockroach
comes out of the kitchen drain

#cycles

top of the Alps
to the sea in one day---
Tour de France cycles on

#dancer

joke telling Summer night---
a dancer tells his
with no words

#trail

Big Apple Summer---
many dress like
this is a mountain trail

#moon

Summer night
her pants slide as she sits---
crescent moon

#sunset

Summer sunset---
they play tennis
on clay

#moon

going out
she curls her eyelashes---
crescent moon

#bulls

rodeo riding---
the bulls
never lose

#Park

Madison Square Park
slow Summer day...
local women gossip

#Akita

mouth dripping
head shaking...an Akita
sits in the hot sun

#sunset

Summer sunset---
the sun comes out
for a quick dip

#Day

Bastille Day---
can democracy
truly unite Europe?

#out

Bastille Day---
an elephant at the zoo
is let out for a walk

#Friday

Friday the Thirteenth---
I make sure I remember
to put on sunscreen

#mosquito

morning stillness---
a mosquito buzzes
over an empty bed

#Park

Madison Square Park
after the heat wave---
the benches are full

#ants

Tour de France---
diligence of ants
climbing a sand hill

#bored

hot day in the park---
the frogs at the pond
sound bored

#butterfly

no flowers near by---
a butterfly lands
on my shoe lace

#bark

fallen scraps
of dead bark---
I buy dandruff shampoo

#fight

in the heat of a Summer noon
they fight---
two sparrows

#hot

hot day---
she writes a haiku
in minimal clothes

#solar

heat wave---
a homeless man
cooks with solar

#scaffold

hot Sunday---
a worker on a scaffold
his sweat drops on passers by

#Fountain

Madison Square Fountain---
dimes outshine pennies
ten to one

#pollution

Summer polluted air
turn on the air conditioner---
more pollution

#long

the long days of Summer---
I start reading
Marcel Proust again

#pizza

dry and hot day---
a pizza cook
goes on his lunch break

#bar

Summer fireworks---
a man at the bar
makes an obscene gesture

#cat

gloomy Summer day---
a black cat
chases a moth

#squirrel

July morning---
a squirrel stands
to do Tai Chi

#meal

Independence Day---
an illegal immigrant
serves me a meal

#Fourth

Fourth of July---
another day
at Guantanamo Bay

#boardwalk

late night on the boardwalk---
a woman asks me
for a light

#night

old couple view
a distant lighthouse---
July moonless night

#sunset

July sunset---
she drops the mango pit
into the ocean

#lemonade

at the beach
a kid says he made
the lemonade---salty

#cracker

July First afternoon---
a fire cracker
wakes me up

#dawn

July dawn---
the pier is littered
with beer bottles

#fuse

Summer short fuse---
a dog chasing a squirrel
ran out of leach

#windows

brilliant blue sky---
I finally washed
my windows

#cemetery

late night---
fireflies rise up
in the cemetery

#dentist

my dentist extracts
more teeth---
no tooth fairies

#rice

overcast morning
the smell of steaming rice---
Summer

#walk

Summer---
a tree's luscious green
covers the walk signal

#spoiler

mid afternoon
Summer showers---
the spoiler

#grey

grey day---
the mailman passes me
with no "have a nice day"

#swing

Lincoln Center hot night---
the swing band
takes off jackets

#hollow

heat wave---
a sparrow disappears
in a tree's hollow

#sunset

sunset---
the beach volleyball game
heats up

#look

morning meditation---
a sparrow gives me
a strange look

#roof

Summer haze---
she is up on the roof
in the nude