#foot

trying to balance
on one foot---
a fly won't let me

#heat

crowded train station
the stairs rail is sticky---
August heat

#concert

outdoors concert
of Arabian music---
a chorus of crickets

#sunset

sunset---
the smile
on his face

#butterfly

cool August---
a butterfly turned away
at my closed window

#Park

Madison Square Park
end of August---
no one is in a hurry

#name

her face from a passing car
what's her name---
a waxing gibbous

#fog

morning fog---
a coyote
sounds louder

#wet

I'm wet and he asks
is it raining---
the redundancy

#global

wearing fleece
in mid August---
global what?

#arrive

the remnants
of a hurricane arrive---
and his mother-in-law

#train

as I wait for a train---
a pigeon walks
back and forth

#wish

eating chicken---
the wish-bone so small
I wish better weather

#coffee

cold August morning---
I make
hot coffee

#swing

on a swing
only her in the park---
August drizzle

#cold

cold in August---
a pigeon retracts
its neck

#bells

church bells ring
from the force of the earth quake---
Pisco* destroyed

*city in Peru

#blue

she ties her grey hair
in a bun---
August blue sky

#fairy

in the park
a fairy dances---
August smog

#dream

night time
on the beach---
a foolish dream passes by

#blood

cutting up red pepper
for the salad---
a drop of blood

#walking

overcast August day---
a fly keeps walking
on the floor

#turns

the wind turns
her skirts turns---
and my neck

#Park

Astoria Park
cool August day---
a yacht blows its whistle

#sunset

sunset---
the sadness
in her eyes

#stare

a Blue Jay
in the park---
I stare back

#bar

bright August day---
finishing the ice cream bar
before it melts

#walk

August drizzle---
I go
for a walk

#Park

Madison Square Park
live folk music---
no one wears red suspenders

#meteor

stargazers ooh---
the Perseid
meteor shower

#bleached

bright August day---
her bleached blond hair
is unnoticed

#sunrise

sunrise---
the dirty dishes
of last night

#rats

once more heavy rain
floods the subway---
rats can swim

#music

morning fog---
listening
to minimalist music

#cool

a cool August day---
my friend buys
a hot swim suit

#moth

blue August sky---
a moth
on the window glass

#ozone

August scorcher---
ozone so high
pigeons hang out on trees

#sudden

August sudden downpours---
my grey hair
got darker

#empty

trying to find
drinking water
in empty park---August haze

#sunset

a dark cloud passes
as the sun sets---
August short fuse

#clouds

dark August clouds---
looking up Hiroshima
on the map

#tray

overcast day---
she cleans her
Japanese lacquer tea tray

#fans

at a bus stop
a woman sells Chinese fans---
August stillness

#iced

more iced coffee
as if we need a reason---
Big Apple August


#sunset

lil* boat
sails by the skyline---
August sunset

*urban slang for little

#lightening

August lightening---
the fireflies
take the night off

#hands

she bends to pick up
water melon---
I keep my hands to myself

#laureate

our new poet laureate
is a surrealist---
absurd!

#ring

happy hour---
she tells the bartender
she lost her wedding ring

#grass

smell of freshly cut grass---
I caress
her crew cut

#fish

at the pier---no catches
the big fish busy eating
the small fish

#men

bouzouki music
in the park---
dancing with men

#ends

July ends---
the next day is
September First

#dawn

dawn---
a neon sign says
ATM


#pool

Summer pool---
I remember
what Archimedes said

#hair

morning fog---
sits well
with the grey in my hair