#traffic

New York bans cars
in Times Square---
the streetwalkers are unhappy


#River

Hudson River cool breeze---
so many men
go topless

#moon

moon above the skyline---
and all I got
is a half pita bread loaf

#blue

blue sky---
a fish monger opens clams
a May lone cloud

#pizza

pizza for dinner---
it's been long time
since I've seen the moon

#fog

morning fog---
the cat ignores
the neighbors' husky

#River

East River---sparrows drink
from a street puddle
May mist

#fog

morning fog---
I visit my friend
the fortuneteller

#bride

the sun behind a thin cloud---
the groom unveils his bride
late May

#rat

morning haze---
a rat stares back
at me

#garden

late night---
she shows me her garden
I taste her tomatoes

#blue

blue sky---
as if last night fireworks
never happened

#River

East River---
the sun shines
Memorial Day

#battle

kids fight a gun battle
in the swimming pool---
Memorial Day

#fly

late May---
a fly lands on
a poem by Isa

#fog

Saturday morning fog---
a boy wears his uniform
to go to school

#bird

whistles as she passes---
a bird
flies away

#blue

blue sky---
but not enough
sunspots

#River

East River rapids---
I run my fingers
through her white hair

#nothing

ozone level too high---
a woman wears nothing
under her skirt

#sunset

sunset---
a women softball game
ends in lots of hugs

#cool

bared bodies watching weather
starts---
I keep my cool

#sunset

sunset---
the sound of people singing
as I pass a church

#stands

late May---
a butterfly stands outside
my closed window

#River

East River stills waters---
I toss a rock in them
clear skies

#blue

blue sky---
a monk
looks up

#pigeon

a street park---
I watch a pigeon
try to earn daily bread

#sunset

sunset---
May clouds cracked enough
to see purple and red

#swaps

first time in a casino----
he asks if they have
credit default swaps

#bride

overcast May---
the bride wears
a yellow gown

#River

East River Saturday
clouds clear---
she smiles

#cat

morning blanket fog---
the cat wants
to go out

#River

East River green waters---
a friend gives me a sip
of his absinthe

#haze

morning haze---
I receive an ad
for a cemetery

#dense

afternoon dense fog---
the barmaid gives me
another for the road

#fog

morning fog---
more talk about more
pictures of detainees' torture

#River

East River nice day---
a gust of wind blows
trash in my face

#blue

blue sky---
she walks around the house
topless

#sunset

sunset---
I step on
dog shit

#fastest

morning commute---
the bicycle lane
is the fastest

#eat

a grocery store---
finding out what two priests
like to eat

#dogs

asphalt park---
the squirrels are not afraid
of dogs

#flowers

on side streets
kids carry flowers---
Mother's Day

#blue

blue sky---
a sale on kitchen ware
for Mother's Day

#may

finally the sun came out---
how May can be
may be

#fog

morning fog---
my voyeur neighbor
loses his hard-on

#River

East River warm Spring day---
an old dog pisses
on new grass

#friend

blue sky---
a rare friend
comes home

#sunset

after a stormy day---
sunset
she's done putting on makeup

#women

the sound of women
whispering---
moonless night

#River

East River low clouds---
the Chrysler Building needle
pricks

#orange

still no sunshine---
I eat
an orange

#clothes

the emperor has no clothes---
the swine flu is just
another flu

#parrot

gloomy Spring day---
a parrot keeps saying
smile honey

#petals

cold rainy day---
Cherry blossom petals
carpet the sidewalk

#mist

morning mist---
she takes off her eyeglasses
to see me better

#can

rainy May Sunday---
at a bus stop
an empty can of beer

#cash

short on cash---
Kentucky Derby won
by a fifty-to-one long shot

#night

Saturday night---
but no kissing
the swine flu

#bard

the bard has no beard---
the UK first female
poet laureate

#beer

Friday afternoon downpour---
a beer truck stops
to unload

#monkey

May Day---
a monkey at the zoo
raises his fist

#River

East River dark clouds---
bright green leaves sprout
April ends

#news

Obama's news conference---
I turn off
Mozart

#sunset

Hudson River sunset---
no talk here about
the swine flu

#blue

blue sky---
I forgot
my flu mask

#gym

at the gym---
does their sweat
carry swine flu virus

#wave

April heat wave---
I decide not to
turn on the ac

#swine

swine flu scare---
I stay home and cook
my pork real well

#blue

blue sky---
my neighbor shaves
her legs