#complaints

July sudden downpour---
there are no
complaints

#sunrise

Summer sunrise---
salsa dancers are still
strutting

#Yellow

Yellow Yellow *---
she should teach
at Harvard

* http://tinyurl.com/mzndeb

#stupid

stupid *---marked by or resulting
from unreasoned
thinking or acting

* http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid

#sparrow

playing tennis---
I confuse a sparrow
with the ball

#tears

noon disparate clouds---
she has the tears in her jeans
in the right places

#shadow

Manhattan lunch hour---
my shadow quits
on me

#wind

a wind farm---
Don Quixote would
have had a field day

#eclipse

eclipse of the sun---
monks in orange
pray

#blue

blue sky---
I order my eggs
sunny side up

#race

evening fog---
a race car driver
takes the subway

#fog

morning fog---
a beggar wears
an orange coat

#night

starless night---
a fisherman talks
to himself

#light

July Twenty---
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
in the Earth light

#River

East River July---
so many picnics
I get hungry

#blue

Sunday blue sky---
a kid comes out
of confession

#Park

Central Park July---
a juggler
sweats

#way

and that's the way it is---
Walter Cronkite
dies

#fog

dense fog---
a nudist beach
empties up

#beach

Summer ennui---
there are no girls to watch
on the beach

#sonata

the moonlight sonata
on a moonless night---
and empty arms

#smarts

Judge Sotomayor's smarts---
she grew up watching
Perry Mason

#sunset

clouds at sunset---
a Yoga class
does the head stand

#wind

Summer rush of wind
through the leaves---
she stops whispering

#cake

Bastille Day---
in a cafe they eat cake
as homeless men pass

#blue

blue sky---
she tells me
a white lie

#sunset

Summer sunset---
coal miners
surface

#Park

Madison Square Park Summer---
boys watch girls
girls watch every thing

#River

East River blue sky---
the wake
of a speed boat

#roots

roots---
Obama travels
to Africa

#night

Saturday night---
the chaperon
goes for a walk

#blue

blue sky---
a monk does
nothing

#River

East River breeze---

a sail boat overtakes
an oil tanker

#beer

a beer garden---
there is a bathroom
every where you look

#porcupines

I go so deep into
a pine wood---
I start thinking of porcupines

#cool

cool July day---
the ice cream man
goes for a coffee break

#flowers

Tour De France---
all these men do this
for a kiss and flowers by day's end

#blue

blue sky---
a column of smoke
moves sideway

#dragonfly

lonely in the park---
a dragonfly
caresses my face

#class

morning stillness---
I watch
a Tai Chi class

#horse

Central Park green house gases---
a carriage horse shits
as he passes me

#blue

blue sky---
where did yesterday's
seagulls go

#fireworks

July Fourth fireworks---
he tells me they got
bigger ones in China

#sunset

Fourth of July sunset---
streaks of red and orange
the fireworks follow

#trust

beautiful weather
on July Fourth---
in God we trust

#Fourth

July Fourth---
Iranian protesters say
they were tortured

#blue

blue sky---
I buy dandruff
shampoo

#resigned

Sarah Palin resigned---
to do
what

#blue

blue sky---
a fisherman's bucket
is still empty

#lighthouse

late night on the beach---
the only light on
is that of the lighthouse


#ocean

a beach downpour---
they come out of the ocean
into a shower

#beach

on the beach---
a man tells me
go fly a kite

#haze

Summer haze---
the bikinis are skimpier
than usual

#night

Summer moonless night---
in the light of fireflies
we kiss

#clouds

Summer day clouds---
so what
if they will rain

#water

hot day---
a beggar asks for money
to buy a bottle of water

#blue

blue sky---
but for a crowd
of Summer kites