#moon

as I pass her boyfriend's house---
a full moon
Winter's chill

#escape

J.D.Salinger dies---
now he can escape
from trying to escape

#moon

full moon at sunset---
as if this town
needs another show off

#black

Obama's State of the Union---
he lays it
in black and white

#blue

blue sky---
a ghost
unable to hide

#where

Haiti's children---
but where is
mama

#chatter

New York Winter---
the chatter of homeless men
talking to themselves

#salt

Haiti hunger---
she puts salt in the water
to stay alive

#life

life expectancy
for New Yorkers goes up---
must be the no smoking

#fog

morning fog---
my nemesis neighbor
greets me

#fog

morning fog---
the East River
flows backward

#same

Saturday night---
a man and a woman
discuss same sex marriage

#blue

blue sky---
a carriage horse
keeps raising its head

#sunset

as the train passes
graffiti murals---
sunset paints the sky red

#pelican

his mother wants him
to tell the truth---
a pelican stands by

#moon

half moon at dusk---
the pizza man ate
the other half

#moon

I turn off my cell---
crescent moon
over the skyline

#vote

Ted Kennedy seat vote---
it looks like another
Boston tea party

#made

the Australian Open---
insomniacs
got it made

#busy

Martin Luther King Day---
Obama is busy
at work

#help

Haiti Earth quake---
the poor man
and the rich man cry for help

#River

East River idyllic day---
so far away
from Haiti

#from

Times Square---
the man in the tickets booth
is from Haiti

#sunset

sunset---
Haiti continues
counting the dead

#read

if you live in China
you can't read this---
right on Google

#look

Haiti---
stop trying
not to look

#blue

blue sky---
a flood of tears
over Haiti

#poor

many die in Haiti
earthquake
why is it always the poor

#River

East River calm waters---
the benches are empty
Winter

#horse

January---
a carriage horse
looks bored

#Park

Central Park Serpentine---
snow covers frozen waters
don't fall

#talk

New York January---
no noise but that
of who talk to themselves


#ride

Winter subway ride---
ad for a Caribbean
school of English

#abuse

Italy abuse of
migrant farm workers---
the pope speaks out

#cold

the sun is bright
but the air is cold---
his mother-in-law shows up

#River

it's been so cold---
I miss the East River
in Summer time

#blue

blue sky---
a cat hides
under a car

#eat

Winter---
I eat dried blueberries
she touches her callouses

#is

Hollywood---
is Avatar the virtual
remake of Tarzan

#pinch

January warms up a pinch---
I take off
one sweater

#death

Germany---
nine homeless men
freeze to death

#pass

Epiphany Day---
I remember I'm broke
as I pass a church

#blue

blue sky---
a homeless man dances
while wearing a garbage bag

#old

an old woman asks
for directions to a bar---
Winter

#advise

advise for the CIA---
search
everybody

#blue

blue sky---
a V of birds fly south
ice on my window

#over

the holidays are over---
is Obama
coming back

#moon

he can't get enough
of her---
full moon at sunrise

#new

the new year---
a homeless man
has a new sign

#night

first Saturday night of the year---
I ask her to go
bawling

#pearls

a tourist wears
a necklace of pearls---
January fresh snow

#happy

New Year's Day---
a school kid is happy
tomorrow is Saturday

#snow

New Year's Eve snow flurries---
I read how to make
a white Russian

#moon

the barmaid gives last call---
bottoms go up
December full moon

#cat

bitter cold night---
I pass a cat
that's sauntering

#day

windy day---
a street clown
keeps falling down

#blood

Iran rulers---
the more blood they spell
the more they crumble

#shoe

another shoe bomber---
do we need now
to take off also our socks

#blue

blue sky---
wading through yesterday's
rain puddles

#free

December dark clouds---
an ad for free
rug cleaning

#away

Day after Christmas---
continuous rain washes away
the snow dirt

#fog

morning fog---
a smoke column tries
to sneak by

#bus

Christmas Day---
strangers at a bus stop talk
New York

#full

New York Christmas Day---
a Starbucks is open
and full of regulars

#water

Christmas Eve---
long lines at the pastry shops
I buy seltzer water

#soiled

Christmas Eve---
soiled snow at the entrance
of a church

#crowd

Christmas nears---
the crowd at Times Square
moves faster

#blue

blue sky---
a kid throws
snow balls upward

#gift

late December gift giving---
an ad for erection
dysfunction

#day

bright December day---
snow on the ground
don't forget your sunglasses

#black

December blizzard---
I can see no black
from my windows

#night

Saturday night---
the snow on the Christmas tree
is real

#snow

first snow storm nears---
I clean
the windows

#wind

Times Square night cold wind---
a woman wears
thigh high boots

#blue

blue sky---
she wears
a fur coat

#tree

New York Christmas tree---
where will it go
after new year day