#Eleven

Nine Eleven---
two light beams replace the twin towers
and crescent moon

#nine

nine years after Nine-Eleven---
making Islam
the scapegoat

#apples

apples dipped in honey---
Rosh Hashanah
starts

#sunset

low clouds at sunset---
a pipe smoker
passes me by

#blue

blue sky---
an advocate for burning the Koran
changes his mind

#River

East River night
cool September wind---
lovers stay in their cars

#school

early September---
a little girl cries
as she walks to school

#sunset

sunset---
as the train starts
to enter the tunnel

#blue

blue sky---
the smell of
burning paper

#tree

sign on a tree---
help wanted
check inside

#more

school starts
beaches close---
and the ice cream truck is gone

#sunset

Labor Day sunset---
a traffic jam extends
for miles

#sale

Labor Day---
customers line up at a store
having a sale

#break

intermission---
an actor goes out the back door
for a smoke

#cold

cold beach day---
the volleyball women players
wear gym clothes

#open

Astoria, Queens---
across a church a mosque
both with doors open

#blue

blue sky---
a chatterbox has no one
to talk to

#sunset

sunset---
through a crack of the clouds
of hurricane Earl

#here

Earl---
it takes a hurricane
to remind us it's now September

#faults

the US Open---
Roddick's foot faults
and also his tongue

#peace

White House Mideast peace conference---
this time we all have
our fingers crossed

#blood

flea market shopping---
you may have to pay in blood
the bedbugs scare

#sunset

Summer sunset---
she ties her bikini top
before she gets up

#silence

Summer barber shop---
sudden silence
as a blonde bombshell comes in

#empty

blue sky
and empty sidewalks---
August ends

#camp

the army boot camp
is now Pilates and Yoga---
just like dancers

#raccoon

wildlife in the big city---
a raccoon scratches at her door
at midnight

#ends

I find an empty envelope
in my mail box---
August ends

#blue

blue sky---
I clean
my attic

#men

Chile trapped miners---
they are all
men

#moon

August picnic---
low carb foods
and a day moon

#sparrow

one two and jump
one two and jump---
a sparrow tango

#blue

blue sky---
as if kissing lovers
need an excuse

#sunset

August sunset---
the cat views
a butterfly

#tree

August morning---
the new graffiti looks
like a Christmas tree

#rain

for days August rains---
as the sun comes out
an old man takes off his shirt

#blue

blue sky---
just for the display
of a day moon

#gloom

August gloom---
a cop smiles
while writing a ticket

#rain

August heavy rain---
a beer truck sprays me
with secondhand water

#hunger

scenes of Pakistan floods---
the hunger
of kids

#cold

cold in August---
a kid in the pool says
it's global warming

#sunset

overcast August day---
At sunset I go
to play tennis

#waters

Pakistan floods---
diseases spread
from unclean waters

#cat

evening fog---
the cat wants
to go out

#foods

Pakistan floods---
all their foods
have been washed away

#fog

Sunday morning fog---
there is no one
on the street

#talk

Saturday night local pub---
all talk about
the economy

#floods

Pakistan floods---
is it
global warming

#jasmine

late August garbage bags---
a jasmine tree
near by

#play

August boredom---
older girls play
hopscotch

#gypsies

liberté, égalité, fraternité---
France expels
its gypsies

#blue

blue sky---
Odysseus stares
into the abyss

#sunset

August sunset---
a water melon vendor says
last chance

#leaf

Summer starts to wane---
A dead leaf falls
on my head

#River

East River August stillness---
A goalie kicks the ball
to the water

#enemy

mosque at Ground Zero---
Islam is not the enemy
hate is

#shower

caught in an August shower---
I stop at
a suntan salon

#clouds

August beach dark clouds---
a homeless man
does a rain dance