#hot

Summer afternoon---
it's too hot to write
a haiku

#blue

blue sky---
a CEO desk has
nothing

#ends

back to work---
a garbage truck makes noise:
May ends

#sunset

sunset---
a light house will
soon start

#River

East River Memorial Day---
no US Navy
just speed boats

#war

at a picnic a man tells
Vietnam war stories---
Memorial Day

#Day

Memorial Day---
so many still die
because of their beliefs

#sunset

a holiday weekend sunset---
it takes
its time

#wheel

a beach Ferris wheel---
the view at sea level
is better

#smell

Summer Sunday---
I open my window
the smell of burning coal

#wars

our wars---
as US starts to leave Iraq
its civil war restarts


#fog

beach morning fog---
the sound of giggling
behind me

#sunset

end of May sunset---
an aircraft carrier
steals the show

#beach

beach girls volley ball---
some cheerleaders
are men

#fog

morning fog---
a yogi does
the head stand

#liberty

sailors have liberty in Manhattan-
Memorial Day weekend
starts

#opera

a Wagner opera---
Assad like his people
take their time

#haze

Summer morning haze---
Charlie Chaplain
passes by

#fog

evening fog---
I close the curtains
and listen to the Grateful Dead

#River

East River sun bathing queens---
the bigger their dog is
the less they wear

#fog

morning fog---
a street artist draws
himself from memory

#sunset

sunset---
every one watches
Oprah reruns

#pigeons

customer parking---
the pigeons park
right above it

#clear

clear day aft many foggy---
a hookah bar keeps
its curtains open

#blue

blue sky---
she wears her new
Summer dress

#sunset

May wind calms---
the sun sets behind
a chimney

#River

East River nice day---
a sail boat has a mast too high
to pass a bridge

#fly

first fly of the season---
I spare
its life

#dawn

May dawn---
it's the same fog as
yesterday's dusk

#drive

Saudi Arabia---
women protest for the right
to drive a car

#fog

evening fog---
nothing but the lights
of Queensborough bridge

#fog

evening fog---
a cat passes
without looking at me

#roses

French send roses
to DSK accuser---
that's swell


#fog

morning fog---
an old man raises his voice
to be heard

#River

East River May---
a bride has her picture taken
leaning on a tree

#no

no more testosterone---
new IMF head
has two X chromosomes

#roses

Japan's pink and red roses---
they might start
a chain reaction

#fog

morning fog---
a man disappears behind
the Times front page

#sunset

Saturday sunset---
she puts on makeup
to go out

#night

Saturday night fog---
the bars also
dim their lights

#midst

Obama in the midst
of Mideast quagmire---
damned if you do or don't

#blue

morning blue sky---
a bakery runs out
of croissants

#fog

evening fog---
a gift shop has a poster of
the Empire State Building

#kiss

steady Spring drizzle---
a couple stop
to kiss

#tomorrow

TGIF---
skip paying your bar bill
tomorrow is Judgement day

#ransom

a King's ransom---
DSK out on bail will live
under house arrest

#half

morning half-and-half---
Manhattan fog
here blue sky

#dusk

overcast at dusk---
kids play on the street
hide and seek

#dance

seventies disco---
I can still
dance to it

#fog

morning fog---
a passer by
talks to himself

#fog

morning fog---
a teacher writes
with a yellow marker

#sunset

fog at sunset---
she waters
the lilacs

#River

East River Spring showers---
a duck dives then surfaces
and repeats

#grow

Baby Boomers---
some refuse to grow
beyond their puberty

#fog

morning fog---
an exhibitionist is
unable to get noticed

#green

Queen Elizabeth lands
in Ireland---
dressed in shamrock green

#go

Arnold---
he should go back to acting
to do soap operas

#friend

every morning---
Facebook announcements:
which friend friends who


#fog

morning fog---
a crow
caws

#foggy

a foggy day---
she buys yellow daffodils
on her way home

#court

what DSK did to her
stated in court---
must had lots of practice

#time

Strauss-Khan has an alibi---
is it on New York
or Paris time

#fog

morning dense fog---
the only curtain I close
is in the shower

#syndrome

Strauss-Khan syndrome---
should be treated as
a mental illness

#wars

the mental scars of wars---
they are not
survivable

#fog

morning fog---
power plant chimneys like
medieval knights lances

#traits

a Socialist with vulgar
royalty traits---
Strauss-Kahn jailed in New York

#door

the door bell rings twice---
I forget whom I told
to do that

#cat

Saturday night---
the cat goes out
but no noise yet

#day

cloudy dreary day---
I escape
to the Turkish baths

#Winter

out in short sleeves---
now I feel
Winter is over

#work

as I view Trump Tower---
he should stop running
and go back to work

#night

Saturday morning ---
I am still dreaming
of last night

#Friday

Friday the Thirteenth---
my train arrives
on time

#cloudy

morning cloudy sky---
a kid refuses to eat
his oatmeal

#deer

the mighty Mississippi
is flooding---
deer go where people go

#day

UV-index-nine day---
bikinis sighted in the park:
some no bras

#blue

May blue sky---
the ices man has a sale
on plain vanilla


#subway

crowded subway---
she pretends
not to see me

#join

cacophony of nations---
Syria wants to join
the Human Rights Council


#sunset

sunset---
navy blue clouds of the horizon
tell what comes next

#islands

bright Spring day---
clouds like small islands:
a contrail navigates around them

#blue

blue sky---
a man out for a walk
leaves his worries behind

#game

may dusk---
the soccer game on the street
keeps going

#question

US wants to question
Bin Laden wives---
but do they want to answer

#blue

May blue sky---
a traveling salesman of Panama hats
passes by

#dawn

dawn---
a man whistles:
a bird answers

#sunset

May sunset---
the barbecue coal
also turns red

#River

East River Spring hot wind---
bobbing ducks look
bored

#loose

Syria---
Assad on a loose leash from Obama
kills more people

#blue

morning blue sky---
a dragon falls
asleep

#hit

mothers---
the difference between those
who hit and don't is education

#blue

blue sky---
kids go to buy flowers:
Mother's Day

#no

"Animal Kingdom" wins
the Kentucky Derby---
now that's no bull

#moon

Saturday night crescent moon---
with all that horniness
around?

#sunset

the sun shines into
my kitchen as it sets---
I need to clean better

#Derby

Kentucky Derby---
the kids in bars are too busy
for a horse race

#blue

blue sky---
a pedestrian on the Brooklyn Bridge
looks up

#moon

Friday night crescent moon-
a drunk says he has seen
the perfect smile

#do

Friday night---
she asks me if
I do mint juleps

#echo

smoking man passes me---
his coughing as if
the echo of his smoke

#River

East River Spring choppy waters---
she dangles her feet
but no touching

#blue

morning blue sky---
a sax player
practices

#mass

mass arrests in Syria---
as if life there is not already
a jail


#moon

crescent moon over the skyline---
a couple wants
to swing

#sunset

early May---
the sun starts to set
behind the lilacs

#picture

picture of Bin Laden dead
won't be released---
some one will wikileak

#Cinco

Cinco De Mayo---
our addictions are
killing them


#blue

blue sky---
a stutterer speaks
clearly

#no

Geronimo is no Bin Laden---
Native Americans
say

#fog

afternoon fog---
a lounge pianist sings
Moon Light in Vermont

#leaves

Spring rain falls on new green leaves-
the waitress brings me
a salad

#shower

April morning shower---
a baritone
sings

#such

Pakistan Government---
with such friends
who needs enemies

#River

East River grey Spring day---
a dog goes to rest itself
on just mowed grass

#blue

blue sky---
a singing soprano
breaks no glass

#sunset

clouds at sunset---
a train blows its whistle
any way

#dead

Osama Bin Laden dead---
shot in the head
buried at sea

#dolphins

a merry-go-round---
but there are
no dolphins

#blue

Sunday blue sky---
a preacher talks
about Hellfire


#roll

like a twisted roll
of hundred dollar bills---
Frank Gehry's skyscraper

#tree

flakes from the bark of a Sycamore-
I go buy
dandruff shampoo

#blue

blue sky---
a royal bride
unveiled

#night

late night---
a knock
on the door

#dark

low dark clouds---
I watch a
film noir

#fog

morning fog---
the connection between
sky and skyline is blurred

#fog

evening fog---
the laughter of women
behind me

#wants

Obama releases
his birth certificate---
Trump wants more

#hot

hot Spring lunch hour---
no one is
eating

#blue

mostly blue sky---
a stock broker reads
ticker tape

#sunset

two contrails at sunset---
the tails are
pink

#River

East River hot day---
the screaming of kids at play
wakes me up

#cat

morning coffee---
the cat wants it
just white

#fog

late night fog---
I recall my younger years
in London

#trees

Sakura at peak---
like its trees
Japan will recover

#fog

afternoon fog---
a man who wants to jump
off a bridge changes his mind

#River

East River hot day---
the basketball players
slow down

#fog

morning dense fog---
my neighbor forgets
her curtains open

#missing

many gone missing in Homs
Assad---like father
like son

#River

East River warm Spring Sunday-
a man teaches his son
how to bat

#banner

a banner---
outside a church:
"Christ Is Risen"

#Sunday

Easter Sunday---
little girls in new
colorful outfits

#fog

Saturday evening fog---
only the sound of high heels
registers

#dance

dance---
humans are born moving
and don't stop till they die

#cast

rebels cast Assad:
a doctor in London-
a butcher in Syria

#fog

fog and rain---
I pass a closed
nudists club

#fog

Saturday morning fog---
the void grey round tray
where last night pizza sat


#green

Earth Day Easter Sunday weekend-
Empire State Building
caped in green

#Earth

Earth Day---
an earth worm tries
to survive soil erosion

#life

stock market closed
a trader invests in the afterlife---
Good Friday

#cat

not amused---
a cat looks
in the mirror

#blue

blue sky---
but clouds creep from afar:
Good Friday

#sunset

a Spring cloudless sunset---
the barmaid buttons up
her blouse


#blue

Spring blue sky---
an ant walks to the top
of the window glass

#sunset

holy week sunset---
the red
abounds

#haze

afternoon haze---
the park chess players
need more time

#cherry

Spring waxes---
cherry blossom petals pressed
on sidewalks by passers heels

#River

East River Spring fog---
a duck duo dive
under water

#air

late night---
an air traffic controller buys
a six pack of Diet Coke

#kiss

as she lies in bed---
he kisses her cheek
before he leaves

#fog

morning smoke and fog---
a magician says
he prefers smoke

#hand

Syria's Assad---
a carrot in one hand
and a gun in the other

#line

morning Spring drizzle---
a long line at
the bathroom

#royal

as a royal wedding nears---
talk abound
who will be England's next queen

#Passover

the Passover---
this year the Egyptians were
liberated from a Pharaoh

#break

Congress is on Spring break---
it's us who need a break
not them

#blue

mostly blue sky---
two argue is Obama
black or white

#sunset

dark clouds passing---
the sun teases
before it sets

#River

East River Spring---
men pretend to fight
to attract girls

#poor

Palm Sunday---
poor
palm trees

#dog

Sunday morning---
a dog can't find
a fire hydrant

#blue

Sunday blue sky---
a church organist has
cleaned his pipes

#night

stormy Saturday night---
a satyr stays
and reads the Kama Sutra

#fog

evening fog---
the skyline red lights seem
to be talking

#fog

April fog---
the groom shows up
late

#guitar

Saturday morning---
a man whizzes by
hauling a classic guitar

#cloudy

Saturday morning cloudy sky---
the golfers use
yellow balls

#add

sunny Spring day---
the icy cold wind wants you
to add an expletive

#blue

blue sky---
a tv satellite
malfunctions

#sunset

blue clouds at sunset---
some lovers are
into biting

#hot

hot Spring day---
an avalanche of naked legs
and a dearth of niceness

#blue

blue sky---
a portrait artist needs
a customer


#moon

the eggs fully boiled---
after the fog
a Waxing Gibbous sets

#River

East River fog---
eyes can't see far but
the mind's daydreams are bottomless

#fog

morning fog---
a driver stops to ask
where is Manhattan

#giants

skyline evening fog---
Gulliver in the
land of giants

#walk

Spring---
I go for a walk it rains
I go home the sun shines

#birther

Trump is a birther---
get out
of here

#clouds

Spring dark clouds---
a gardener stops
to look up

#hot

year's first hot day---
East River lovers
smooch in their cars

#hot

year's first hot day---
a little girl dances
to tune of the ice-cream truck

#hot

year's first hot day---
a woman wears
the niqab

#hot

year's first hot day---
after wearing layers
I feel naked in t-shirt

#fog

morning fog---
a man says excuse me
to a tree

#kids

Sunday afternoon---
the playground kids
have more disputes

#die

Syria---
protesters die every day and
no one hears from Obama

#Spring

so many act lyrical---
it must be 'cause it's
Spring

#cloudy

Sunday cloudy sky---
she reads the news
from Japan

#moon

crescent moon
over the skyline---
rounded lips kiss

#night

Saturday night---
among the usual faces
an old friend

#sunset

Saturday sunset---
in a pub mirror
plenty of flushed faces

#trees

a short cut thru a junk yard---
at the other end
cherry blossom trees

#blue

blue sky---
a foodie eats
all the icing on the cake

#fog

morning fog---
instead of the skyline
a bed sheet

#lost

lost in translation---
this Passover the Haggadah
is sex neutral

#shut

they won't shut the government---
they want to get paid
for working so hard

#light

dark clouds over the skyline---
they light as
they pass over skyscrapers

#fog

afternoon fog---
a turtle comes out for a moment
then goes back in

#cloudy

cloudy sky---
I look for signs of Spring
a bat and glove in the park

#moon

a concubine wears
only perfume---
a crescent moon

#squirrel

I take a shower---
a squirrel on the fire escape
stops to eye me

#cloudy

cloudy morning---
a blond surfaces
from the subway


#bus

Spring showers---
at a bus stop
their bus is late

#cloudy

afternoon cloudy sky---
a nun passes
unnoticed

#blue

blue sky---
a goalie feels
like kicking

#moon

the storm clouds clear---
crescent moon
over the skyline

#storm

a rain storm ends---
scattered petals of
flowering trees

#Fukushima

Fukushima---
water water everywhere
but not a drop to drink

#fog

morning fog---
the cat hides
under the bed

#night

Monday night---
the bartender is
nice to me

#ten

four four one one(4/4/11)
a perfect
ten

#cloudy

Spring cloudy sky---
a man paints
his roof white

#nice

Spring nice Sunday
the hopscotch girls keep fouling---
boys pass by

#Japan

sudden as its ruin---
Japan will blossom soon
like a cherry tree

#blue

morning blue sky---
I clean
my glasses

#night

Saturday night---
none is here for the reason
the others think they are

#sunset

Saturday sunset---
no one is here
but a line of ants

#day

nice Spring day---
a husky curls sitting
as if it is mid Winter

#spews

the Quran burning---
bigotry spews
more bigotry

#blue

Spring blue sky---
a train blows
its whistle

#true

April Fool Day---
the Empire State Building lit
in true blue

#storm

the finale of a storm---
sunlight through
a crack in the horizon

#window

I can't tell if it's still raining---
my window is covered
with rain drops

#fog

morning fog---
a phallic symbol
is fogged out

#fool

April fool---
a pregnant woman tells
the father the truth

#dawn

dark clouds at dawn---
a neon sign
stays on

#found

"alive and well---"
a lost Bronx Zoo cobra
has been found