#sunset

at day end---shaped like a serpent
a blue cloud with the sun as
it's eye

#phone

a woman on her phone
blocks my way---
then my phone rings

#River

East River July ends---
even the skate board slides
are not crowded

#thanks

Sunday brunch---
the maitre d' thanks me
for showing up early

#blue

blue sky---
a giant anteater
has breakfast

#sunset

Summer sunset blush---
that's when I open
my curtains

#what

Norway---
they are not diminished
by what happened

#ends

July ends---
a man broke:
wants to raise his debt limit

#birds

New York Summer---
too many birds
and not enough time

#blue

Summer blue sky---
a teakettle
whistles

#fire

sudden Summer downpour---
the sound of a fire
siren

#fog

evening fog---
the sound of
a sax player

#tree

Summer---
a bonsai tree sits
next to the doll's house

#day

a cloudy day lightens---
the Karmapa visits
New York

#sunset

late July sunset---
blueberries
on sale

#crumbs

Summer bread crumbs---
the pigeons try to scare
the sparrows away

#hot

Summer delirium---
my neighbor asks
why the hot water is cold

#chimes

the Altman Brothers New York
Concert for Hepatitis C---
it chimes

#close

Summer---
two men walk together so close:
they look like holding hands

#bark

July morning---
a dog barks at a cat
the cat ignores it

#blue

July morning blue sky---
a yogi
breathes

#news

the news from Norway---
I look up the temp
in Arizona

#daffodils

after a heat wave---
she dumps
the yellow daffodils

#smoke

morning low dark clouds---
smoke columns
connect

#sunset

the debt ceiling will rise---
clouds break
for the sunset

#fog

evening fog---
the steam room
is empty

#apple

Summer---
a man swings a lacrosse stick
under an apple tree

#Sun

Dear Summer Sun,
thank you for staying away-
come back soon

#indoors

July Times Square---
indoors it's cold enough
to be New Year's Eve

#hot

July---
the hot yoga class
meets outdoors

#man

New York City---
a man and a man go
to get married

#apple

Summer garden---
a couple share
an apple

#shower

Sunday Summer cloudy sky---
I wish for a
Spring shower


#sunset

heat wave sunset---
it looks cooler
than it is

#water

July heat waves---
I keep going
to Seven-Eleven for water

#Park

heat wave---
in Central Park Pond
ducks dive under water

#dog

heat wave---
a dog retrieves a frisbee
from a pond

#temp

heat wave---what was the temp in
Garden of Eden
for no clothes?

#walk

"like a flower bending in the breeze"-
I go to walk
in a heat wave

#second

second day of a heat wave---
Frank Sinatra
sings

#moon

a heat wave---
so many white shirts:
I look for a day moon

#blue

blue sky---
an open fire hydrant:
the heat wave waxes

#sunset

heat wave sunset---
like putting a penny
in an ironworks furnace

#sings

a heat wave---
Pavarotti
sings

#shy

strangers are less shy
on Facebook-
than in the subway

#snow

a heat wave---
just like a snow storm:
I stay home

#fabric

cotton---
the perfect for a heat wave
fabric

#haze

morning haze---
a carriage horse stays home:
heat wave on the way

#fog

July fog at sunset---
a clown prepares
to go on stage

#River

East River hot July---
the tennis players
murmur under their breaths

#wind

Arab Spring---
the wind of revolt sweeps
the relics of old despots

#cat

morning stillness---
the cat paces
back and forth

#whitewash

the hearing---
Murdoch's whitewash gets
whitewashed by a foam pie

#sunset

sunset---
a shinny penny outside
a nickel and dime store

#sun

hot July morning---
the sun shows off
what a star is good at

#station

packed hot subway station---
an empty train passes
without stopping

#lightning

Summer lightning---
the softness
of her cheeks

#snow

July---
a man is arrested
with snow in his pocket

#blue

July blue sky---
a man looks at
a Dead Sea Scroll

#bird

Summer waxes---
a bird pretends to be
a cicada

#sunset

Summer sunset---
as kids play their
shadows become longer

#blue

blue sky---
a man goes to buy
the Sunday New York Times

#sunset

Saturday July sunset---
a long wait till
it gets dark

#night

night time---
as I look for a lost key
she asks if need some company

#blue

blue sky---
a man looks for the other
of a pair of slippers

#sleeps

morning seaside---
the lighthouse
sleeps

#Day

Bastille Day---
French tourists visit
Miss Liberty

#What

"What's Going On?"---
I listen to
Marvin Gaye

#blue

morning blue sky---
writing haiku on
a Milky Way wrapper

#blue

morning blue sky---
beauty
but no beast

#sunset

July sunset---
clouds shaped like the animals
of a merry-go-round

#line

a line at a park water fountain-
two sparrows
ahead of me

#blue

July blue sky---
a cool breeze lifts
a plastic bag up in the air

#shower

a Summer shower before
you get home---
heavy downpour at sunset

#River

East River July---
it's cool enough
not to wear a shirt

#fly

Summer morning---
as I open my window
a fly leaves

#song

an approaching train
blocks the birds' song---
then the birds' tree itself

#blue

July blue sky---
the smell of
car exhausts

#blue

July blue sky---
a whale
surfaces

#seeks

are we alone or not---
NASA seeks
Mars

#scandal

what Murdoch needs right now-
is a British
sex scandal

#moon

the moon---
like the North Pole:
no one wants to live there

#haze

July morning haze---
an old man takes
off his eyeglasses

#sunset

heat wave sunset---
I wait
for the blush

#cool

July Sunday---
every one tells you
to stay cool

#blue

July blue sky---
hikers climb to the top
of a ski slope

#sunset

July sunset---
the redness of people
coming back from the beach

#listen

Summer Saturday afternoon
beer garden---
I pretend to listen

#blue

July blue sky---
I order Saganaki
for lunch

#free

they are free---
South Sudan becomes
the newest nation

#River

East River Carnival---
the Triboro bridge dwarfs
the Ferris Wheel

#haze

July morning haze---
the lifeguard keeps blowing
his whistle

#World

News of the World---
finally they got
Murdoch

#shower

Summer shower---
after just taking one
at home

#blue

July blue sky---
grass grows in cracks
of a shopping mall parking lot

#bear

hot July day---
a zoo polar bear
stays indoors

#Square

Union Square---
the ones who are reading
are also watching people

#figs

Summer figs---
you peel each and put it
in your mouth all at once-