#sunrise
sunrise---
shoes at the entrance
of the prayer room of a mosque
#blue
I dig up my
heavy sweaters---
December First blue sky
#sunrise
a jogger wears
a sweatsuit and gloves---
November last sunrise
#mist
November mist---
for a better odor
visit the perfumes section
#clouds 5/7/5
morning low dark clouds---
a woman dressed in purple
wants to know my sign
#clouds
morning dark clouds---
a woman asks me
what is my sign
#River
East River sunset---
a black swan
waits
#like
a pas de deux---
it is obvious
she does not like him
#ball
Christmas decor---
a front porch Santa has
a tennis ball for a nose
#River
East River Thanksgiving---
leafless trees and
algae covered black rocks
#blue
late November blue sky---
a sale on
HDTV's
#organ
late November---
the sound of an organ
as I pass an old church
#sale
late November sunshine---
potted poinsettias
on sale
#sunset
sunset---
I look up orange streaks all over
Thanksgiving weekend
#blue
blue sky---
a man belches
Thanksgiving leftovers
#sunrise
Black Friday sunrise---
the cheap stuff by now
sold out
#River
East River Thanksgiving Day---
so many out working off
the turkey
#blue
blue sky---
plenty of room for the balloons
of Thanksgiving Parade
#sunrise
sunrise---
the smell of roast
Thanksgiving Day
#lit
Empire State Building lit
red and orange---
Thanksgiving is tomorrow
#cook
late November---
his wife says he can't even
cook an omelet
#fog
morning fog---
a man says he's just arrived
from London
#fog
evening fog---
a theatre still has tickets
for a partial view
#war
ball games that mimic war---
at times play stops
and fighting erupts
#train
overcast morning---
a toy train passes
through a tunnel
#dots
the skyline---
little dots of lights
where real people live
#work
late November---
a Santa Claus
goes to work
#River
East River late November---
grey sky and waters
a tanker sails by
#town
Manhattan China town---
going to a foreign land
in the subway
#blue
Manhattan blue sky---
you can only see it
one piece at a time
#tennis
Saturday morning---
a tennis player waits
for his mate
#blue
late November blue sky---
Indians send
a smoke message
#times
hard times---
for many their holidays cheer
is a pretense
#blue
November blue sky---
a man dives
for wild oysters
#plum
kid asks who's the
sugar plum fairy---
Nutcracker opens tomorrow
#gumbo
the torrential rain stopped---
I crave a gumbo
for lunch
#overcast
overcast sky---
a yellow submarine
surfaces
#lib
lib ed---
it costs a lot to talk all night long
but it's worth it
#turkey
a November tree is oven red---
going to buy
a turkey
#fog
afternoon fog---
a man keeps walking
and saying excuse me
#pigeons
as she feeds the pigeons---
watch out as you pass under
power lines
#rain
mid November rain storm---
nothing needs plenty water
but the car wash
#name
Facebook wants your real name-
a rose by any other name
still a rose
#occupy
occupy Wall Street is outed---
if you can't beat 'em
join 'em
#cloudy
cloudy morning---
a man munches on
a powdered donut
#pain
flashbacks---
the pain of adults who were
molested by their teachers
#cloudy
November cloudy sky---
a woman wears cherry red
high heels
#Thirteenth
November the Thirteenth---
a man doodling keeps
drawing a rabbit foot
#like
the windows of a vet---
dogs and cats look like us
when they're sick
#sunrise
can't get enough worship
of the lovelorn---
full moon at sunrise
#sunset
Saturday sunset---
a kissed bride
blushes
#blue
Saturday blue sky---
the kids soccer game
is still scoreless
#pale
afternoon smog---
I go indoors to see
a whiter shade of pale
#moon
still out trying to score---
November full moon
at sunrise
#leaves
fallen Autumn leaves---
rounded up and sent
to incinerators
#Day
blue sky---
a mourning dove calls---
Veterans Day
#11
11/11/11---
the next time
you'll be dead
#counter
Japan's hand held
device of choice---
is now a Geiger counter
#Casablanca the movie
"of all the gin joints---
she walks
into mine."
#fog
morning dense fog---
football coach Joe Paterno
is fired
#River
East River November---
a plastic bag on a tree
refuses to fall
#haze
morning haze---
a carriage horse wears
blinders
#moon
needs company
on a cold night---
full moon close to Venus
#still
a triple whammy
quake tsunami radiation leak---
and still clicking
#Day
Empire State Building lit
in red white and blue---
Elections Day
#fact
past Sci Fi is future fact---
NASA to land astronauts
on Mars
#beat
the one who beat Ali---
Joe Frazier
dies
#blue
morning blue sky---
a man driving to work
has a flat
#River
East River balmy Fall day---
the playground is full
of screaming kids
#winners
an OTB office---
a man checks discarded tickets
for winners
#blue
morning blue sky---
a guard goes to his job
in a jail
#moon
after all the pumpkins are gone-
a setting November
full moon
#River
East River November---
the ice-cream truck
is still here
#faith
God tests the faith of Abraham---
the Muslim Feast
of Sacrifice
#blue
blue sky---
a scholar reads
the Dead Sea Scrolls
#blue
New York blue sky---
runners take off their sweatsuits
to run the marathon
#tangent
Geometry board
tangent to a curve---
moon and contrail in a blue sky
#spider
my website is down---
I watch a spider
working on its
#blue
morning blue sky---
a photographer runs out
of film
#sunrise
as I look west
glass of windows on fire---
sunrise
#people
all these lonely people---
where do they
come from
#River
East River November---
choppy waters and hobbling wind
a boat floats
#blue
Friday blue sky---
a woman wearing the hijab
looks up
#Egyptian
the First Egyptian Revolution---
Nasser topples
King Farouk
#clouds
morning clouds---
a woman knits a sweater
November
#sunset
sunset---
a man says his phone solar battery
is now fully charged
#shift
end of her shift---
a waitress goes
into a jacuzzi
#blue
November blue sky---
a dog pisses
on yellow leaves
#tents
Occupy Wall Street---
color of their tents blue
like that of cops cars
#moon
as the nights get longer---
a day moon becomes night moon
at sunset
#blue
morning blue sky---
a man takes off the wrapper
a dark chocolate bar
#moon
Alchemy---
a day moon changes to night moon
at sunset
#River
East River November
bright sun shines on yellow leaves-
brisk wind
