#longer
a rain storm---
makes a leap day feel
much longer
#leap
leap year---
Bronx Zoo tree kangaroo
doesn't know what all the fuss about
#moon
half moon---
a basketball player
sticks out his mouthpiece
#blue
blue sky---
Monet's Reflection of Clouds
on the Water-Lily Pond
#moon
New York skyline---
the only green energy
is the moon
#River
East River signs of Spring---
the ducks are back in force
the swans are few
#blue
morning blue sky---
last night Oscar winners
sleep
#dawn
dawn---
a bakery has fresh
croissants on display
#Oscar
Oscar night---
the stars come out
crescent moon next to Venus
#zip
Saturday night---
a go-go dancer can't
zip open her blouse
#blue
Sunday blue sky---
a church choir
sings
#moon
Winter Saturday night---
the lonesome need company
crescent moon
#blue
Wall Street blue sky---
a banker says you can lose
your shirt here
#yellow
Spring late night---
a man's yellow stream
irrigates the tulips
#moon
rainy day---
by the time the sky cleared
crescent moon had set
#x
out on a date with a man---
his x-wife
passes by
#veil
clouds cover skyscrapers tops-
a veil wearing woman
passes
#groups
new haiku groups are blooming---
like daffodils on a sunny
Spring day
#blue
afternoon blue sky---
a CEO puts his legs
on his desk
#night
Saturday night---
a transvestite brushes
his wig
#Ash
Ash Wednesday---
a Hindu woman sits
facing a Catholic
#Spring
Spring Equinox---
it was so cold
I forgot it
#melt
Okinawa---
where the melting pot
might cause another melt down*
*a very interesting article on Okinawa
appeared in the New York Times on 2/21/12.
Go to nyt.com
#vent
after their first fight---
she vents the smell
of the roses he gave her
#sunrise
Winter sunrise---
as I slide from under covers
the sun does the same
#pigeons
windy day---
pieces of paper compete
with pigeons for airspace
#umbrella
Rihanna---
she can also stand
under my umbrella
#stares
George Washington birthday---
a man stares at
a dollar bill
#talus
a talus slope---
I climb it
wearing sandals
#blizzards
February almost over
and still no blizzards---
global what?
#River
East River Winter---
a hawk perches on a tree
ducks swim by
#flippers
Caribbean blue sky---
a skin diver walks
wearing flippers
#blue
Sunday blue sky---
a woman hangs white shirts
out to dry
#Day
Presidents Day weekend---
Empire State Building lit
in red white and blue
#rattle
nice Winter day---
the rattle of a Harley Davidson
as it starts
#blue
Saturday blue sky---
a coffee shop waitress counts
her tips
#sunset
Winter sunset---
from a train window
as it enters a tunnel
#clear
yesterday's rain clouds are clearing-
wish them well
where ever they go
#queue
New York Kennedy Airport---
planes wait in a queue
to take off
#fog
skyline lunch hour fog---
it's a boring day whether
you are out or in
#shoot
Assad allies---
China and Russia back him
'cause they shoot protesters
#pool
March Madness---
the office pool starts
early
#ant
overcast February day---
an ant walks up
my kitchen window
#bad
bad economy---
long lines form
at tenant-landlord court
#action
Mozart's Don Giovanni---
heavenly music
action is lechery
#shower
Valentine Day---
a pregnant woman has
a shower
#Day
Valentine Day---
I eat her
nacho
#mountain
down hill skying---
your adversary
is a mountain
#blue
February blue sky---
a cat
yawns
#love
we'll always love you---
Whitney Houston
dies
#laundry
Winter chill---
a financier goes to the Islands
to do his laundry
#blue
Sunday morning blue sky---
the wind chill is nine
a seagull soars
#beer
Winter Saturday night---
going to the corner store
to buy more beer
#kitchen
race for president---
if you can't stand the heat
get out of the kitchen
#snow
snow flurries but no
accumulation---
a kid asks where does it go
#jam
jazz at Lincoln Center---
every night is
a jam session
#blue
blue sky---
stores decorate
for St Valentine Day
#ice
Rockefeller Center ice ring---
flies swarming over
cheese cake
#moon
a woman screams
peeping Tom---
February full moon
#snow
snow falls on New York City---
a garbage truck stops
to pick up
#bar
a bar with a fifties jukebox---
no one
dances
#hair
they did not wear hats
or any thing else---
the rock musical "Hair"
#moon
late night---
comes back to charm the maidens
full moon
#River
East River Winter---
the pool emptiness
chills more than its wind
#grief
back in Boston---
Patriots fans grief
over loosing to the Giants
#moon
late night---
I Google the moon
it's hundred percent full
#frame
Jaspers Johns "flag"---
there is no frame
around it
#moon
late night full moon---
a masquerade party
is in full swing
#Super Bowl
Super Bowl
Manning passes to Manningham--
Giants win
#moon
nice Winter day---
let's kick a field goal with it
the moon
#Sunday
Super Bowl Sunday morning---
it's cold in
Indianapolis
#egg
after a night out on the town---
will his sperm
fertilize her egg
#night
Saturday night---
a condom machine
is not working
#hound
overcast sky---
a greyhound chases
after a bus
#dog
as I eat spareribs---
a dog watches me
and salivates
#owls
great horned owls nest
in Prospect Park---
must be the high class surroundings
#moon
Waxing Gibbous---
a pregnant woman says
the moon got knocked up too
#blue
February blue sky---
a snowy egret
perches
#catfish
a catfish looks nothing
like a cat except in
its whiskers
#Dances
Janacek Lachian Dances---
makes your heart
and your foot pump harder
#boat
an assembly line
they refer to the new guy
as "just off the boat"
#boat
after shaving---
she powders her
"man in the boat"
#sunset
Winter sunset---
the music of a "Midsummer
Night Dream"
#apple
under an apple tree---
gravity hits Isaac Newton
on the head
#Apple
Steve Jobs Apple---
few could resist
to bite
