Thursday, March 01, 2012

#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