Sunday, April 01, 2012

#break

Spring Break---
an art student visits
Venice

#fog

skyline fog---
tourists on the Brooklyn Bridge
view each other

#sunset

sunset---
he takes a photo
instead of writing a haiku

#blue

March blue sky---
the wind makes it feel
like a giant turbofan

#wife

a man calls home
to talk to his wife---
his best friend answers

#blue

Spring blue sky---
the wind whistles
her name

#sunset

March sunset---
an ice-cream truck
plays its tune

#growing

it's unfair---
the gap between the rich and poor
keeps growing

#blue

morning blue sky---
a carriage horse is having
breakfast

#moon

crescent moon---
a lime wedge is dropped
into a gin tonic

#kite

East River Spring day-
a woman flying a kite
entangles a man

#stars

"she makes the stars burn bright"-
Romeo encounters
Juliet

#blue

March blue sky---
the cold wind makes me
put my head down

#moon

crescent moon---
the lonesome finally
look up

#wind

cold gusty wind---
the cherry blossoms petals
hang in there

#blue

morning blue sky---
a florist has
black tulips

#moon

crescent moon rises---
a hamburger eater asks
but where is the meat

#male

nice Spring Sunday---
a minister marries
a male couple

#dog

Sunday morning cloudy sky---
dog shit
on the sidewalk

#kiss

I buy her Spring strawberries---
she gives me
a soul kiss

#sugar

at a bakery late night---
the smell of sugar
getting cooked

#sunrise

sunrise---
a black dog walks
a man

#blue

Spring blue sky---
"only a weatherman knows
which way the wind blows"

#blue

Spring blue sky---
a cyclist adjusts
his helmet

#River

East River hot Spring day---
ducks float
I wish I could join 'em

#dog

as I eat spareribs---
a dog
salivates

#fog

morning fog---
chimneys blend
with their smoke

#fog

evening dense fog---
a shy man
sings

#fog

morning dense fog---
hiding nature
by nature

#fog

morning dense fog---
a pipe smoker says it's
romantic

#Day

First Day of Spring---
a woman goes to water
her garden

#change

running for president---
they all say now
we need a change

#fog

morning dense fog---
too far from the river
to hear the horn

#sunset

patchy clouds at sunset---
a black haired woman
stares at me

#flower

signs of Spring---
the flower market
at Union Square

#haze

morning haze---
a hookah cafe
has its curtains open

#sunset

Spring contrails at sunset---
earth worms go
home

#fog

Sunday morning fog---
the cat wants
to go out

#pigeons

pigeons perched on
the dish antenna of a pub---
Saint Patty's Day

#luck

beware---
the luck of the Irish
on Saint Patrick Day

#Day

Saint Patrick Day---
Manhattan is full
of leprechauns

#fog

fog over Manhattan---
here the sun shines
tomorrow St. Patty's Day

#hidden

hidden in his basement---
his Playboy mags
trove

#fog

morning fog---
a waiter asks me
how I'd like my eggs

#Break

Spring Break---
if you misbehave
you'll be Facebooked

#sunset

cloudy sky at sunset---
a smoke column
is stuck

#Ides

Ides of March---
a math teacher defines
the median of a sample

#cloudy

cloudy sky---
a sparrow flies into
an army mess hall

#sunset

contrails at sunset---
a yellow balloon
rises

#blue

Spring blue sky---
tourists climb
the Statue of Liberty

#dwarf

early morning---
a radio astronomer
checks out a red dwarf

#cloudy

cloudy sky---
looking at the flat top
of my refrigerator

#time

at the dentist---
time passes quickly
waiting for an extraction

#blue

morning blue sky---
a stutter orders breakfast
at McDonald's

#River

East River Spring Sunday---
the algae is more fecund
than the humans

#blue

Sunday blue sky---
a nocturnal worker
sleeps

#work

Japan's Three-Eleven
first anniversary---
their hard work bears fruits

#Dixie

New York City
Sunday morning---
a man whistles Dixie

#blue

Spring blue sky---
an old man changes
the color of his hair

#soccer

playing soccer---
the ball is not only thing
that gets kicked

#cloudy

March cloudy sky---
a squirrel climbs
the fire escape

#leg

Spring waxes---
women start to show
some leg

#equal

equal work for
equal pay---
International Women's Day

#Purim

Festival of Purim---
history tends
to repeat its self

#moon

an upstate farmer
wakes up to milk the cows---
full moon

#fast

Lenten fast---
ain't nothing like
Ramadan

#blue

March morning blue sky---
a man in black coat
walks a black dog

#moon

late night---
a trader checks the gold price
full moon above the skyline

#diet

French restaurant---
a man on a diet
reads the menu

#moon

Spring late night---
a man pisses outdoors
full moon

#judge

blue sky---
people stand as the judge
enters a court

#Japan

one year ago---
Japan suffered a catastrophe
but they're back humming

#moon

day moon at sunset---
a goalie kicks
the ball away

#closet

New York---
a seminary teacher is
still hiding in the closet

#blue

a cold day blue sky---
a husky sits
outside

#sunset

a soccer game---
the sun sets behind
goal post of the losing team

#death

after my death---
I'd like to come back
as a butterfly

#Sabbath

Sunday morning---
Sabbath of some walkers
from cleaning after their dogs

#dolls

Kokeshi dolls---
remembering all the kids
who died in the earthquake

#fog

morning fog---
a yogi does
the head stand

#River

East River Spring---
a horde of seagulls share
their food with one duck

#older

as she grows older---
she tightens her wedding ring
so that it won't slip

#tulips

Spring overcast sky---
a woman holds her tulips
with heads pointing down

#smoke

skyline Spring night---
smoke columns and low clouds
are mating

#plum

is it Spring or Winter---
after a drenching rain storm
plum blossoms

#fog

skyline fog---
a cat sitting in the window
sleeps