#pearl
a black woman wears
a pearl necklace---
June First blue sky
#smell
early morning---
the smell of burned
bread
#blue
blue sky---
a man is having
an eye exam
#pigeons
the French Open---
even the pigeons are
color coordinated
#waterfall
big city cacophony---
I listen to a park
waterfall
#quote
"it's harder to write less
to say more"
Toni Morrison
#River
East River late May---
women in bikinis
sunbath alone
#touches
a non-verbal haiku---
no more than seventeen
touches
#breeze
late May cool breeze---
I shut off
my fans
#Day
Memorial Day---
the picnics abound
but the contrition is scarce
#spiral
Archimedes Spiral---
a merry go round that
keeps expanding
#Day
Memorial Day---
what did we gain
after a decade in two wars?
#dragonfly
nice Summer day---
as a biplane flies over
a dragonfly lands
#Sunday
overcast Sunday morning ---
the oatmeal is
fully cooked
#it
VatiLeaks---
the Pope's butler
did it
#sunset
after a Spring shower
the sun comes out to set---
but no one is there
#rainbow
a rainbow---
God's sign to Noah
there would never be another flood
#sun
after days of May rain---
the sun shines
a gardner whistles
#moon
crescent moon over the skyline-
who's your
baby tonight
#fog
skyline fog at sunset---
but you can still
play baseball
#body
a body moves
in a straight line---
unless acted upon by a force
#fog
morning fog---
my sexy neighbor opens
her curtains
#fog
afternoon fog---
a soccer player shoots
at the wrong goal
#day
his first day in school---
a kid tells his mother
what happened
#fog
morning fog---
a man asks me
for directions
#Square
Times Square---
people don't say excuse me
before they push you any more
#musings
pieces of our poetic musings---
auctioned on
Wall Street
#sonnet
as Spring warms up---
I reread a Pablo Neruda
sonnet
#ink
I write in pencil---
so that I can
erase
#dawn
dawn---
yesterday's storm is
still here
#fog
afternoon fog---
a stutter speaks
clearly
#indigo
indigo snakes---
you don't want to see
how they kill their prey
#fog
morning fog---
it's a normal rush hour
in the subway
#River
East River May---
a sunny Sunday makes
the dour smile
#doctor
as you grow older---
make sure you like your doctor
you'll see him a lot
#blue
Sunday Spring blue sky---
a preacher describes
Hell fire
#tea
Japanese tea ceremony---
you need to go to school
to learn it
#blue
Saturday blue sky---
a delivery man puts
his legs up
#River
East River Spring bright day---
the bikinis are
out in force
#Mirror
Magic Mirror on the wall---
who is the fairest
one of all?
#blue
May blue sky---
a fly climbs
my kitchen window
#sunset
May sunset---
an accountant
proposes
#bad
heart "science"---
the good cholesterol isn't
any better than the bad
#blue
Spring blue sky---
a squirrel does not like
my garbage
#drum
Summer night---
a dancer sways to the beat
of a goblet drum
#fog
morning fog---
a parrot says
more coffee
#fog
May dense fog---
a man says good evening
to a tree
#rose
by any other name---
a rose is still
a rose
#limerick
overcast May---
a poet writes
a limerick
#child
glee---
a child walks
for the first time
#Monday
overcast Monday morning---
the rush hour adds
to its dreariness
#Day
two men out on Mother's Day---
discuss Freud's
Oedipus Complex
#photosynthesis
photosynthesis---
the reason the Garden of Eden
is on Earth
#hen
Spring blue sky--
a mother hen is trailed
by chicks
#sunset
Spring sunset---
a country road
is full of potholes
#Supper
da Vinci's Last Supper---
they all want to know
where is Judas
#blue
May blue sky---
the garden lettuce
is flourishing
#circle
almost dawn---
a geometry student still trying
to "square the circle"
#blue
as a Spring storm
winds down---
a blue sky
#marriage
on the road to a second term---
Obama supports
same sex marriage
#woman
"cherchez la femme"---
the most powerful person
in Europe is a woman
#rainy
Spring rainy day---
a Sapporo truck
passes by
#walk
burn more fat
and less gasoline---
walk
#orange
overcast day---
I stare at
an orange
#seabirds
not enough anchovies---
seabirds die
off the shore of Peru
#husky
an old husky---
wants no one to pet it
except its owner
#dentist
his mom holds his hand---
a kid's first time
at the dentist
#teacher
May cloudy sky---
a math teacher returns
the exam papers
#butterfly
nice Spring day---
a butterfly lands
on a sidewalk weed
#bed
Sunday they wake up
in the same bed---
not recalling Saturday night
#Sunday
cloudy May Sunday---
I buy freshly baked
croissants
#night
Saturday night fog---
the clicks of high heels
behind me
#Derby
the Kentucky Derby---
the only horse race
non gamblers watch
#Cinco
Cinco de Mayo---
a small Mexican army
stuns the French marines
#fog
I open the curtain---
nothing but
morning fog
#tree
rainy May---
a man takes cover under
a Japanese Maple tree
#fog
evening fog---
a man forgets to turn on
his head lights
#ruby
he buys her a ruby ring---
not knowing
she's color blind
#record
a record---
"The Scream" sells for
hundred and twenty million bucks
#sex
Freud was right---
all mental life is about
sex
#fog
skyline afternoon fog---
lanky men wearing
ten gallon hats
#when
May starts---
I ask Google when is
Mother's Day
#overcast
Spring overcast sky---
a frog goes back
into the pond
#fog
morning fog---
a cyclist sings loudly
May First
