#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