#dawn
September Sunday dawn---
I wait till sunrise
to get out of bed
#River
East River Labor Day weekend-
the wild life also
took time off
#two parts
September First Dawn---
a full moon faints away
as the sun rises
#moon
September First Dawn---
a full moon
faints away
#Day
Labor Day weekend starts---
the ones still working
have bills to pay
#solar
sunrise---
the light of a solar battery
changes to green
#Republicans
the Republicans
Romney Ryan Reagan---
Oooooooobama
#fence
Beverley Hills---
a sign on a house fence says
armed response
#blue
August blue sky---
a window washer
runs out of soap
#moon
late night---
as city lights dim out
August full moon
#Obamacare
Obamacare---
it's the law
of the land
#blue
August blue sky---
a Bengali man wears
a white kaftan
#River
East River Summer cold breeze-
shivering as the waters
are rippling
#dream
I have a dream---
Martin Luther King gives
a speech
#Romney
Romney---
you can't avoid him
if you watch TV
#hurricane
once more they board New Orleans-
because of the threat
of a hurricane
#Beatles song
hey Jude---
find her for me and I'll go
and get her
#limo
sunny August---
a limo driver enters
a car wash
#storm
storm Isaac aims at Tampa---
can Romney's boat
stay afloat
#city
Aphrodisias,Turkey---
not a sexual aid just
an old city
#timeline
sunny Sunday---
I write a haiku
on NaHaiWriMo timeline
#sunrise
late August sunrise---
plenty of parking space
on the street
#sunrise
I turn on the radio---
and it's
a tequila sunrise
#growing
growing up---
I was no
Huckleberry Finn
#wild
the wild wild west---
shoot out outside
the Empire State Building
#sun
hi sun---
you are leaving us for the night
best wishes
#seams
a happy marriage---
after his death
she falls apart at the seams
#Curiosity
Curiosity---
a NASA rover looks for
signs of life on Mars
#sunset
after sunset---
a man raises
the rising sun flag
#heat
election year---
if you can't stand the heat
get out of the kitchen
#forgets
hypnosis---
what your mind forgets
can be found in its trash basket
#Wiccan
August morning---
New York Times reports
on a Wiccan prayer circle
#bark
Summer sunset---
a couple bark at each other
their dogs watch
#driftwood
the Beat Poets---
some drifted through life
like logs on a river
#stillness
morning stillness---
a man talks to his dog
in a whisper
#peaks
perched on the roof---
two pigeons face to face
touch peaks
#surrenders
after dancing together
till the wee hours---
she surrenders
#Facebook
what's on your mind---
Facebook will take it
even if it stinks
#humid
Summer humid day---
pigs don't sweat
humans do
#dawn
dawn---
skyscrapers lower
their lights
#boat
the Roaring Twenties---
crossing the Atlantic
on an ocean liner
#lonely
Putin and the Pussy Riot---
he must be
lonely
#wee
New York City wee hours---
people walk home
fast
#Friday
August Friday---
a man asks his manager
if he can leave early
#lioness
not her type---
a lioness turns down
a suitor
#birthers
Obama runs
for a second term---
no birthers so far
#sunrise
sunrise---
an artist draws
with charcoal
#sunset
you can see the sun sets---
while the rain is still
falling here
#rain
August rain---
like pearl necklaces
when they become untied
#pepper
have a soar throat---
gargle with cayenne pepper
and lemon juice
#blond
August sunny morning---
tanned blond with long ponytail
jogs by
#Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment---
an apple hits
Isaac Newton head
#smoke
early morning---
a smoke alarm rings
needs new batteries
#love
Wall Street---
it's all for the love
of money
#blue
Monday morning blue sky---
a teacher tells the class
to quiet
#marathoner
London blue sky---
a marathoner reaches
the finish line
#vacation
on vacation---
a prude enters a nudist beach
by mistake
#cat
Summer cloudy dawn---
a cat
hisses
#sunset
Summer sunset---
a beach lifeguard blows
his whistle
#watermelon
eating watermelon---
kids compete who can
spit the seeds the furthest
#seagull
overcast morning---
I hear the squawk
of a seagull
#grass
a spiritual event---
Rastafarians smoke
grass
#rice
overcast August---
a monk has rice
with his yogurt
#River
East River August---
much ultra violet rays
joggers in a daze
#tide pool
look at a tide pool---
then look at the sky
there're stars in both
#cantaloupes
sunny Summer morning---
a fruit stand has
cantaloupes
#love
the best test of love---
is
silence
#Spider
Spider-Man on Broadway---
when in the Big Apple
don't miss it
#fog
skyline morning fog---
a man watches and puffs
on his pipe
#myth
myth becomes reality---
NASA lands a rover
on Mars
#Curiosity
Curiosity---
NASA lands a rover
on Mars
#River
East River August---
mostly humans wearing
bikinis
#hope
lottery tickets---
the sole reason they buy them
is hope that they'll win
#mime
on stage---
a mime portrays
a haiku
#synchronized
Olympics synchronized swimming-
all look like they
had ballet training
#Columbus
Columbus statue near
where I live---
a huge sword in his belt
#cat
overcast Sunday---
a black and white cat sits
in the window
#beach
the Olympics beach volley ball-
but where is
the water
#lightness
on stage---
the lightness of a ballerina
as she leaps
#haze
August morning haze---
a kid with crayons colors
the sky red
#sunset
bull's eye---
an archer shoots an arrow
at sunset
#sand
stormy day at the beach---
where lightning strikes
sand becomes glass
#haze
Summer morning haze---
a man sweetens his coffee
with schnapps
#women
the twenty-first century---
it's all about
women
#moon
August full moon---
lovers at the beach
in a swoon
#haze
August morning haze---
a man had too much
to drink last night
#kayak
get out your kayak---
a Summer rain storm floods parts
of New York City
#hearts
Three-card Monte---
you find where is
the queen of hearts
#First
morning drizzle
I run to catch a bus---
August First
