#First

December First morning---
the sun is nowhere
to be seen

#counts

Friday night---
a black jack player
counts his chips

#ends

Christmas trees
are on sale---
November ends

#blue

well after sunrise---
a Winter blue sky is full
of contrails

#blue

November blue sky---
a fireman climbs
the long ladder

#doubleheader

doubleheader---
full moon next to Venus
I have a night cap

#sunset

Winter sunset---
the whistle of a
Florida bound train

#sunny

sunny after a storm---
Christmas shoppers are back
with vengeance

# moon

from behind dissipating
storm clouds---November
full moon peeps

#fog

afternoon fog---
a nor'easter beats
a desert storm any time

#sunset

Samurais duel at sunset---
contrails crisscross
a blue sky

#frog

a snow storm is on the way---
a frog jumps
into a pond

#forecast

today's forecast---
a nor'easter will dump
a mix of rain and snow

#post

post Thanksgiving---
my neighbor keeps playing
Dance Macabre

#moon

there he goes---
burning the midnight oil
November full moon

#new

nothing new under the sun---
a man finds
a shiny penny

#wind

Christmas shopping---
I buy a pianist
wind chime

#sunrise

Sunday sunrise---
when God rested
man shops

#moon

Saturday night full moon---
let the mooching
start

#husky

cold windy November---
a husky enjoys
his walk

#evolution

all revolutions---
are outcomes
of politics evolution

#sunrise

sunrise---
a parrot says
what's for breakfast

#blue

November blue sky---
a shopper looks
at rain coats

#Square

Herald Square dawn---
Black Friday shoppers wait
in line

#sunset

Thanksgiving sunset---
pass the cranberry sauce
please

#moon

Thanksgiving---
half loaf beats null
a day moon

#JFK

the day JFK was shot---
coincides with this year's
Thanksgiving

#Santa

late November---
a class on how to be
a Santa Claus

#dawn

at dawn---
Venus sparkles
Happy Thanksgiving

#blue

November blue sky---
I dip a pretzel
in chocolate syrup

#touch

crowded subway---
the touch of a hand
on my lower back

#dawn

as a cat passes by---
softly dawn
slips away

#River

East River grayness---
a black duck floating down stream
flaps wings to slow down

#owl

around closing time---
a night owl tries to pick up
the barmaid

#dawn

Winter dawn---
a squirrel jumps
into a trash can

#moon

I go to buy bread---
above the skyline
a half moon

#sunset

post sunset---
chocolate covered
pomegranate

#warmth

for warmth in Winter---
share your bed
with some one

#dawn

Winter dawn---
an old man walks
a grey dog

#sunset

sunset alchemy---
gold turns into
ruby

#sunrise

Sunday sunrise---
its silence is
deafening 

#qualms

blue sky and red clouds---
a virgin says
I have no qualms

#daffodils

November sunrise---
the daffodils are
shining

#porches

mid November---
many porches still have
their Halloween stuff

#goose

November chill---
a goose dives
under water

#job

the grandchildren
of baby boomers---
they're trying to find a job

#stillness

morning stillness---
a car driver yells
at a cyclist

#blue

Autumn blue sky---
a tourist climbs
the Statue of Liberty

#dawn

Autumn dawn---
Venus in
the western sky

#River

East River late Autumn wind---
only the lonely hearts
are here

#fortune

Wall Street---
you can make a fortune
trading penny stocks

#sunrise

rain at sunrise---
reading today's news
makes me want to cry

#peace

Obama's second term---
let's give peace
a chance

#Day

Veterans Day morning fog---
unlike the fog of war
it's harmless

#Nirvana

a contrail aims at sun
as it sets---
Nirvana

#Indian

an Indian Summer day---
a man carves and lights
a pumpkin 

#ask

ask Petraeus---
about war
not women

#haze

skyline morning haze---
a man complains
the coffee is too cold

#affair

the Petraeus affair---
what would George Patton
had said

#dryness

Winter indoor dryness---
I refill
my humidifier

#love

General Petraeus resigns---
love is many
splendid things

#bar

on the roof of a bar---
pigeons perch
on the TV antenna

#moon

waning crescent moon---
the law of diminishing returns
kicks in

#blue

Autumn blue sky---
I return empty beer bottles
to the vender

#sunset

Autumn sunset blush---
red roofs covered
with fresh snow

#insects

Winter---
the only insects you run into
are cockroaches 

#sound

November dawn---
the sound of
shoveling snow

#storms

rain mixed with snow---
our storms become complex
climate change

#wins

Obama wins---
a second nor'easter is
on the way

#blue

Elections Day blue sky---
I vote for
Barak Obama

#sunrise

Elections Day sunrise---
we are not
a red state

#sunset

a November sunset---
it beats all the Thanksgiving
decorations

#storm

living in a shelter---
after a storm leveled
their homes

#sunrise

Autumn sunrise---
the smell of
cornflakes

#moon

blue sky---
above a column of smoke
a day moon

#sunrise

a mix of blue and pink
is it a boy or a girl---
sunrise 

#aftermath

the country that sent
men to the moon---
can deal with Sandy's aftermath

#in

it's Autumn
in New York---
Sinatra sings

#moon

November blue sky---
I wear my white cap
a day moon

#skyline

evening---
the skyline sparkles
what hurricane

#River

East River post Sandy---
sewage tainted
waters

#patchy

morning patchy clouds---
Big Apple fights to get up
from Sandy's knock out