#ice
cold Winter morning---
it feels like we're sliding back
into the ice age
#goes
January---
a Santa Claus goes skiing
on vacation
#laundry
New Year's Day---
so many people
are doing laundry
#green
New Year's Day---
get rid of your hangover
by eating something green
#Day
New Year's Day overcast morning -
celebrants of last night
still sleeping
#River
East River Winter---
the swimming pool is empty
but don't walk on it
#birds
it's for the birds---
spilled French fries on a sidewalk
but there're none here
#marbles
playing poker New Year's Eve---
a man loses
his marbles
#sunrise
last day of the year sunrise---
just ignore
that full moon
#gridiron
the vituperative attitude
of gridiron players
when they talk
#sunset
a cold windy day sunset---
skyline chimneys spew
dark blue smoke
#subway
New York subway---
woman pushes a man
into the tracks to kill him
#pencils
add color---
I'd rather draw with crayons
than pencils
#rape
as women gain more rights---
India boils in anger
over a rape
#moon
spent all Saturday night
carousing---
full moon in the western sky
#dry
rainy in New York---
but New Year's Eve
will be dry
#pose
a stormy day low clouds---
the skyline lost
its pose
#flakes
snow flakes shower---
it melts as soon as
it hits the ground
#blue
blue tiger---
takes lots of meat to feed it
I'd rather have a blue cat
#snow
late December morning---
a snow storm is
on the way
#sunset
year end sunset---
but who wants
the next one unlucky number
#blue
so what it's cold-Winter blue sky
#sunrise
late December sunrise---
don't count on our nearest star
to warm you up
#blond
morning fog and rain---
a platinum blond
stays in bed
#jumps
the haiku by Basho---
about what jumps
into ponds
#light
overcast at sunrise---
a night light
stays on
#miss
December snow showers---
I miss July
downpours
#after
day after Christmas---
church bells play
carols
#coffee
to write a haiku about coffee---
I first made for myself
a cup
#sunrise
December sunrise---
spilled water turns into ice
overnight
#moon
joining the skyline
Christmas lights displays---
full moon
#sunset
Christmas Day sunset
not visible due to clouds---
better luck next year
#company
in the company of the homeless---
nuns serve
Christmas dinner
#Day
Christmas Day morning rain---
good for the
poinsettias
#mix
Christmas Eve mix
of rain and snow---
Santa will need some eggnog
#River
East River Christmas Eve
calm waters and blue sky---
happy demeanors
#kids
Christmas Eve---
a Santa has no more kids
to sit on his lap
#once
at least once a day---
hug your
partner
#Eve
Christmas Eve sunrise---
I water my
poinsettia
#River
East River Autumn Sunday---
a day moon has no admirers
but me
#loud
crying out loud---
a man says today
is the end of the world
#dawn
Sunday dawn---
a priest takes
a walk
#sky
December cloudy sky---
shoppers crowd whatever
good deal
#wrapped
wrapped up and paid for
an engagement ring
from Tiffany
#stillness
Saturday morning stillness---
the whistle
of a teakettle
#spirit
must be the Christmas spirit---
Putin wants
democracy in Syria
#night
December night---
Empire State Building lit
in green and red
#closer
at Starbucks---
the closer to Christmas
the less their customers
#Solstice
Winter Solstice---I use a sunlamp to make the nights shorter
#fog
fog at dawn---
a bakery has
powdered donuts
#Corona
Mexican restaurant---
Corona beer comes
with three wedges of lime
#stars
New York Christmas tree
dots of light---
further up the stars
#moon
half moon at sunset---
going out on
a borrowed light
#moon
as I look for my grey cap---
a day moon in a blue sky
Christmas cheer
#framed
at an art gallery---
not all the paintings
get framed
#dawn
dawn---
I wait for a haiku
to dawn on me
#moon
at sunset crescent moon appears
then faints away---
too much pollution
#carols
December nice day
a chorus sings Christmas carols
at lunch hour
#scooters
it's against the law---
delivery men ride
their scooters on sidewalks
#fog
skyline Winter fog---
a driver asks me
which way is Manhattan
#predawn
December predawn---
there're plenty of people
in the New York subway
#fog
skyline evening fog---
there is nothing
to see
#firefly
firefly---
an airplane flies over
a forest fire to extinguish it
#fog
December morning fog---
you can still find Santa
because he wears red
#gun
one more reason
why I love New York---
gun control
#nor'easter
a nor'easter---
food delivery persons
keep you dry
#fog
afternoon fog---
if you can't stand the steam
in the kitchen get out
#time
New York City---
I have to rush
no more time
#nude
Winter Sunday dawn---
a nude woman enters
an outdoors jacuzzi
#dead
the grateful dead---
will be dead when
all their following is dead
#moon
Saturday night---
a woman's jeans slide down
crescent moon
#plays
Beethoven's birthday---
Rubinstein plays
the Emperor Concerto
#solace
without our sun solace---
depression would kill
all of us
#dawn
cold at dawn---
a woman wears a down coat
birds fly by
#shootings
school shootings---
let 'em all go through
metal detectors
#sunset
December sunset redness---
kids blood spilled
in Connecticut
#blue
December blue sky---
a snow skier falls
on his butt
#line
accountants Christmas party---
no one is thinking
of the bottom line
#predawn
Winter predawn---
I take a last look
at the stars
#lights
festival of lights---
a candelabrum stands
next to a Christmas tree
#sunrise
December sunrise---
a redhead
wears green
#River
East River Winter---
I touch the bank iron rail
cold as ice
#12/12/12
12/12/12---
the concert to support
hurricane Sandy victims
#teeth
my Maxillary Central Incisors---
lost them
many years ago
#dawn
December dawn---
a dog guarding Christmas trees
is leashed
#wings
chicken wings and beer---
it's
addictive
#Alps
Christmas Vacation---
downhill skiing
the Alps
#dawn
drizzle at dawn---
a mother breast feeds
her baby
#cafe
rainy day---
an outdoors cafe has
its furniture against the wall
#twin
a twin---
each buys the other
the same Christmas present
#fog
more morning fog---
a cyclist wears
an orange vest
#shark
Summer---
I'd rather eat shark meat
than have a shark eat me
#Sunday
cloudy Sunday morning---
the sun plays
hide and seek
#light
Saturday night coupulation---
dimmer the light
quicker it ends
#beer
a gourmet beer bar---
no cursing
please
#image
mirror,mirror on the wall---
whose image is the fairest
of them all
#fog
fog at dawn---
a man goes back
to sleep
#count
December rainy day---
I stay home
and count my blessings
#cat
out in an urban jungle---
a cat returns home
at dawn
#dawn
December dawn---
a paperboy whistles
"Jingle Bells"
#ring
Autumn nice day---
she flashes
her turquoise ring
#L
moonless night---I buy lilacs for Lila
#sunrise
blue sky sunrise---
all the stars of last night
were rehearsals
#sharp
seafood restaurant---
I have swordfish
sharp to the last bite
#blue
December blue sky---
a bald man forgets his
grey cap
#dawn
December dawn---
a passing shower wets
the early birds
#fog
skyline evening fog---
a man goes to buy
his darling roses
#blue
after the rain blue sky---
a shopper asks
where's my discount
#green
December---
white poodle out for a walk
wears a green vest
#rain
December morning
rain shower---
as I go to shower
#dragonflies
a Florida Winter---
I love dragonflies
but fear dragon ladies
#moon
skyline morning haze--
a man yawns
December day moon
#jungle
the Amazon jungle---
people now find their way
using Google
#Sunday
with all that fog, smoke,
and dark clouds---
how can this be a Sunday
#fog
December dense fog---
the dogs of a junk yard
keep barking
#day
overcast day---
a florist has
sunflowers
#seagulls
Winter---
seagulls pick
at spilled garbage
