#night

overcast Sunday---
the lilacs
remind me of last night

#red

Spring drizzle---
her frizzy red hair
gets wet

#rice

check out---
the clerk wants to know
how many bags of rice I got

#empty

overcast Spring day---
an empty plastic bag rolls
my shoe untied

#Park

Madison Square Park---
no sub prime anything
here

#fly

April ends---
the sun shines
on a dead fly

#blue

blue sky---
the parrot
is very quiet

#moon

needs another night cap
for the dawn---
waxing moon

#out

Union Square---
Spring
but no one speaks out

#blue

blue sky---
my neighbor tells
another big fish story

#dull

dull April afternoon---
one of my exes
calls

#primary

primary Tuesday---
it's about time
the fat lady sings

#beer

April
hot sun and cold wind---
I drink another beer

#dust

morning fog---
she wipes the dust
off her portrait

#play

mass at Yankee Stadium---
his Holiness decides
to play hardball

#rice

the price of rice
goes up---
I start hording sake

#paint

hot April day---
Cherry petals scatter
her new toenail paint

#Park

Madison Square Park Spring day---
dog and his mistress
walk shaking their tails

#moon

her blond hair shines
over her business suit---
full moon at dusk

#dawn

dawn---
out for a walk
my shadow scares me

#cat

hot Spring day---
the cat thinks
this is a jungle

#ring

the subway surfaces---
a symphony
of ring tones

#cap

April warms---
I chat with a woman
who wears a Sox cap

#blue

blue sky---
I step on white
Cherry tree petals

#give

give to Caesar what---
the Pope visits
on Tax Day

#sale

Tax Day---
the sun shines
on a house for sale

#sunset

I stopped to view
a Cherry tree---
April sunset

#blue

blue sky---
her windows are all
fogged up

#dancer

Greek bar---
I use sign language
to chat up the belly dancer

#blue

blue sky---
a grey horse pisses
on new grass

#trees

Cherry trees blossom---
construction workers
nonstop whistling

#bus

new driver---
my bus arrives
on time

#rest

foggy day---
the rest of this
is at present not available

#dawn

dawn---
the birds sing
the cat pretends sleep

#warm

warm Spring day---
the woman in the token booth
smiles at me

#Torch

new Olympic sport---
hide and seek
the Torch

#kitten

evening rush---
a kitten sticks out
of a crowded duffel bag

#sniffing

Starbucks---
green plastic stirrers
too narrow for sniffing

#what?

April cold wind
and hot sun---
Chinese what?

#voyeur

dawn---
a voyeur
needs more time

#cleaning

Spring cleaning---
I misplaced the Drano
in the frig

#blossom

Cherry trees blossom---
she asks have I seen
her new tattoo

#shorts

Spring sun warms---
she jogs on Third Avenue
wearing shorts

#Park

Madison Square Park---
people sit in Spring sun
wearing their Winter coats

#stairs

nice Spring day---
I help a neighbor
go up stairs

#sheep

economy is bad---
my barber switches
to sheep*

* http://tinyurl.com/4sox26

#church

early morning---
the sound of rock 'n roll band
from a church

#keys

Starbucks---
with so many keys on her ring
she may have your heart's

#tie

heavy rain---
I bend down to tie
her shoe laces

#cigars

waiting for my Cuban cigars
to arrive by Fed Ex---
Bill smokes

#pants

an old pair of pants
fit too loose---
Spring morning walk

#store

sunny Spring day---
at the corner store
firemen buy charcoal

#dawn

dawn---
a pile of black trash bags
wait for pick up

#wet

April showers---
who cares
about getting wet

#truth

April's Fool---
she tells
the truth

#barks

a cat runs
the parrot barks---
a dull March ends

#line

March drizzle---
a long line to buy
baseball tickets

#sunset

sunset---
a woman wearing
the burka passes by

#preacher

Sunday morning---
the preacher doesn't
talk elections

#class

upper class gym---
there's* more
women than men

* http://tinyurl.com/32s8pt

#blue

blue sky---
nothing left
of last night macaroons

#sunset

the sound of laughter
on the beach---
Spring sunset

#chill

late March chill---
her naked legs
suddenly part

#who

overcast skies---
who needs
all that progeny

#chats

morning rush---
man on my left
chats with woman on my right

#mushroom

late March warmth---
cloud shaped like
a mushroom head

#crowd

morning rush pale faces---
no Spring break
for this crowd

#shop

pluming and heating shop---
a bombshell passes
sunny March

#dawn

dawn---
the blandness
of an egg whites omelet

#tracks

seagull crosses to wrong
side of tracks---
an elections year

#lights

early morning---
the witch's lights
are still on

#Parade

Easter Parade---
the only time you see
fruits on Fifth Avenue

#blue

blue sky---
the sprinklers are not working
late March

#sour

candy store---/
I buy sour jelly beans/
Spring cold wind

#games

empty subway---
I think of last year Mets games
Spring

#blue

blue sky---
a nun looks down
Good Friday morning

#moon

full moon---
the barmaid kisses me
on the cheek

#day

Spring first day---
she wears
no bra

#wind

strong March wind---
my neighbor
coughs louder

#hear

in order to form
a more perfect union---
let's hear* one another

* http://tinyurl.com/yojote

#home

March showers---
I stay
home

#sunset

sunset---
not enough money
to buy a pizza slice

#sings

morning stillness---
a garbage truck
sings

#green

people wear green
for St. Pat Day---
naked trees

#blue

blue sky---
daisies
blossom

#sunset

sunset---clouds move in
I watch
a Grace Kelly movie

#Madness

March Madness*---
I keep watching
the golf channel

* http://tinyurl.com/3a2hmh

#St.

St. Patrick's Day---
the man at the door
cards me

#buds

lilac buds behind
iron bars fence---
it starts to rain

#Spring

Spring nears---
street gang threaten another
in a cheap diner

#Cab

overcast day---
an old Checker Cab*
passes by

* http://tinyurl.com/yo7mna


#hands

early Spring narrow street
lined with bare trees---
we hold hands

#moon

the barmaid is out
of lemon wedges---
a half moon

#blind

it's time the blind*
lead the seeing---
Elliot Spitzer resigns

* http://tinyurl.com/33nc2c

#moon

the barmaid smiles
at my joke---
waxing crescent

#blue

blue sky---
a white poodle
sleeps at my feet

#9

watch out for
all that spit flying around---
Client 9 uncovered*

* http://tinyurl.com/2fprc6

#moon

my second time---
barmaid remembers my drink
crescent moon

#run

brisk March---
PE class runs the tracks
as I wait my bus

#moon

the barmaid raises
her eyebrow as I enter---
crescent moon

#figure

today's crossword too hard---
I try figure
who's she calling

#jeans

grey patches of clouds---
I try to fit in my old
hippie jeans

#checkers

no one wants to play checkers---
I watch
a Charlie Chaplin movie

#quiet

morning fog---
my difficult neighbor
is very quiet

#time

a meter maid asks me
what time is it---
day light saving time starts

#blue

blue sky---
the kitchen sink
is clogged again

#enough

Starbucks---
work coffee breaks long enough
to ask for her phone number

#Decision

Dred Scott Decision Day*----
but this year
he is running for president

*On March 6, 1857, in its Dred

Scott decision, the Supreme Court

held that Scott, a slave, could not

sue for his freedom in a federal

court.

#white

morning strands
of white clouds---
she redyes her hair

#turtle

March coldness---
the playground grand turtle
raises its head

#shirt

March showers---
she swooshes my shirt
with her clinking clunker

#sunset

fog at sunset---
I ask for a second
Martini olive

#dawn

dawn---
I broke the bottle
of the orange juice

#warm

warm March evening rush---
the smell of dirty hair
and stale perfume

#stop

bus stop---she smokes
with one hand and shakes
at him the other's finger

#cap

March bright day---
I adjust
my Yankees cap

#hand

morning stillness---
my neighbor's hand
waves hello

#boy

boy pushes a load
of water melons---
February is over

#blue

Maya* blue sky---
I sacrifice
a dozen Blue Points

* http://tinyurl.com/yukkvy

#pauses

morning drizzle---
my window is scribbled
with pauses

#girls

sunny--- teen girls pass me
and giggle
almost Spring

#train

waiting for my train---
shadows of birds
travel the rails

#green

end of February---
too green strawberries
on sale

#blue

blue sky---
I ask her
that we hold hands

#stare

miniskirt--- her walk
makes it hard not to stare
almost Spring

#sunset

fog at sunset---
I view
a film noir

#exam

at Starbucks---
he grades
her exam

#Park

Madison Square Park---
couple dance tango
then pass the hat

#coat

park---
man in trench coat pretends
pissing in snow

#feather

February---
after snow stopped
a white feather falls

#burns

bright day---
yesterday's snow
burns

#blue

blue sky---
I go to buy
lactose free milk

#salmon

diner---
a redhead asks me
how's the salmon

#squirrel

snow melted
from the fire escape---
squirrel walks down

#blizzard

February blizzard---
I tell kids playing in snow
merry Christmas

#dawn

snow
at dawn---
no more milk

#windy

windy day---
the mailman
arrives early

#Saturn

holding the binoculars
in her hands---she has
more rings than Saturn

#tree

strong wind gusts---
I hug
a tree

#blue

blue sky---
some one whistles
in the bathroom

#sunset

February sunset---
I made
the salsa

#moon

she shows me
her new tattoo---
full moon sets

#dolphin

the rain stops
sun comes out---
a dolphin jumps

#dawn

rainy dawn---
I feed
the gold fish

#knocks

he knocks on my door---
wants to know
if Matilde lives here

#cat

Sunday morning stillness---
the cat
naps

#blue

blue sky---
I skip
Karate class

#dog

dog walking time in Chelsea---
I can smell
the loneliness

#terror

one more campus shooting---
isn't this
also terror?

#Park

Madison Square Park---
she's alone at the fountain
a half moon

#bud

Cherry trees
on her block bud---
Valentine's Day

#blue

blue sky---
senior citizen couple out
for Valentine's Day

#love

Valentine's Day---
when love is never free
but there's always a sale

#smiles

all the snow gone
this morning---
with last night barmaid smiles

#bar

caught in a snow storm---
I walk into
the nearest bar

#snow

the snow starts---
my neighbor quits
his computer game

#wins

Lincoln's Birthday---
whoever wins* today
prejudice loses

* 2008 Democratic Party

presidential primaries

#moon

afterwards
her smile widens---
crescent moon sets

#blue

blue sky---
so what if it's so cold
the pond froze

#moon

crescent moon
over skyline---
bridge traffic slows

#snow

strong wind driven
snow flurries---
it feels like facial

#leaves

February---
I watch an iguana eat
cactus leaves on tv

#pizza

Saturday night---
getting very hungry
waiting for a pizza

#dawn

dawn---
she's upset 'cause
I woke her up

#sunset

alone on a pier
he plays the trombone---
Winter sunset

#sand

a construction site
on a Winter day---
got sand in my shoes

#dancing

dancing a little---
I kill
a cockroach

#grey

grey sky---
the seagulls take
the day off

#year

for the new year*---
a temple nun
washes Buddha

* http://tinyurl.com/2ehdch

#lines

waiting for the train---
parallel lines meet
at infinity

#cat

warm February night---
the cat wants
to go out

#rat

sun behind clouds---
a rat runs
across the parking lot

#Giants

ticker tape parade
for the Giants*---
they're friendlier when off field

* The New York Giants won
Super Bowl XLII

#Tuesday

Fat Tuesday---
hope your candidate*
will have enough meat

* Fat Tuesday this year is
also Super Tuesday

#times

hard times---
a pimp
takes a write-down

#parrot

my neighbor's parrot
louder than usual---
tomorrow is Mardi Gras

#night

Super Bowl night---
I rush home
not to miss any commercials

#ice

morning ice on the roofs---
she closes
her chiffon curtains

#bridge

walking across
the Brooklyn bridge---
it's our cathedral

#dawn

dawn---
looking at last month
heating oil bill

#clicks

rainy night---
the clicks of high heels
behind me

#sunset

sunset---
the water in the gutter
freezes

#blue

blue sky---
an old man
forgot to shave

#snow

my snow boots still
in the back of closet---
January ends

#wind

strong wind pushes me---
how many watts
can it produce?

#phone

morning stillness---
I turn off
my cell phone

#plants

passing a funeral home---
their plants need
some water

#words

his last state of union speech---
he said the words
climate change

#beauty

outside beauty salon---
a bull dog pisses
on no parking sign

#dawn

cold dawn---
a migrant worker
cycles to work

#rose

a diner late January---
I touch a rose
to see if it's real

#salad

boring January---
I go get
a seaweed salad

#sunset

Winter sunset---
she leaves me
alone

#books

cold morning---
I exercise by
clearing my desk of books

#lost

all it took was that
his opponent wear black---
Federer lost*

*at the Australian Open

#moon

blue sky---
except for
a setting day moon

#tree

doing yoga---
the cat thinks
I'm a real tree

#heart

morning oatmeal---
the no pleasure
of preventing heart attacks

#blue

blue sky---
a child asks
where are the stars

#moon

dawn---
my night light won't go off
full moon

#men

women's basketball---
why aren't
the cheerleaders men?

#blue

blue sky---
the gluttony
of a smoke column

#dream

Martin Luther King Day---
I have a dream there'll be
no more hunger

#witch

bitter cold morning---
a witch has
her curtains open

#elephant

a Bangkok sidewalk cafe---
an elephant*
walks in

* http://tinyurl.com/2x9scx

#stop

a truck stop---
what does your car
want to eat?

#dance

a party---
trying to dance salsa and
speak Spanish at the same time

#sunrise

sunrise---
new graffiti
in black and white

#teach

sunny January day---
I teach a kid
how to draw beach balls

#blue

blue sky---
white lilies stick out
of a garbage bag

#play

the Australian Open---
watching them play
while here it snows

#moon

late night half moon
at the window---
she covers her hair

#first

first date---
she lets him hold
her iPhone

#moon

she offers to read
my Turkish coffee cup---
a half moon

#gym

at the gym---
everyone watches
the financial news

#phones

morning train in a tunnel---
the cool silence
of dead phones

#truck

overcast afternoon---
a garbage truck
wakes me up

#sunrise

sunrise---
her shiny hair
on my face

#football

mid January
betting on a football game---
out of habit

#blue

blue sky---
forecast of a snow storm
tonight

#Park

Madison Square Park---
got a quarter?
I have to use the toilet*

* Madison Square Park has now
a toilet which costs 25 cents per
use. Read more about it at
http://tinyurl.com/375dng

#cat

morning stillness---
the cat wants to talk
relationships

#luck

at the race track better luck sign

than horseshoes---
crescent moon

#top

from top of the world
he peeked at heaven---
Edmund Hillary* dies

* http://tinyurl.com/3dprzd

#milk

cloudy sky---
no milk to put
the granola in

#dawn

dawn---
the whiteness
of an all night diner

#mirror

bright day---
the dirt on my mirror
stares back at me

#trees

new year waxes---
dumped Christmas trees
line the street

#whisper

West Village bar---
she talks with
a hoarse whisper

#sunrise

sunrise---
New Hampshire
votes

#blue

blue sky---
who cares how white
her satin dress is

#bills

January---
bills of last month
arrive

#cat

mild winter night---
a street cat
acts up

#points

January Saturday night---
Empire State Building
red head points out

#river

Hudson river---
snow on the shore rocks
and seagulls

#sunrise

sunrise---
I get over
my January blues

#now

after winning Iowa---
Obama is now
black enough

#black

Big Apple Winter---
the wearing
of black

#smoke

very cold day---
a chimney
keeps on talking

#blue

blue sky---
looking through
an iced window

#cold

January bitter cold---
she
hugs me

#work

January started---
the silence
of going back to work

#rat

the cat sniffs
a spent firecracker---
soon comes the brown earth rat*

*name of the Chinese new year

#rice

new year's day---
there is rice
on the sidewalk

#new

new year's eve---
a man pisses
on fifth avenue

#snowman

last day of the year---
the snowman
is all gray

#stare

the mayor look alike---
I pretend
to stare

#Park

Madison Square Park
the dollar is down---
holiday lights made of gold

#blue

Beijing morning---
is the sky
officially blue*?

*http://tinyurl.com/2fwrqn

#spider

a spider going up
reaches the ceiling---
end of the year

#blue

blue sky---
nothing left
of Christmas day dumplings

#bananas

Colombian lunch---
potatoes
are bananas

#fog

dense fog---
a smoke column
struggles to be seen

#dawn

dawn---
too many holidays lights
to see it coming

#gym

Winter holidays---
two little girls jump rope
in a boxing gym

#sun

overcast day
after Christmas---
I wear my new sun shades

#sale

Christmas day---
a Chinese store
has a sale on Christmas cards

#Christmas

Christmas morning---
a blind man and his dog
wait to cross the street

#moon

her blond hair
glows in the dark---
full moon

#blue

blue sky---
Santa
takes a nap

#nuts

Christmas shopping---
they are out
of macadamia nuts

#Park

Madison Square Park Winter---
the only stars to view
are dogs

#skin

December Saturday night---
the only bared skin
is the lower back

#solstice

Winter solstice---
her fire kept me awake
all night

#wind

strong wind---
a seller of Christmas trees
ties them up

#hair

a hair dresser---
snow-woman
has no hair

#tree

New York City
Christmas tree---
size does matter

#stillness

morning stillness---
the snowman
keeps on watching

#drizzle

December drizzle---
the snowman
is water proof

#moon

our snowman
lost his mouth piece---
a half moon

#songs

Thai restaurant---
Christmas songs
only in the kitchen

#blue

December blue sky---
all the white tinsel
is on Christmas trees


#sunset

sunset viewing
from a heated parked car---
it's a hybrid

#cat

bitter cold morning---
I share my bed
with the cat

#wind

strong wind---
an inflatable Santa
decides to fly back north

#shampoo

it's snowing again---
I need
dandruff shampoo

#skirt

mid December train ride---
her skirt rises
as she dozes

#Fifth

December Fifth Avenue---
I eat a croissant
outside Tiffany

#moon

December New York---
above all that neon
crescent moon

#rat

December rush hour---
a rat
on steroids

#rice

winter flexes its wrath---
I stand close
to the rice steamer

#storm

walking in first snow storm---
no one
in a hurry

#sunset

December sunset redness---
she wears
green

#fog

morning fog---
the graffiti
looks subtle

#hamburgers

the smell of cooking
hamburgers---
I keep eating my tuna salad

#day

gloomy day---
the Christmas lights
shine brighter

#gunman

once more
this holidays season---
gunman shoots in a crowd

#tree

rainy day---
the City Christmas tree
gets watered