#sale

downtown---
plastic Fall leaves on sale
as I step on real ones

#soup

an SUV stops
to refuel---
GM on the soup line

#storm

haunting October rain storm---
she reads
her horoscope

#harvest

Illinois plays Wisconsin
football---
corn harvest is over

#day

the recession---
a day laborer
takes off his shoes

#moon

late October
restlessness---
crescent moon

#moon

October night---
who cares how stocks did
crescent moon

#blue

blue sky---
the grey cat
is hiding

#salad

at McDonald's---
I remember Paul Newman
from his salad dressing

#blond

late October wind---
her blond hair flies
along with the leaves

#leaf

October cold gusts---
green leaf blown
under my door

#cold

cold morning---
the bus has no heat
she knits a sweater

#sunset

East River Autumn sunset---
a swan
dips

#cat

black cat tries to
open a garbage bag---
moonless night

#diner

Sunday diner---
the after church crowd
are too loud

#pool

late October---
an empty
swimming pool

#coffee

Saturday night---
two smiling cops come
into a dinner for coffee

#train

Saturday morning train---
the sound of someone
brushing their hair

#close

close to Halloween---
the scarecrows are not
scary any more

#blue

blue sky---
one more form to fill
to take the flu shot

#sunset

October sunset---
a surfer
keeps on trying

#algae

East River black rocks---
algae flourishes
among garbage

#play

October park---
I watch school girls
play socker

#moon

where are my slippers---
a harvest moon
stares

#close

close to the elections---
will Hilary
beat Palin

#moon

dawn---she parked on
wrong side of the street
setting full moon

#thinks

Columbus Day---
someone here thinks
he's in Amsterdam

#crisis

banks crisis deepens---
a brief case left
on the steps of a church

#fall

Autumn courtyard---
as leaves fall
algae grows

#bad

Saturday night---
the comedy is so bad
I write a haiku

#moon

the recession---
it's time
to colonize the moon

#blue

blue sky---
the seagulls are busy
feeding

#smell

clear October night---
the smell
of cinnamon

#squirrel

warm Autumn day---
a squirrel wants to know
what I am reading

#moon

very dry night---
a half moon
hardly moving

#sunrise

sunrise---
a nun's car
broke down

#bad

bad day ends---
the barmaid says
she missed me

#work

the recession---
cheaper to drive to work
but work harder to find

#cigar

cigar bar---
customer complains
draft from open window

#blue

blue sky---
no liquidity
at the banks

#sale

more economic woes---
Champaign
on sale

#seagulls

October dawn---
seagulls wait
for the fish boats

#people

Autumn Sunday weather was good---
people
look exhausted

#cat

morning Yoga---
the cat and I
stare at each other

#night

October Saturday night---
alone I listen
to boleros

#fly

cold October---
a fly follows me
to the kitchen

#sunset

October sunset---
waiting for her
to finish cooking

#cold

cold October wind---
I wear my
baseball jacket

#debate

vice presidential debate---
can she play Pygmalion
or can't she

#blue

blue sky---
no one accepting
commercial paper

#fly

Japanese restaurant---
a fly
does not like me

#dawn

late September dawn---
I hear
crickets

#sweets

Ramadan ends---
my neighbor offers me
sweets for breakfast

#Park

Madison Square Park---
why are bankers
looking down

#lost

Mets last game
at Shea Stadium---
lost

#squirrel

Autumn---
a squirrel drops
a nut on my head

#grey

blue sky
changes to grey---
Paul Newman dies

#watch

evening fog---
I watch my neighbor
smoke his waterpipe

#sweat

more Autumn rain---
I wipe the sweat
off my face

#house

Autumn downpour---
I stand under the canopy
of a house for sale

#leader

another bank fails---
we need
a leader

#moon

I rush to buy
her birthday present---
crescent moon

#fly

Autumn waxes---
a fly lies
on its back

#talk

UN assembly meets---
easier to talk
than do

#foster

Autumn---
a foster child
being taught baseball

#second

Autumn's second day---
I admire
a tree's greenery

#witch

Autumn begins---
a witch opens
her curtains

#moon

dawn---I need light
to open my door
a half moon

#sits

Autumn sidewalk cafe---
a homeless lady
sits near by

#blue

blue sky---
I listen to her
tell me a lie

#date

Saturday night---
his sister going out
on her first date

#cat

bright September day---
the cat refuses
to go out

#dog

bright September---
a woman holding a baby
talks to her dog

#market

it's a samurai market---
but how come
the Yen is so low

#sunset

September sunset---
a dead leaf
at my feet

#dawn

dawn---
a rat trap
is still empty

#sale

sea food mart---
urchins
on sale

#moon

blue sky---
except
for a day moon

#finish

her birthday---
she does not have
to finish the broccoli

#ant

investment bank goes bankrupt---
an ant keeps busy
saving for winter

#tunes

Starbucks bathroom---
the tunes
sound better

#moon

dawn---wind blows
dust in my face
full moon

#dancer

tapping my fingers---
a flamenco dancer
stops and glares at me

#fly

morning stillness---
a fly keeps
walking the floor

#legs

Saturday night football---
she keeps
recrossing her legs

#laundry

doing laundry---
sand in the pockets
of my shorts

#dog

evening September fog---
the dog smells
another dog

#butterfly

September overcast skies---
a butterfly
stays low

#moon

reminds me
of face of my nanny---
almost full moon


#lock

September Eleven---
I remember to fix
lock of my backdoor

#hotter

September bright day---
cold wind makes
the sun feel hotter

#camp

Paris pales
compared to Palin---
McCain has now camp

#at

at Applebee's---
I finnished
my broccoli

#up

September---
I look up as
a jetliner passes

#babes

September street fair---
only the babes
look appetizing

#dawn

dawn---
an ant
comes back

#wear

September---
she stopped walking around
in her under wear

#blue

September blue sky---
the dog ate
his homework

#cat

September thunder storms---
I share my bed
with the cat

#make

September rain---
I make
split pea soup

#sunset

sunset---
dark clouds move in
I smell incense

#blue

blue sky---
the cotton candy man
is sold out

#means

September---
a little girl asks
what "Yankees" means

#trouble

trouble---
she took my picture
off her desk

#beach

evening rush---
I recall a beach
past Summer night

#blues

September blues---
I visit
the steam baths

#mate

McCain's running mate---
love
at first sight

#rubber

rubber mouse sticks out
of garbage can---
first day of school

#cheer

the U.S. Open---
the sun in my eyes
I cheer at random
.
#long

a long weekend---
I ran out
of chocolate

#flood

a hurricane will flood
New Orleans again---
why live there

#blue

blue sky---
they play tennis
without a net

#pants

August Saturday night---
so what if she wears
hot pants

#ends

rainy morning---
I go back to sleep
August ends

#rapid

East River rapid---
streaks of white clouds
Summer ends

#can

hurricane Gustav
targets New Orleans---
yes we can

#football

Barak on a football stadium---
the commercials
are by McCain

#relax

Labor Day weekend---
I'll relax by working
when it's over

#glass

early morning---
a yogi pisses
in a drinking glass

#lost

Democrats Party Convention---
she lost but he
has not won yet

#blue

blue sky---
I am getting to like
August

#dawn

dawn---
too late to go sleep
crescent moon

#roof

New Orleans jazz---
it can still
bring down the roof

#hard

hard times---
returning empty beer cans
to the store

#over

Olympics are over---

Obama comes back
as a mortal

#man

bar bathroom---
they fight
over a man

#fish

fish market
Atlantic salmon---
I caught bigger this morning

#dawn

dawn---
the smell of watermelon
from last night garbage

#food

restaurants food too expensive---
she wants to go
to McDonald's

#party

wedding party---
groom much younger than the bride
Summer ends

#sings

Tony Bennett sings---
I age well
too

#wind

wind fueled---Hurricane Fay shows
Daytona Beach what fast
really looks like

#war

August---
always good weather
for a war

#blue

blue sky---
no empty spot on the beach
late August

#eat

Summer Olympics---
pandas have
plenty to eat

#dawn

dawn---street lined with
empty trash cans
full moon

#dawn

dawn---
street lined with copper trash cans
full moon

#sunset

sunset---
the barmaid bows
as I pass her

#sunrise

sunrise---
I stop viewing
the lilacs

#hot

hot August night---
she stands
staring out of her window

#blue

blue sky---
no milk left
for the kittens

#woods

hiking the woods---
their coolness sedates
late August

#sloth

Olympic gymnasts perform---
I watch
a sloth sleeping

#go

Starbucks---
where do Yuppies
go for coffee now?

#stillness

morning stillness---
during late August
downtown emptiness

#sunset

through a hole in the clouds
the sun sets---
August lightening

#dawn

dawn---
a crow stands
on a gasoline pump

#night

August late night---
at the bar
she wears shorts and smiles

#blue

blue sky---
I put the bedsheets
in laundry bin

#pool

August crowded pool---
no one wants
to play polo

#cheap

grocery store at rush hour---
looking what's cheap
tempers flare

#truffles

fancy French restaurant---
but where are
the truffles

#board

Summer thunderstorms---
a surfer puts his board
on his head

#race

bicycles race on top
Great Wall of China---
that beats the Alps

#moon

August dusk---
pregnant woman takes a dip
a half moon

#Park

August Madison Square Park---
they all look like
Paris Hilton

#blue

August blue sky---
a Chinese dragon
fuming

#gossip

Starbucks Summer---
young Egyptian housewives
gossip

#cloudy

August cloudy skies---
who cares remnants
of which hurricane

#sunset

August sunset---
the eggplants have
in their soil baked

#mosquito

running after a bus---
mosquito in my way
August sun

#why

Hiroshima Day---
I still want
to know why

#chamber

Santa Fe---
chamber music swoons
August cactus stings

#price

a real estate broker
says its price now is---
whatever

#dawn

August dawn---
old man washes his feet
with garden hose

#cat

August fruit stand---
their cat
is well fed

#clouds

Summer clouds---
the snows of Kilimanjaro
are whiter

#blue

blue sky---
a jellyfish swims upwards
August

#heat

August heat---as they pass
her new boyfriend
tries to act cool

#anthrax

the man who
killed with anthrax---
killed himself with Tylenol

#blue

blue sky---
I look for place to hide
my diary from her

#taste

Summer barbecue---
it's the beer
that makes it taste good

#dawn

dawn---
a Coca- Cola sign
turns off

#backdoor

morning flower bulbs
at the backdoor---
who needs this kind of intrusion

#lilacs

morning haze---
she asks
who picked our lilacs

#cross

evening rush---
squirrel wants cross sidewalk
July

#golf

morning train---
he hauls his golf clubs
late July

#more

more Summer
economic misery---
I reread Marx

#sunset

Summer sunset---
she comes
too soon

#haze

Summer haze---
she wears
a beige bikini

#coffee

morning---
smell coffee from house
of difficult neighbor

#drunk

Central Park Summer---
the gondolier acts more drunk
than his passengers

#solar

high noon---
the air conditioner
runs on solar

#bride

Central Park Summer---
a bride
next to the water lilies

#jazz

Central Park Summer---
on a tree-roofed path
live cool jazz

#blue

blue sky---
who cares what color
Earth is

#dawn

dawn---
a line waits outside
the dialysis center

#pool

mid Summer---
swimming pool is crowded
she plays footsie

#seagulls

garbage bag busted---
seagulls call
Summer smog

#bank

outside a bank homeless man
holds sign---
they had me foreclosed

#dry

after a Summer dry spell---
the dog drinks
fresh rain water

#train

my train is late---
I watch a cockroach
going home

#sunflowers

bright Summer day---
I dump the wilted
sunflowers

#tree

dead tree cut
into pieces---
July nude beach

#moon

dawn--- trying again
to steal the show
full moon

#wind

Summer wind rushes through branches---
she stops
talking

#blue

blue sky---
she wears her Panama hat
July heat wave

#curse

another day of heat wave---
car exhausts make
cyclist curse

#poet

new poet laureate * ---
she has the same
hair cut as mine

* http://tinyurl.com/6nkr8u

#comes

gay bar---
she comes on
too aggressive

#rat

July heatwave---
a rat goes out
for breakfast

#sunset

July sunset---
Ozone level
too high

#dawn

dawn---
the hens are
all alone

#fast

at Chinese fast food to go
little girl sleeps---
Summer

#friendship

July waterfall---
his friendship * also knew
how to relieve

* remembering a friend who died recently

#flesh

mid July---
égalité
of naked flesh

#dawn

dawn---
a black cat comes out
of the garbage room

#cake

Bastille Day---
they now eat cake
and are too fat

#vine

Summer downpour---
I sit in a vine
covered patio

#maze

renovations---
the maze at
Lincoln Center Plaza

#horse

Central Park hot day---
driver of a carriage
talks to his horse

#tree

a peach bearing tree drops one
over my head---
Summer

#noon

Summer high noon---
the barmaid watches
a cowboy movie

#sunset

Summer sunset---
white with envy
a half moon

#gym

July at the gym---
It's too
cold

#squeaks

Summer playground---
is it Puppy who squeaks
or little girl?

#blue

blue sky---
a good friend died
yesterday

#rice

the price of rice went up
I order sashimi---
saki on the side

#dancer

July early morning sky---
a geisha dancer
still in make up

#fish

at Starbucks---
the smell of fish
July

#power

last month power bill---
I turn off
the air conditioner

#sunset

July sunset---
land too hot
a duck walks on water

#bells

five pm
church bells ring---
Frère Jacques

#smell

crowded Tex-Mex restaurant---
smell of sulfur dioxide
July

#carbon

Tour de France---
no carbon
footprint

#moon

crescent moon---
a July firework
fizzles out

#beach

clothing optional beach---
no one
smiles

#next

July Fourth fireworks---
I stand next to
an Iraqi refugee

#red

suddenly note the red
of Old Glory---
July Fourth

#tight

she wears tight blue jeans
and hijab---
July Fourth

#haze

Summer haze---
my neighbor wears
his turban

#Park

Madison Square Park July---
Blue Grass band plays
little girl dances

#sale

price of food is up---
a grocer has sale
on leftovers containers

#wind

Summer wind---
I turn off
the fan

#theater

hot day---
I take a nap
in a movie theater

#sardines

Summer crowded subway---
the smell
of sardines

#sunrise

sunrise---
heavy dust on my copy
of Paradise Lost

#showers

Sunday Summer showers---
she carries umbrella
but does not use it

#blue

blue sky---
a polar bear has fun
Summer

#drive

a man at the beach yells---
I need oil to drive home
late June sunset

#sunrise

June beach sunrise---
a man forgot
his swimsuit

#stamps

the price of food is up---
people on food stamps
need more stamps

#rerun

Summer---
fell asleep watching
a Yankees' rerun

#start

Summer deepens---
I start reading
Homer

#lox

overcast June morning---
lox and cream cheese
but no bagel

#sunrise

a peacock shows off
to a peacock---
California sunrise

#blue

blue sky---
foam from an ocean wave
at my feet

#boat

bright Summer day
East River boat ride---
the sparkle in her eyes

#share

Summer early morning---
a fat sparrow wants me
to share my bagel

#funny

George Carlin died---
that's really
funny

#clown

Summer fog---
a street clown
skips the make up

#coach

June street park---
his black nanny is
his soccer coach

#school

Starbucks---
Summer school students
sloth

#poison

tomatoes may
contain poison---
the price is still the same

#sunset

Equinox Summer sunset---
a kid's kite's
bye bye

#yellow

June cloudy skies---
the bride wears
yellow

#dawn

dawn---
an old friend calls
full moon

#pitcher

mixed softball game---
the pitcher
keeps bitching

#sunrise

sunrise---
a black woman in purple dress
glares at me

#tax

economy bad---
ninety-nine cent store
charges sales tax

#blue

blue sky---
the cotton in a field
is high

#Park

Madison Square Park
Summer---
dogs living well

#tight

Summer afternoon bedroom---
the Venetian blinds
are shut tight

#haze

Summer haze---
the barmaid puts
her legs on the bar

#sunrise

sunrise---
but a vampire still
has not had enough

#swing

June playground---
little girl squeaks
the swing squeaks back

#pasta

Summer downpour---
she orders her pasta
al dente

#wish

Summer showers---
I wish
I had soap

#nice

the smell of fried onions
as a car passes---
nice climate change

#where

Fathers' day---
but where
are they

#sunrise

June sunrise walk---
the dog
sweats


#loud

June clear night---
outside a bodega
the Salsa is loud

#moon

hot June---
lonesome singing on the roof
a half moon

#fish

slow Summer afternoon---
the barmaid listens
to my big fish stories

#blue

June blue sky---
I go to buy
sunscreen for her

#yellow

June white lightning---
the lilacs
yellow

#few

fourth day of heat wave---
the fun part is
people wear fewer clothes

#beer

Summer lightning----
the barmaid has a special
on white beer

#cigar

heat wave---
the air too bad to breath
I go to a cigar bar