1 January 2012

#blue

blue sky---
I need to buy a calendar
New Year's Day

#moon

New Year revelers raise
their Champaign glasses---
crescent moon tops the skyline

#sunset

Year's last sunset---
dark clouds crack long enough
to show it

#River

East River New Year's Eve---
some one dropped a basketball
in the waters

#Iraq

present day Iraq---
all our invasion did
was a dictator change

#Salsa

New Year's Eve---
a Salsa studio is
having a party

#sunrise

the Year's last sunrise---
a blue
sky

#parrot

end of the year---
a parrot keeps saying
no more smoking

#cruise

tourists cruise Times Square---
tomorrow is
New Year's Eve

#moon

he raises his coat collar
to stay warm---
December crescent moon

#influence

Winter cheer---
a driver is under influence
of his own hormones

#blue

late December blue sky---
a man says he's
off to Miami

#Winter

New York Winter---
some hibernate
others go to Florida

#medal

Winter sunlight---
an aging Olympic athlete
wears his gold medal

#blue

December blue sky---
a tulips market
has no whites

#tree

December rainy day---
New York Christmas tree
gets plenty of water

#better

Winter afternoon fog---
it's sure better
in the Bahamas

#banker

end of the year---
a Wall Street banker takes stock
of his stocks

#eat

Christmas leftovers---
birds and squirrels have
plenty to eat

#oil

as of Friday---
price per barrel of oil
is hundred and eight dollars

#day

day after Christmas---
now the real sales
start

#sunset

Christmas Day sunset---
gray clouds are
painted red

#Day

smiling faces---
a dove bears an olive branch
Christmas Day

#blue

blue sky---
a kid wraps his best friend present
Christmas Eve

#sunset

sunset---
Venus rises
Christmas cheer

#trees

leafless trees glow
in the sunlight---
tomorrow is Christmas Eve

#tree

Winter---
at the beach
in the shade of a palm tree


#clouds

last night rain clouds clear---
a Salvation Army truck
stops for a pick up

#bear

Winter---
a grizzly bear hibernates
with her cubs at her side

#gifts

December---
the best gifts are those
you can share with the giver

#Solstice

Winter Solstice---
too long and too cold
to stay up all night

#day

stormy day before Christmas---
instead of walking
I take the subway

#comedy

stand up comedy show---
the audience still awaits
the punch line

#fog

morning fog---
a tourist asks
where is Central Park

#women

army thugs disrobe and beat
women in Tahrir Square---
shame on you

#starts

December sunset---
Hanukkah
starts

#River

across the East River
the Upper East Side---
we've better view than them

#good S

it failed---there is always
something good
that comes out of the bad

#black

December---
at the black jack table
he card counts

#carousel

cloudy December morning---
a kid plays with
a toy carousel

#ho

Empire State Building lit
in green and red---
Santa Clause says ho ho ho

#sanctuary

Winter---
a bird sanctuary
is empty

#sunrise

December sunrise---
the window glass is
too cold to touch

#reefs

Gardens of the Queen---
pristine coral reefs
off the cost of Cuba

#sunset

Winter sunset---
I watch it with
the lights off

#blue

December blue sky---
a man proposes
to his fiancée

#blue

December blue sky---
a man goes to buy
potted poinsettias

#home

December---
a marine in Iraq
goes home for good

#blue

December blue sky---
some one is playing
the Waltz of the Snowflakes

#blue

December blue sky
I listen to the moonlight---
Beethoven birthday

#war

the shoot first
ask questions later war ends---
US exits Iraq

#River

East River Winter---
just the seagulls
and joggers

#trees

mid December---
Christmas trees on sale
block the sidewalks

#moon

incognito---
a day moon travels
behind clouds

#day

present day Greece---
being happy
is the best revenge

#River

East River anglers---
they toss their lines
then wait inside heated cars

#haiku story

they meet in Macy's ---
he asks her out
she says: "but I'm married"

#blue

mid December blue sky---
Santa Claus on his way
a day moon

#set

December---
a man wants a train set
for Christmas

#books

mid December---
college students hit
the books

#blue

blue sky---
contrails crisscross
a pattern on a Winter sweater

#River

East River cold December day---
the seagulls don't
seem to mind

#people

he's ignorant---
Gingrich says Palestinians are
'invented' people

#blue

December blue sky---
a man daydreams
of a one-horse open sleigh

#banana

holidays indigestion---
eat a
banana

#dust

out west---
dust storms passing over snow
cause a melt down

#sunset

December sunset---
people wait in line
to watch a basketball game

#blue

Saturday blue sky---
a blond is in the basement
doing laundry

#lost

New York City West Village---
after all these years
I still get lost there

#day

December nice day---
a Salvation Army soldier
rings his bell

#pomp

Christmas pomp---
a ladies' man
enters

#moon

I forget a curtain open---
December full moon
wakes me up

#sunset

a brass band plays
Jingle Bells---
full moon at sunset

#left

Occupy Wall Street---
all that's left of it
cops watching emptiness

#every

Times Square December---
every month of the year there
is a holiday

#blue

December blue sky---
a carriage horse
trots

#stormy

stormy December evening---
there are no rain checks
for the Nutcracker

#battery

a solar battery still empty----
second day of
a nor'easter

#date

going out on a date---
a man brushes
his teeth

#fog

morning fog---
man covers his window
with a poster of the skyline

#storm

a December rain storm---
the stores do worse
but the bars do better

#fog

afternoon dense fog---
a street magician uses
mirrors and no smoke

#box

a December shopping mall---
the bigger the box
the less the price

#day

a rainy day---
a retiree asks
but where is the meat

#hair

some leafless Autumn trees bud-
wish my hair
would do the same

#pigeons

New York pigeons---
like the rest of us nest
in flat covered surfaces

#fog

skyline dense fog---
only black smoke
is visible

#River

East River December Fourth---
it's still warm enough
to sit on a bench

#vote

Obama---
considering the alternatives
I'll still vote for him

#fog

morning fog---
blinking red lights
talk to each other

#cloudy

cloudy cold Autumn morning---
I can't find
the rice pudding

#moon

a day moon
turns on at sunset---
all night lights do that

#kiss

after a wedding---
I French-kiss
the maid of honor

#blue

December blue sky---
shoppers pack
Fifth Avenue sidewalks

#River

East River December---
joggers go uphill
against the wind

#sunset

December sunset---
plenty of red to go around
and eggnog

#wreath

December---
a wreath on the door
of a house of ill repute

#winds

you feel as if
this is hell---
California Santa Ana winds

#lit

Empire State Building
lit in red---
December First