#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