#sunset

July sunset---
I fetch the ball for
the tennis players

#blue

blue sky---
the beach is covered
by umbrellas

#four

the iphone four
antenna ruckus---
Jobs says Apple is not perfect

#man

Summer park---
a man falls asleep
looking at his cell phone screen

#stops

BP stops the oil spill---
but will the gulf
ever recover

#moon

crescent moon
over the skyline---
a sushi chef looks up

#sunset

July sunset---
after a hot day
the watermelon tastes cool


#fly

July morning---
a fly lands on
her hair brush

#eat

Bastille Day---
here they say
let them eat pizza

#fog

morning fog---
the pigeons stop
flying

#rain

probability of rain---
I try to decide
to go out or not

#clouds

Summer low moving clouds---
skyscrapers
scrape

#River

East River Summer day---
so many gazers
all alone

#sweeps

Summer doldrums---
a car mechanic sweeps
the side walk outside his shop

#wins

World Cup Final---
Holland plays dirty
but Spain still wins

#blue

blue sky---
a cruise ship passes
a retired lighthouse

#play

the World Cup semifinal---
Germans play
Germans

#kite

July beach---
a purple kite soars
above the seagulls

#moon

waning crescent moon---
the heat wave
dwindles

#two

July early morning---
a jogger carries
two bottles of water

#water

heat wave---
a beggar says
he ran out of money buying water

#sun

the heat wave continues---
the sun takes
the day off

#wave

New York City heat wave---
many walk with umbrellas
over their heads

#back

Tour de France---
Lance Armstrong is back
to a sluggish start

#barber

no more dirty jokes---
the new barber is
a woman

#blue

blue sky---
a sign lists the rules
at a nudists beach

#sunset

July sunset---
Frank Sinatra
sings

#market

the stock market is closed---
a big crowd
at an OBT parlor

#Venus

July Fourth fireworks start----
Venus is over
the skyline

#sale

Independence Day---
an unemployed man has
a garage sale

#off

July Fourth---
an illegal immigrant
has the day off

#night

Saturday night beach party---
clothes are optional
but there are no lights

#moon

the bus driver acts
absent minded---
a July day moon

#sunset

Summer sunset---
she puts lilacs
in her charcoal colored hair

#has

cool July morning---
the mailman has
the hiccups

#is

W. S. Merwin is
the new poet laureate---
Om

#hair

Elena Kagan
confirmation hearing---
she has her done

#blue

blue sky---
I need to clean
my windows

#sunset

June sunset---
she puts her navel
in my face

#fans

morning---
I watch pigeons shake their wings
like fans in the hot humid air

#proof

the proof of the pudding---
Elena Kagan confirmation hearing
starts

#flute

Summer hot day---
the sound of some one
playing the flute

#moves

the World Cup---
UK loses to Germany
Churchill moves in his grave

#fog

morning fog---
Citibank building loses
the other half of its top

#or

Lawrence of Arabia---
or is it
Stanley o Afghanistan

#night

West Village Saturday night---
the skirts are short the legs young
and I'm old

#wars

wars---
because they are easy to start
they are very common

#our

our genome---
the difference between you and I
is two percent

#blue

blue sky---
a June bride poses
alone

#moon

full moon---
a man looks up when
he is pissing

#River

East River Summer dusk---
they all leave
except the swans

#victory

Afghanistan---
no one uses the word
victory any more

#general

general McChrystal---
or is it
MacArthur

#blue

blue sky---
an octopus runs out
of ink

#sunset

June sunset---
she asks me to taste
her bloody mary

#full

Summer solstice---
the bar is full
of procrastinators

#yellow

World Cup
Brazil wins---
in team shirts fans hail a cab

#pa

Father's Day---
a beggar says to me
thanks pa

#River

East River---
an oil tanker passes
shut tight

#morning

June nice morning---
my neighbor works in her garden
without a bra

#night

Summer late night---
the sound of
giggling from the roof

#blue

blue sky---
a florist has
white daisies on sale

#moon

moon above the skyline---
a lonely man looks through
a telescope

#sunset

clouds at sunset---
they go indoors and drink
Tequila Sunrise

#sweat

mid June---
the smell of antiperspirant
makes me sweat

#moon

crescent moon over the skyline
her fluorescent eyeshadow
winks at me

#speech

Obama's oil spill speech---
I switch back to the
the world cup

#needs

World Cup vuvuzelas---
with them on the field
who needs phallic symbols

#sunset

sunset---
an ice cream vendor forgets
to put a cherry on top

#fog

evening fog---
I pretend not
to see her

#clouds

morning clouds---
the out house is out
of tissue paper

#night

Saturday night bar---
men watch the World Cup game
women mope

#River

East River nice day---
students in prom dress
have their pictures taken

#starts

World Cup soccer starts---
the kids who play in the street
don't show up

#stories

a gym men room---
some of the conquest stories
are reverse seductions

#foods

Gaza---
Israel allows foods in
which previously were banned

#haze

morning haze---
no one wears
a swim suit

#fog

evening thick fog---
a black cat doesn't seem
to mind

#ex

June swings from warm to cold---
I recall my ex
mother in law

#how

how to stop the oil spill---
a kid says
just turn off the TV

#birds

June cold spell---
a beachcomber watches
real birds

#bar

Dark bar---
old man younger woman
and a condom machine

#blue

blue sky---
cool breeze as she passes me
in hot shorts

#beach

June beach cold front---
a red head gets
goosebumps

#sunrise

Sunday sunrise---
no dog
walkers

#hot

Astoria hot day---
a gyros spit
drips fat

#pelicans

after pelicans were
saved from extinction---
the oil spell threatens them

#food

food deserts---
markets where all you can buy
will make you fat

#solar

solar energy farm---
the smell of exhaust fumes
from cars passing by

#class

math class---
the board is full but
no eraser

#haze

morning haze---
behind a column of smoke
more smoke

#River

East River June---
a rock shaped like
a woman doing her wash

#walk

afternoon walk---
the buzz of air conditioners
and flies

#blue

blue sky---
shirtless
a man rides his bicycle

#liberty

the liberty flotilla---
'cause Gaza is
a concentration camp

#shuffle

morning after
a long weekend---
kids shuffle to school

#drone

Memorial Day---
a drone over Afghanistan
fires

#high

the High Line---
New York roof is not
very high

#River

Moonless night---
the East River lights
make her want to kiss

#blue

blue sky---
the beach is full
of string bikinis

#sharks

the beaches open---
the only real sharks
are on the boardwalk

#to

the French Open---
Roddick loses
to a qualifier

#oil

Louisiana Gulf shore---
a dead sea turtle is
covered with oil

#shop

a barber shop---
a man wants to know
what "cuckold" means

#clouds

morning clouds---
a cigar bar has
its doors wide open

#pelicans

Louisiana---
pelicans can not fly
when covered with oil

#hot

hot in the park men in shorts
women in bikinis---
birds in feathers

#sunset

end of May sunset---
I have had enough
equivocations

#youth

passing through Queens melting pots---
I have flashbacks
of my youth

#blue

blue sky---
a yogi does
Karnapidasana

#May

May---
I watch ice hockey
as she sunbathes on the roof

#sins

the sins of the rich---
BP is
wiling to pay

#fog

Sunday morning fog---
she has a second
hair of the dog

#night

Saturday night---
the woman next to me says
she is a man

#sunrise

sunrise---
a black cat has not had
her fill

#swing

listening to forties swing---
when my parents
conceived me

#River

East River green waters---
no BP to spill anything
over here

#end

Queens Boulevard---
at each end
a cemetery

#exile

the Rolling Stones return
from exile---they release
an old album

#fog

evening fog---
I step out of a strippers bar
to get some fresh air

#fog

morning fog---
a beggar pleads
with both palms

#up

May warms up---
the door of a sweat shop
remains open

#moon

crescent moon
above the skyline---
both the Yankees and the Mets lose

#playground

the street is their playground---
two kids fight over
who shot the other first

#blue

blue sky---
giant oil plumes deep in
the Gulf of Mexico

#night

Saturday night---
I tell her skip the desert
and let's go home

#butterfly

May waxes---
a butterfly lands
on a garbage truck

#sunset

sunset---
a bald man
blocks my view

#cars

First Avenue---
Obama passes by
in two separate cars

#River

Hudson River Park
nice Spring day---
no one takes off his shirt

#food

Whole Foods cafeteria---
rich people eat
poor people food

#cat

misty night---
a black and yellow cat
pauses

#fog

afternoon fog---
a dog follows
me around

#drizzle

May drizzle---
a couple have
a fight

#rush

morning rush---
the man next to me reads
yesterday's newspaper

#Park

cold wind dark clouds---
black birds take over
the Park

#walk

Astoria walk---
end of thirty eight street
a Steinway plant

#girls

Spring---
the girls lacrosse team practice
no touching

#blue

blue sky---
a white carriage horse
waits for a ride

#couple

Mothers Day in a diner---
a young couple
talk relationships

#Day

Mothers Day---
I go to the park
looking for bird nests

#sunset

Saturday sunset---
as I wait for her
not to show up

#bun

rainy morning---
she has her blond hair
up in a bun

#blue

blue sky---
the sun shines on
an ocean oil spill

#River

East River Spring---
the foul smell of water
followed by freshly cut grass

#haze

morning haze---
my GPS devise
makes a mistake

#dust

May nice day---
I throw a dust ball out the window
it moves up

#eats

Cinco de Mayo---
an Arizona Anglo
eats a burrito

#world

Times Square---
right now it's the safest
place in the world

#blue

blue sky---
a woman wearing a burka
looks up

#wave

May heat wave---
Upper East side legs
age further

#sunset

May sunset---
a fly tries
to be noticed

#River

East River warm May---
I make
a mint julep

#cars

Times Square car bomb---
don't allow cars
to park in there

#winner

Kentucky Derby winner
is Super Saver---
that pays the airfare

#flower

May Day---
a pagan worships
a flower

#night

Friday night---
I ask her if
she has a Twitter account

#birds

Gulf oil spill reaches
the wet lands---
bird songs black out

#sunrise

sunrise---
a yogi faces
the wrong direction

#omen

Venus alone above the skyline---
my cab driver says
bad omen

#man

windy April---
a homeless man wraps himself
in cellophane

#casino

Wall Street---
Congress investigates
if Goldman Sachs is a casino

#stop

it rains all day---
I go take
a sauna

#rain

as I wait in a bar
for the rain to stop---
I get drunk

#fog

evening fog---
a funeral procession
drives slowly

#walk

nice Spring day---
a walk along the Brooklyn-Queens shore line
depresses me

#night

late Friday night
in a bar---
the aspirin is for free

#crisis

the catholic church crisis---
the light
at the end of the tunnel

#blue

blue sky---
there is no loophole
to quit work early

#man

sudden April showers---
a man stands under
a canopy that leaks

#sign

dangerous intersection---
always fresh flowers
on one way sign pole

#up

the Polanski Bridge---
don't look down
up a lots of sky

#closer

April Twenty First---
getting one day closer
to the Summer

#dirt

Earth Day---
a spider web catches
my dirt

#moon

crescent moon over the skyline---
the only light
that is green

#sunset

sunset---
a volcano is
jealous

#Park

Madison Square Park---
a new statue
naked man with penis uncut

#River

East River cold gusts---
cherry blossoms petals
hang in there

#night

Spring cold Saturday night---
lovers in bed
stay warm

#fog

morning fog---
a boy scout uses
his compass

#ash

Iceland volcano ash cloud---
will make sunsets
look prettier

#sunset

kissing at sunset---
the skyline lights turn on
but her blush is still there

#tulips

Park Avenue
Spring tulips---
they smell of Channel

#also

Tax Day---
it is also the day
the Titanic sank

#Park

Madison Square Park
nice Spring day---
no stock brokers

#blue

blue sky---
the seagulls have
a field day

#cheer

April overcast skies---
I cheer myself up
viewing graffiti

#car

morning stillness---
a car alarm
goes on

#sunset

April sunset---
from the patio of
a foreclosed house for sale

#late

the subway is late---
a man takes out
his worry beads

#alone

alone---
a woman takes a picture of herself
Cherry trees blossom

#return

April Sunday---
a banker prepares
his tax return

#ants

sweaty Spring day---
ants climb
my bared legs

#blue

clear skies---
she needs drops to get
the red out of her blue eyes

#cool

April cool---
I view the leaves on trees
as she makes a salad

#hominid

South Africa---
nine year old boy
stumbles on bones of new hominid

#lounge

cocktail lounge---
the more we order
the more the waitress leans forward

#legs

April cool front---
goose bumps bud
on clean shaved legs

#night

as I pass her
she smiles---
moonless night

#dog

hot and dry April---
I share my ice cream
with a dog

#clouds

morning clouds---
an old man looks
for a white shirt

#cash

Apple iPad---
so much cash
for no flash

#clown

Central Park Easter Sunday---
a clown pulls a bunny
out of his bag

#fog

Saturday night fog---
too many women
wear pants

#blue

blue sky---
an avatar has
no where to hide

#clean

Good Friday---
the sidewalk is clean
outside an OTB parlor

#fountain

April First---
a homeless man argues
with the park fountain

#invades

April's Fool---
Obama invades
Texas

#nice

NYPD is recruiting---
that's when cops
are nice to you

#buds

like spear heads
ready to pierce---
buds appear on trees

#rain

heavy rain---
a dog walker stops
under a bank canopy

#fog

evening fog---
my neighbor opens
her curtains

#fog

morning fog---
a ghost takes
the day off

#moon

she closes her
bathroom curtains---
a setting full moon

#turtle

a dinner named
Mark Twain---
but where is the turtle soup

#blue

blue sky---
a hookah cafe
opens its doors

#sunset

March sunset---
an old lady sweeps
cherry blossom leaves

#wind

Spring cold wind---
the Cherry blossoms leaves
are wasted

#tree

under the triboro bridge---
a steel beam holds
a leaning tree

#nice

nice Spring late morning---
my alarm clock
did not ring

#moon

Spring blue sky---
the only eye soar
is a day moon

#bag

evening rush---
a woman puts her poodle
in her bag

#fog

morning fog---
the coffee line
is not moving

#care

first day of Spring---
Obama's health care reform
blooms

#first

first day of Spring---
two sweethearts kiss
under a leafless tree

#cold

March goes from hot to cold---
women start wearing
flipflops

#dog

boring day---
the dog waits for the mailman
to show up

#night

March night---
still
nothing buds

#River

East River stillness---
a dog sits on the soccer field
March heats up

#sunset

sunset---
now I can see it from
the bath room----March

#moon

crescent moon on the skyline---
I order a bottle
of Corona

#luck

the luck of the Irish---
warm and sunny
on Saint Patrick Day

#are

New York---
all bartenders say they're Irish
on Saint Patrick Day

#River

East River green waters---
a man asks me
when is Saint Patrick Day

#blue

blue sky---
the calm
after the storm

#rain

the rain stops---
I call her
and apologize

#tree

after the storm---
a homeless man sits
on a fallen tree

#it

a March nor'easter---
Obama names it
Snowmageddon

#night

Saturday night rain storm---
many babies will be born
nine month from now

#find

Spring cleaning---
I don't find any crumbs
in the dinning area

#pass

TGIF---
will Obama's health care
pass

#fog

morning fog---
a homeless man curses
a lamp post for hitting him

#night

dark night---
a stray dog follows me
the smell of baking bread

#subway

crowded subway---
I stand between two women
having an argument

#sunset

March sunset---
the parrot
stops talking

#suntan

Spring Break---
she comes back from Florida
with no suntan

#else

March Madness---
U of Con
no one else

#River

East River murky waters---
the smell
of Spring

#palm

Spring nears---
a beggar has a shamrock
tattooed on his palm

#acts

Oscars Night---
a homeless man
acts normal

#blue

blue sky---
men wait in line to piss
Central Park

#River

East River median day---
a tug boat splits
the water into two halves

#karate

teach her karate---
Princess Aiko bullied
by boys at school

#River

March Madness---
East River runs
faster than they can dribble

#hair

at the barber shop---
he asks if his health care plan
covers hair transplants

#button

March warms up---
the barmaid opens
another button on her skirt

#beaches

Chile---
after the earthquake
all the beaches are crowded

#snow

old dirty snow
next to new grass---
March

#look

Chopin's birthday---
I look up
George Sand

#blue

blue sky---
a stone in my oatmeal
March starts

#dark

dark chocolate is gone---
I'm not yearning
as much as I thought I would

#night

Saturday night---
they stand on ice and kiss
the man complains of cold feet

#tape

as I walk down Broadway---
large snow flakes tumble
a ticker tape parade

#flakes

snow falls in big flakes
it melts as it hits the ground---
no wind only smoke

#storm

snow storm---
Lindsey Vonn
falls

#fog

morning fog---
a Toyota has no idea
where it's going

#mouth

Winter drizzle---
I kiss her on the mouth
instead of the cheek

#face

Dubai---
the Mossad shits
on the face of all Europe

#tie

warm Monday morning---
a school kid forgets
to wear his tie

#fall

Olympics downhill skiers---
they look like they'll fall
even when they don't

#Spring

a Spring like day---
but no one
smiles

#blue

blue sky---
a cigar smoker
has cravings

#River

East River stillness---
the snow on its banks
melts

#moon

crescent moon
above the skyline---
a worshiper is distracted

#girl

evening rush---
a little girl cries
as her father yells

#clouds

clouds moving in---
I pass a Japanese
that has a cold

#fat

Wednesday---
a fat lady makes me
forget Mardi Gras

#blue

blue sky---
the teacher writes a haiku
on the blackboard

#snow

morning snow---
she wears
geisha make up

#food

the Winter Olympics
on tv---cat food
commercials

#year

the cat starts
to have an attitude---
the year of the tiger

#chill

Winter chill---
I receive a valentine
from a witch

#shop

Valentine's Day---
a long line outside
a cupcake shop

#red

black bird on a heap
of soiled snow---
lovers wear red

#send

last Blizzard remnants---
send them
to Vancouver

#flat

TGIF---
a beer truck
has a flat tire

#bath

the day after---
pigeons take a bath
in melted blizzard snow

#blue

blue sky---
yesterday's blizzard snow
covers the rest

#tv

New York City blizzard---
ads for Florida living
on tv

#blizzard

blizzard---
the bars are crowded
but the subway is empty

#backwards

Toyota---
still moving
backwards

#River

East River nice day---
the captain coughs
Winter

#sunset

sunset---
walking in cold air
makes her blush

#rush

morning rush---
the rustle of newspapers
a Winter Monday

#miracle

the Superbowl---
the Saints do
a miracle

#smell

Superbowl Sunday---
no smell
of cooking

#blue

blue sky---
a football goes out of bounds
February

#night

Saturday night---
I meet her on Starbucks
bathroom line

#fog

morning fog---
the subway is full
of steaming spirits

#brass

the brass---
don't ask don't tell
is now non of your business

#snow

snow storm on the way---
I go rent
gone with the wind

#too

Toyota's troubles---
too much
soft talk

#blue

blue sky---
a winter tree
is also stark naked

#snow

morning snow---
I tell my barber do something
about my gray hairs

#rice

Haiti hunger---
rice is now
the dough

#River

East River stillness---
seagulls soar
Winter

#crook

Wall Street---
no one looks
like a crook

#nears

January ends---
Mardi Gras
nears

#blacks

fifty years ago---
four blacks sit at a counter
and order

#future

Australian Open---
future will carry
Murray on its wings

#moon

a line to buy bagels---
Sunday morning
full moon

#night

Saturday night---
I like to know what
she wears under her fur coat

#cheap

Japan's deflation---
beef bowls are cheap
but wages are even cheaper

#moon

as I pass her boyfriend's house---
a full moon
Winter's chill

#escape

J.D.Salinger dies---
now he can escape
from trying to escape

#moon

full moon at sunset---
as if this town
needs another show off

#black

Obama's State of the Union---
he lays it
in black and white

#blue

blue sky---
a ghost
unable to hide

#where

Haiti's children---
but where is
mama

#chatter

New York Winter---
the chatter of homeless men
talking to themselves

#salt

Haiti hunger---
she puts salt in the water
to stay alive

#life

life expectancy
for New Yorkers goes up---
must be the no smoking

#fog

morning fog---
my nemesis neighbor
greets me

#fog

morning fog---
the East River
flows backward

#same

Saturday night---
a man and a woman
discuss same sex marriage

#blue

blue sky---
a carriage horse
keeps raising its head

#sunset

as the train passes
graffiti murals---
sunset paints the sky red

#pelican

his mother wants him
to tell the truth---
a pelican stands by

#moon

half moon at dusk---
the pizza man ate
the other half

#moon

I turn off my cell---
crescent moon
over the skyline

#vote

Ted Kennedy seat vote---
it looks like another
Boston tea party

#made

the Australian Open---
insomniacs
got it made

#busy

Martin Luther King Day---
Obama is busy
at work

#help

Haiti Earth quake---
the poor man
and the rich man cry for help

#River

East River idyllic day---
so far away
from Haiti

#from

Times Square---
the man in the tickets booth
is from Haiti

#sunset

sunset---
Haiti continues
counting the dead

#read

if you live in China
you can't read this---
right on Google

#look

Haiti---
stop trying
not to look

#blue

blue sky---
a flood of tears
over Haiti

#poor

many die in Haiti
earthquake
why is it always the poor

#River

East River calm waters---
the benches are empty
Winter

#horse

January---
a carriage horse
looks bored

#Park

Central Park Serpentine---
snow covers frozen waters
don't fall

#talk

New York January---
no noise but that
of who talk to themselves


#ride

Winter subway ride---
ad for a Caribbean
school of English

#abuse

Italy abuse of
migrant farm workers---
the pope speaks out

#cold

the sun is bright
but the air is cold---
his mother-in-law shows up

#River

it's been so cold---
I miss the East River
in Summer time

#blue

blue sky---
a cat hides
under a car

#eat

Winter---
I eat dried blueberries
she touches her callouses

#is

Hollywood---
is Avatar the virtual
remake of Tarzan

#pinch

January warms up a pinch---
I take off
one sweater

#death

Germany---
nine homeless men
freeze to death

#pass

Epiphany Day---
I remember I'm broke
as I pass a church

#blue

blue sky---
a homeless man dances
while wearing a garbage bag

#old

an old woman asks
for directions to a bar---
Winter

#advise

advise for the CIA---
search
everybody

#blue

blue sky---
a V of birds fly south
ice on my window

#over

the holidays are over---
is Obama
coming back

#moon

he can't get enough
of her---
full moon at sunrise

#new

the new year---
a homeless man
has a new sign

#night

first Saturday night of the year---
I ask her to go
bawling

#pearls

a tourist wears
a necklace of pearls---
January fresh snow

#happy

New Year's Day---
a school kid is happy
tomorrow is Saturday

#snow

New Year's Eve snow flurries---
I read how to make
a white Russian

#moon

the barmaid gives last call---
bottoms go up
December full moon

#cat

bitter cold night---
I pass a cat
that's sauntering

#day

windy day---
a street clown
keeps falling down

#blood

Iran rulers---
the more blood they spell
the more they crumble

#shoe

another shoe bomber---
do we need now
to take off also our socks

#blue

blue sky---
wading through yesterday's
rain puddles

#free

December dark clouds---
an ad for free
rug cleaning

#away

Day after Christmas---
continuous rain washes away
the snow dirt

#fog

morning fog---
a smoke column tries
to sneak by

#bus

Christmas Day---
strangers at a bus stop talk
New York

#full

New York Christmas Day---
a Starbucks is open
and full of regulars

#water

Christmas Eve---
long lines at the pastry shops
I buy seltzer water

#soiled

Christmas Eve---
soiled snow at the entrance
of a church

#crowd

Christmas nears---
the crowd at Times Square
moves faster

#blue

blue sky---
a kid throws
snow balls upward

#gift

late December gift giving---
an ad for erection
dysfunction

#day

bright December day---
snow on the ground
don't forget your sunglasses

#black

December blizzard---
I can see no black
from my windows

#night

Saturday night---
the snow on the Christmas tree
is real

#snow

first snow storm nears---
I clean
the windows

#wind

Times Square night cold wind---
a woman wears
thigh high boots

#blue

blue sky---
she wears
a fur coat

#tree

New York Christmas tree---
where will it go
after new year day

#coins

he looks at coins
to give a homeless man---
moonless night

#music

Beethoven's birthday---
my neighbor complains
the music is deafening

#woman

Christmas cheer---
a man tries to pick up
the woman next to me

#can

Union Square Christmas bazaar---
a man gives away
Coke in the new can

#bank

a bank Christmas party---
more cheer
than last year

#presents

holidays flea markets---
so many dumped
past Christmas presents

#blue

blue sky---

all the way
to infinity

#cold

bitter cold---
I go wear another
pair of socks

#prize

Obama takes a break
from two wars---
to accept the Noble Peace Prize

#blue

blue sky---
porn pictures laid
on the sidewalk

#sunset

sunset---
the smell of marinara sauce
winter

#fog

morning fog---
she pretends
not to see me

#empty

Christmas rush---
no bulging shopping bags

the Great Recession

#weeds

sunny day---
winter weeds where June
darlings dallied

#night

cold night---
a Santa Claus forgets
his lines

#lunch

Pearl Harbor day---
two cops eat
suchi for lunch

#River

East River gentle flow---
she runs her fingers
through my hair
 
#first

first season's snow---
an old couple kiss
a white mustache

#rush

Christmas rush---
a street vendor sells
underarm deodorant

#River

East River nice day---
leafless trees but the seagulls
don't seem to mind

#blue

blue sky---
the milkman
does not show up

#bag

holidays shopping---
a homeless lady
carries a Macy's bag

#moon

sunrise---
the Christmas lights are still on
and a full moon

#speech

Obama's speech
on Afghanistan---
no one is unhappy

mf

#night

December First---
a starry
night

#smiles

White House party crashers---
they have
nice smiles

#ends

overcast skies---
a florist has poinsettias
November ends

#River

East River nice Fall day---
a speed boat stops
to view the swans

#moon

noise from a garbage truck
wakes me up---
setting harvest moon

#break

Union Square Park---
so many men alone
Thanksgiving break

#blue

blue sky---
dead leaves fly into my face
November

#cat

locked out of the house---
a cat sits in the window
from the outside

#sale

Black Friday---
aspirin is
on sale

#dinner

Thanksgiving dinner---
I don't want
the drumstick

#day

a mourning dove sings
on the fire escape---
Thanksgiving Day

#nothing

Thanksgiving---
a homeless man
has nothing to say

#fog

morning fog---
a dog leads
a blind man

#River

East River warm day---
the chef goes outside
for a smoke

#clouds

November gray clouds---
a grandma shops
for a turkey

#time

evening stillness---
a kissing couple need
more time

#school

cold morning---
girls wearing skirts
walk to school

#cheer

November cheer---
I receive a gift
of cranberry jelly

#blue

blue sky---
my upstairs neighbor
vacuums her rug

#night

Saturday night---
a long line outside
a bakery of cupcakes

#sunrise

November sunrise---
a turkey is
having breakfast

#cat

the cat watches me
eating sardines---
finally I relent

#blue

blue sky---
but not even a drop
of honey

#cat

evening fog---
a cat does not
try to hide

#cloudy

cloudy day---
a fish store decorates
for Thanksgiving

#by

passing me by---
she smiles then frowns
then laughs

#day

bright day---
red corn poppy seeds on sale
Thanksgiving nears

#River East River nice day--- a duck opens its mouth wide Thanksgiving nears #River East River nice day--- a tug boat strains fallen leaves #blue blue sky--- I remember nothing of last night brawl #scarecrow November waxes--- a decapitated scarecrow in the garbage #fog fog over the skyline--- not just files but life on a cloud #moon a love potion--- there is water on the moon #trip Friday the Thirteenth--- I win a free trip to where I live #wind cold wind gusts--- a morning jogger runs in place #fight as I listen to an opera--- my neighbors have a fight #sunrise sunrise--- view but no warmth November   #seconds Armistice Day--- the seconds hand passes eleven #fresh Veterans Day--- the fresh wounds of Fort Hood #nothing Autumn Monday afternoon--- nothing happens Roosevelt Island

#leaves East River Summer day--- just ignore the falling leaves #fog morning fog--- a turkey walks into a wall November #florist Claude Levi Strauss dies--- a florist has wild forget-me-nots #blue blue sky--- fingers yellowed from smoking November #sale November--- a sale on yellow pepper #gun Fort Hood--- when a coward with a gun runs out of options   #moon blue sky--- but for a day moon #yellow dark clouds at sunset--- bright yellow leaves get noticed #best the Yankees win the World Series--- Pettitte at his best #blue blue sky--- no more ghosts November Third #moon full moon at sunrise--- a yogi faces west #results election results--- Bloomberg lost because his win is not big enough #River East River nice day--- a kid falls asleep on his mama's lap

#cream I ask for whipped cream on the pumpkin pie--- Autumn ennui #hill New York City Marathon--- women run up a hill I walk on #day all saints day--- a witch acts as if yesterday never happened #wolf a lone wolf waits till it's dark--- October ends #swan Central Park--- a swan casts a spell on a witch #dawn dawn--- a ghost changes into a pile of trash bags #beer Upper East Side--- the barmaid recommends pumpkin beer #wind noon wind gust--- a ghost rides a swing in the park #party a Halloween party--- I go as myself no comments   #rush morning rush--- a robot whistles #fog morning fog--- a ghost takes off the white sheet