#cool

Winter skyline is cool---
as long as you're
sitting indoors

#camel

my New York apartment---
fitting a camel
in eye of a needle

#Winter

"our Winter of discontent"---
blue sky but
too windy to go out

#wind

a wind storm at sunrise January ends

#blue

the onion soup sky---
when will change
to blue sky

#forecast

the weather forecast
for New York---
is very perturbing

#animal

she says her mate becomes an animal in bed

#fog

Big Apple January end
morning fog---
worse than London Town 

#sunset

rain after sunset---
it's not too hot
to handle

#joint

in a hamburger joint Muddy Waters
sings

#tree

overcast at sunrise---
brisk wind shakes a leafless tree
Winter waxes

#dogs

a Nor'easter---
people with dogs have
to take them out

#mix

stormy over the skyline---
low clouds, fog,
and smoke mix

#snow

snow shower---
flakes hang in the air
like mosquitos

#path

cross country skiing on a well trodden path

#fog

skyline morning fog---
a Winter storm is
on the way

#ball

Sunday night---
if you're alone
have a ball

#Cedar

Mount Lebanon Winter---
snow covered
Cedar trees

#sunrise

sunrise---
remnants of the snow fall
reminder of cold weather

#moon

Saturday night---
lovers out carousing look up
Winter full moon

#River

East River after a storm---
kids play
in the snow

#peace

wise as a Desert Father
and smart like Einstein---
to make peace not war

#plus

a plus for frigid Winter---
the murder rate goes down
in New York

#moon

January chill---
full moon shining
on a dusting of snow

#snowing

it's snowing in New York---
get out your skis
and go places

#fog

skyline fog---
I'm still thinking of
a Caribbean sunrise

#cell

single cell organisms---
they're more adaptive
than us

#Father

the Father,the Son,and the Holy Ghost 

#index

New York City---
the wind chill index now is
two degrees Fahrenheit

#moon

late night I wake up craving
an English muffin---
full moon

#sunset

blue sky sunset---
a smoke column
gets a tint of pink

#cold

a cold Winter day---
I look at the world
from iced up windows

#ghost

Winter---
the ghost of hurricane Sandy
keeps showing up

#warm

Winter---I get up
from under warm covers
to make hot coffee

#garden

a bald man---
is trying to find his way
in a tropical garden

#Everest

a friend talks about
scaling Everest---
together

#frog

call a frog---
and tell it to jump
in a pond

#blue

blue sky---
but who cares
it's cold and windy Winter

#sunset

Winter sunset---
a pupil draws
a hexagon for homework

#journey

Obama's says
our journey not complete---
he's the captain

#blue

Winter blue sky---
a boy looks for some mud
to mess up his new boots

#females

Greenwich Village---
two females are out
on a date

#dawn

Winter dawn---
subway lights
are always on

#bible

Obama's second term---
starts with his hand
on Lincoln's bible

#doll

a kid plays
with a black doll---
Martin Luther King Day

#Day

Obama's second Inauguration-
is on Martin Luther King Day

#porter

a starless night I drink porter beer

#sunset

a Winter sunset with a flair

#windy

Winter windy day---
if cars were sail boats
they would capsize

#fav

my fav seat at the ballet first row aisle 

#sunrise

sunrise---
a ray of light hits
my bathroom mirror

#peck

Saturday night---
she gives me just a peck
a half moon

#espresso

Starbucks triple espresso---
so bitter I lace it with
Jack Daniels

#rose

Saturday afternoon---
a man buys his friend
a rose

#lineage

lineage---
a US born person
views his family tree

#sunrise

blue sky sunrise---
commuters bundled up
wait for a bus


#sunset

a clear sky Winter sunset she smiles

#blue

Winter blue sky the sun is back

#Summer

the boys of the Summer---
waiting for their comeback
let's play ball

#sunrise

Winter sunrise---
I have fresh strawberries
for breakfast

#win

some want to win
any which way they can---
Lance Armstrong

#River

East River overcast Winter---
cold waters and brisk wind
gulls don't mind

#stone

all these names
carved in stone---
Vietnam Veterans Memorial

#sunrise

overcast Winter sunrise---
I pull the covers
and go back to sleep

#drop

long after the rain stopped---
a single drop is still
on my window

#tennis

it's Summer down under---
and tennis in the air
Australian Open

#water

today's rain storm---
it's just Earth's
recycled water

#errands

Winter rainy day---
glad to had done
all my errands yesterday

#heat

Manhattan---
if you can't stand the heat
get out of the kitchen

#hurricane

hurricane Sandy---
we are still recovering
from its aftermath

#grey

overcast Winter morning---
the subway is full
of grey wool jackets

#sunshine

sunshine---
we haven't had any for days
better luck tomorrow

#blush

Winter blush---
a woman buys her friend
red rose

#built

whom do you think
built Egypt's pyramids---
extraterrestrials

#fog

more morning fog---
I eat the boiled eggs whites
and discard the yellows

#ok

skyline low clouds---
the tops got to go
but the rest ok

#Viagra

Viagra---
they should invent
the counterpart for women

#oysters

raw oysters---
the best aphrodisiac
without a prescription

#fog

morning fog---
street graffiti loses
its zip

#River

East River Winter fog---
from here Manhattan looks
like a ghost town

#haiku

a Buddhist monk from Japan---
got the whole world
writing daily haiku

#fog

Winter morning fog---
turning on more lights
will not help

#rainy

a rainy day in New York---
play chess
indoors

#Elvis

a day without sunshine---
I play my Elvis
records

#change

climate change---
it's not all global warming
but also icy cooling

#songs

songs from the sixties---
if you still recall them
your brain is still sharp

#day

a nice January day waxes---
strangers become
friendly

#wind

going green---
New York State builds
more wind farms

#sunrise

blue sky Winter sunrise---
the flames of a fire place
warm a house

#Chelsea

Chelsea New York City---
Google covers it
with free WiFi

#albino

overcast day---an albino doesn't mind

#green

a green thumb is not all
it takes to plant---
add soil fertilizer 

#dark

with my morning black coffee---
double dark chocolate
brownie


#sleeping

sleeping---
I don't need a lot of it
unless I am sick

#waves

Winter---
a beach bonfire party
and waves ten feet high

#blue

blue sky sunrise---
spilled water becomes ice
overnight

#bored

Winter Monday evening---
who's not
bored

#walk

if you walk fast in LA---
people will think
you're from NYC

#shoes

Winter---
sign on a window store
we clean Ugg boots

#oven

Winter morning---
long wait to buy a baguette hot
out of the oven

#solo

long distance solo walking---
it enables you to solve
your problems

#clouds

skyline low dark clouds---
old man Winter is
rethinking his game

#color

rainbow at sunset---
pick your favorite
color

#listens

Winter before dawn---
a man listens
to Vivaldi 

#sunset

January Five sunset---
it's worth standing in the cold
to see it

#hair

Saturday night at the hair dresser-
it'll all be undone
tomorrow

#Winter

New York Winter waxes---
a travel agent has deals
to Brazil

#love

a principle of Christianity---
love your neighbor
as your self

#blue

January blue sky---
an Eskimo's huskies team
takes him for a ride

#madness

aurora borealis---it's Lapland madness

#fog

London town---
fog is so common
no one notices

#sour

overcast Winter morning---
I add sour mash
to my coffee

#bored

January subway---
every one is bored
and wants to go home

#chill

Winter icy chill---
the sun feels like another
incandescent bulb

#River

East River Winter---
seagulls congregate on
a fishermen wharf 

#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

#First

December First morning---
the sun is nowhere
to be seen

#counts

Friday night---
a black jack player
counts his chips

#ends

Christmas trees
are on sale---
November ends

#blue

well after sunrise---
a Winter blue sky is full
of contrails

#blue

November blue sky---
a fireman climbs
the long ladder

#doubleheader

doubleheader---
full moon next to Venus
I have a night cap

#sunset

Winter sunset---
the whistle of a
Florida bound train

#sunny

sunny after a storm---
Christmas shoppers are back
with vengeance

# moon

from behind dissipating
storm clouds---November
full moon peeps

#fog

afternoon fog---
a nor'easter beats
a desert storm any time

#sunset

Samurais duel at sunset---
contrails crisscross
a blue sky

#frog

a snow storm is on the way---
a frog jumps
into a pond

#forecast

today's forecast---
a nor'easter will dump
a mix of rain and snow

#post

post Thanksgiving---
my neighbor keeps playing
Dance Macabre

#moon

there he goes---
burning the midnight oil
November full moon

#new

nothing new under the sun---
a man finds
a shiny penny

#wind

Christmas shopping---
I buy a pianist
wind chime

#sunrise

Sunday sunrise---
when God rested
man shops

#moon

Saturday night full moon---
let the mooching
start

#husky

cold windy November---
a husky enjoys
his walk

#evolution

all revolutions---
are outcomes
of politics evolution

#sunrise

sunrise---
a parrot says
what's for breakfast

#blue

November blue sky---
a shopper looks
at rain coats

#Square

Herald Square dawn---
Black Friday shoppers wait
in line

#sunset

Thanksgiving sunset---
pass the cranberry sauce
please

#moon

Thanksgiving---
half loaf beats null
a day moon

#JFK

the day JFK was shot---
coincides with this year's
Thanksgiving

#Santa

late November---
a class on how to be
a Santa Claus

#dawn

at dawn---
Venus sparkles
Happy Thanksgiving

#blue

November blue sky---
I dip a pretzel
in chocolate syrup

#touch

crowded subway---
the touch of a hand
on my lower back

#dawn

as a cat passes by---
softly dawn
slips away

#River

East River grayness---
a black duck floating down stream
flaps wings to slow down

#owl

around closing time---
a night owl tries to pick up
the barmaid

#dawn

Winter dawn---
a squirrel jumps
into a trash can

#moon

I go to buy bread---
above the skyline
a half moon

#sunset

post sunset---
chocolate covered
pomegranate

#warmth

for warmth in Winter---
share your bed
with some one

#dawn

Winter dawn---
an old man walks
a grey dog

#sunset

sunset alchemy---
gold turns into
ruby

#sunrise

Sunday sunrise---
its silence is
deafening 

#qualms

blue sky and red clouds---
a virgin says
I have no qualms

#daffodils

November sunrise---
the daffodils are
shining

#porches

mid November---
many porches still have
their Halloween stuff

#goose

November chill---
a goose dives
under water

#job

the grandchildren
of baby boomers---
they're trying to find a job

#stillness

morning stillness---
a car driver yells
at a cyclist

#blue

Autumn blue sky---
a tourist climbs
the Statue of Liberty

#dawn

Autumn dawn---
Venus in
the western sky

#River

East River late Autumn wind---
only the lonely hearts
are here

#fortune

Wall Street---
you can make a fortune
trading penny stocks

#sunrise

rain at sunrise---
reading today's news
makes me want to cry

#peace

Obama's second term---
let's give peace
a chance

#Day

Veterans Day morning fog---
unlike the fog of war
it's harmless

#Nirvana

a contrail aims at sun
as it sets---
Nirvana

#Indian

an Indian Summer day---
a man carves and lights
a pumpkin 

#ask

ask Petraeus---
about war
not women

#haze

skyline morning haze---
a man complains
the coffee is too cold

#affair

the Petraeus affair---
what would George Patton
had said

#dryness

Winter indoor dryness---
I refill
my humidifier

#love

General Petraeus resigns---
love is many
splendid things

#bar

on the roof of a bar---
pigeons perch
on the TV antenna

#moon

waning crescent moon---
the law of diminishing returns
kicks in

#blue

Autumn blue sky---
I return empty beer bottles
to the vender

#sunset

Autumn sunset blush---
red roofs covered
with fresh snow

#insects

Winter---
the only insects you run into
are cockroaches 

#sound

November dawn---
the sound of
shoveling snow

#storms

rain mixed with snow---
our storms become complex
climate change

#wins

Obama wins---
a second nor'easter is
on the way

#blue

Elections Day blue sky---
I vote for
Barak Obama

#sunrise

Elections Day sunrise---
we are not
a red state

#sunset

a November sunset---
it beats all the Thanksgiving
decorations

#storm

living in a shelter---
after a storm leveled
their homes

#sunrise

Autumn sunrise---
the smell of
cornflakes

#moon

blue sky---
above a column of smoke
a day moon

#sunrise

a mix of blue and pink
is it a boy or a girl---
sunrise 

#aftermath

the country that sent
men to the moon---
can deal with Sandy's aftermath

#in

it's Autumn
in New York---
Sinatra sings

#moon

November blue sky---
I wear my white cap
a day moon

#skyline

evening---
the skyline sparkles
what hurricane

#River

East River post Sandy---
sewage tainted
waters

#patchy

morning patchy clouds---
Big Apple fights to get up
from Sandy's knock out

#First

December First morning---
the sun is nowhere
to be seen

#counts

Friday night---
a black jack player
counts his chips

1 November 2012

1 November 2012

#ghost

November First---
a ghost shows up
one day late

#moon

at sunrise---
full moon in the western sky
November First

#trees

hurricane Sandy
fell lots of trees---
ones I admired

#sunset

cloudy sky at sunset---
a black cat sits
in the kitchen window

#River

East River post
Hurricane Sandy---
as if nada happened

#monster

for a Halloween monster---
pick any Arab
dictator

#know

October Thirty-First---
do you know what
your kids are doing

#wins

Sandy wins by knockout---
not a one-two punch
but a hook

#kiss

a wine bar---
we sip Cabernet
and French kiss

#sunrise

sunrise---
the aftermath of Sandy
now the clean up

#parts

they say Sandy has two parts---
one hurricane
the other nor'easter

#monster

morning skyline fog---
Sandy creeps on
a Halloween monster

#rebels

looking for rebels---
visit an Arab
country

#rush

morning rush---
cancelled because of
Hurricane Sandy

#killer

Sandy is coming---
nature still
the most killer of life on Earth

#ask

in India---
a Brit stops
to ask for directions

#moon

as we wait the hit
of hurricane Sandy---
a full moon

#River

East River Autumn---
a sail boat chases
a tanker

#stuff

just the right stuff
for Halloween---
a hurricane is coming

#hurricane

morning sunshine---
tomorrow hurricane Sandy
will arrive

#gods

the gods on Mount Olympus---
do not cross them
they'll get you

#never

never---
don't ever say
forever

#inch

Apple says---
its new iPad mini
is every inch iPad

#River

East River grey Autumn---
a red tanker gets towed
by a red boat

#lace

another overcast morning---
I lace my coffee
with bourbon

#sunset

overcast skies
the sun sets---
in the minds's eye

#fog

skyline fog---
all these CEO's don't look
out the window any way

#touch

in grief---
a touch is worth
a thousand words

#sunrise

late October sunrise---
a woman in black
holds a broom

#moon

late night---
as I pass a peddler of roses
half moon

#lost

lost in her blue eyes---
I ask her to repeat
what she said

#Lily

Lily of the Mohawks---
the pope canonizes
a native Indian

#sunset

October Sunday sunset---
a man waits for his date
to show up

#billiards

Sunday afternoon in a bar-
I watch women
playing billiards

#dawn

Sunday dawn---
a house window painted
for Halloween

#sunset

Saturday sunset---
enough orange to make you
a dare devil

#group

one of these days---
I'll start my own haiku group
it'll be on a cloud

#blue

late October blue sky---
pumpkins are
on sale

#fog

Friday late night---
revelers exiting a bar
greeted by dense fog

#walk

a nor'easter---
umbrellas walk
the streets

#loud

when in the Grand Canyon---
give a speech
the rocks have loudspeakers

#sunrise

Autumn sunrise---
dark clouds cap
the skyline

#sunset

overcast sunset---
a man flags
a yellow cab

#season

the heating season starts---
outside too cold
inside too hot

#hungry

without food stamps---
many seniors will go
hungry

#sunrise

October sunrise---
a witch comes
home

#miser

nice Autumn day---
a miser counts
his gold

#sunrise

sunrise---
who won last night
presidential debate

#sunset

mid October sunset---
a ghost peaks
from under a cloud

#sunrise

sunrise---
I eat almonds covered
with dark chocolate

#rain

after the rain stops---
the skyline lights
glitter

#dance

rain at sunset---
I look up
sun dance

#crunch

crunch---
human feet walking
on Autumn leaves

#ear

David Axelrod---
his phone is always connected
to his ear

#apples

Autumn---
New York State green apples
flood the market

#sunrise

Autumn Sunday---
a clear sunrise followed
by an overcast sky

#earthworm

an earthworm---
you can't tell its sex
'cause they're both

#blue

Autumn morning blue sky---
brisk wind makes
the sun's heat impotent

#peace

a continent of war
attains peace---
EU receives a Noble

#wins

Mo Yan---
a Chinese communist wins
the Noble lit prize

#River

East River Autumn blue sky---
bank's black rocks
and the garbage strewn on it

#blue

October blue sky---
it's three weeks till
Halloween

#dawn

a dawn Autumn shower---
I take a hot one
before going out

#fog

skyline afternoon fog---
a railroad worker posts
the orange flag

#seat

at Starbucks---
a rainy day gets me a seat
to write a haiku

#hair

hair cut day---
my barber says
you look younger now

#River

East River under
the Tappan Zee Bridge---
the cars sound like airplanes

#Day

Columbus Day---
a tourist ends up in the Bronx
instead of Times Square

#stillness

morning stillness---
a cyclist
whistles

#play

rainy Sunday---
no one wants to play
Parcheesi

#night

Sunday sunrise---
finally a night owl
comes home

#River

East River overcast Autumn---
a red tow boat
passes by

#blue

October blue sky---
a mountain climber
is almost at the top

#sunrise

sunrise---
my neighbor rests her bare feet
on the window ledge

#blue

October blue sky---
the roofs are still wet
from days of incessant rain

#stillness

morning stillness---
the cat meows
it's hungry

#rainbow

overcast Autumn---
a teacher asks her kids
to draw a rainbow

#fog

more morning fog---
I have not seen the sun
in days

#River

East River Autumn fog clears-
a lone seagull stands
on a black rock

#fog

overnight---
dense fog blankets all New York
watch your step

#fog

Autumn skyline fog---
I turn off
my humidifier

#roof

overcast Autumn morning---
a man climbs the fire escape
to the roof

#cat

at sunset---
I startle a black cat and
its two kittens as I pass

#blue

October First blue sky---
she wears her
turquoise ring

#moon

above the skyline dim lights-
a full moon
Autumn predawn

#clouds

Sunday horizon clouds---
they think they're
the Himalayas

#moon

just before dawn---
I'm behind bed sheets
and full moon behind clouds

#River

East River early Autumn---
strong surf and
languid faces

#clouds

skyline low clouds---
the reason I won't live
on the top floor

#blonde

rainy rush hour---
a blonde holds a see-through
umbrella

#fog

morning fog---
a man follows
his dog

#haiku

writing haiku---
there's difference
is it Mozart or noise

#dawn

Autumn drizzle at dawn---
a man drinks
cappuccino

#sunset

overcast at sunset---
a traffic light is stuck
on red

sunrise---
the wind shakes a green leaf
early Autumn

#sleeping

sleeping---
the majority of humans
do it on the floor

#UN

UN General Assembly meets---
lots of words
but no solutions

#blue

morning blue sky---
the windows of a hot yoga class
fog out

#blue

hot day blue sky---
the pot calls the kettle
gray

#dawn

dawn---
a seducer runs out
of reasons

#sunset

Autumn sunset---
blue clouds summon the night
early

#by

by Neil Armstrong---
"one small step for a man
a giant leap for mankind"

#blue

Sunday morning blue sky---
a dog
yawns

#corner

Autumnal Equinox---
Halloween is around
the corner

#clouds

morning cool---
low bulbous grey clouds
mix it up with chimney smoke

#Autumn

First Day of Autumn---
a soccer referee pulls out
his yellow card

#recession

we are now in recession---
that's why
unemployment is high

#touchdown

September blue sky---
a quarterback runs
and scores a touchdown

#UGG

as Winter nears---
signs on dry-cleaners windows
"we clean UGG"

#penguins

drastic melting
of Arctic sea ice---
penguins endangered

#dawn

dawn---
a baker brings out
the croissants from the oven

#sunset

at sunset---
Bob Dylan sings
be my baby tonight

#flu

the flu---
take two aspirins and call
me in the morning

#storm

September morning---
after last night storm
silver lining in the clouds

#guard

stormy afternoon---
a Marine guard
lowers Old Glory

#dream

morning fog---
the skyline view as if
in a dream

#drizzle

September morning drizzle---
a man's baseball hat
is backwards

#octopus

the Monday blues---
I have grilled octopus
for lunch

#stage

on stage---
a ballerina
falls

#thin

September thin-line clouds---
a palm reader is open
for business

#iPhone 5

iPhone 5---
American ingenuity
lives on

#blue

morning blue sky---
I remember viewing her
lilacs

#water

water every where
but no drop to drink---
Rhyme of Ancient Mariner

#blue

September blue sky---
a woman wears very bright
red lipstick

#blue

morning blue sky---
a commuters train
goes into a tunnel

#Island

Roosevelt Island---
a miniature
Manhattan

#Gilgamesh

living for ever---
Gilgamesh learns the hard way
it's not for humans

#blue

blue sky---
a red Corvette is parked
at the door of a bodega

#work

the humdrum of a work day---
finally the light
at the tunnel's end

#fleece

September morning chill---
fleece starts
to appear

#River

East River serene waters---
seagulls congregate
Nine-Eleven

#Nine-Eleven

Nine-Eleven sunrise---
a bald eagle
soars

#ball

I like marching bands---
the college football season
starts

#stillness

morning stillness---
the whistle of a distant
train

#hangover

Sunday morning---
a man treats his hangover
with a row egg

#sunrise

Sunday sunrise blue sky---
a seagull flies
low

#things

the Saturday fixing of things---
handypersons sharpen
their skills

#dance

the dance of the bumblebees
by Neil Diamond---
watch it on U Tube

#sunrise

Saturday sunrise---
Queensboro Bridge looks
as if made of hemp

#loneliness

loneliness---
is not the same as
being alone

#sunrise

Summer haze at sunrise---
a mosquito
buzzes

#pizza

a pizza by the slice joint---
a man asks for
knife and fork

#Jack

Jack be nimble
Jack be quick---
Jack jump over the candle stick

#sunrise

September sunrise---
a river sailboat
meanders

#blue

September blue sky---
what else do you
want

#match

a tennis match ends---
as the winner celebrates
the loser leaves

#oatmeal

I look at the sky color
then at what I am eating---
they're both oatmeal


#fairy

a walk in the woods---
a fairy
greets me

#drizzle

September morning drizzle---
I go out
for a walk

#works

getting tips---
a waiter works
Labor Day

#Day

Labor Day morning---
the silence of
a New York City street

#haze

skyline afternoon haze---
the US Open is in
HD


Sent from my iPhone

#dawn

September Sunday dawn---
I wait till sunrise
to get out of bed

#River

East River Labor Day weekend-
the wild life also
took time off

#two parts

September First Dawn---
a full moon faints away
as the sun rises

#moon

September First Dawn---
a full moon
faints away

#Day

Labor Day weekend starts---
the ones still working
have bills to pay

#solar

sunrise---
the light of a solar battery
changes to green

#Republicans

the Republicans
Romney Ryan Reagan---
Oooooooobama

#fence

Beverley Hills---
a sign on a house fence says
armed response

#blue

August blue sky---
a window washer
runs out of soap

#moon

late night---
as city  lights dim out
August full moon

#Obamacare

Obamacare---
it's the law
of the land

#blue

August blue sky---
a Bengali man wears
a white kaftan

#River

East River Summer cold breeze-
shivering as the waters
are rippling

#dream

I have a dream---
Martin Luther King gives
a speech

#Romney

Romney---
you can't avoid him
if you watch TV

#hurricane

once more they board New Orleans-
because of the threat
of a hurricane

#Beatles song

hey Jude---
find her for me and I'll go
and get her

#limo

sunny August---
a limo driver enters
a car wash

#storm

storm Isaac aims at Tampa---
can Romney's boat
stay afloat

#city

Aphrodisias,Turkey---
not a sexual aid just
an old city

#timeline

sunny Sunday---
I write a haiku
on NaHaiWriMo timeline

#sunrise

late August sunrise---
plenty of parking space
on the street

#sunrise

I turn on the radio---
and it's
a tequila sunrise

#growing

growing up---
I was no
Huckleberry Finn

#wild

the wild wild west---
shoot out outside
the Empire State Building 

#sun

hi sun---
you are leaving us for the night
best wishes

#seams

a happy marriage---
after his death
she falls apart at the seams

#Curiosity

Curiosity---
a NASA rover looks for
signs of life on Mars

#sunset

after sunset---
a man raises
the rising sun flag

#heat

election year---
if you can't stand the heat
get out of the kitchen

#forgets

hypnosis---
what your mind forgets
can be found in its trash basket

#Wiccan

August morning---
New York Times reports
on a Wiccan prayer circle

#bark

Summer sunset---
a couple bark at each other
their dogs watch

#driftwood

the Beat Poets---
some drifted through life
like logs on a river

#stillness

morning stillness---
a man talks to his dog
in a whisper

#peaks

perched on the roof---
two pigeons face to face
touch peaks

#surrenders

after dancing together
till the wee hours---
she surrenders

#Facebook

what's on your mind---
Facebook will take it
even if it stinks

#humid

Summer humid day---
pigs don't sweat
humans do

#dawn

dawn---
skyscrapers lower
their lights

#boat

the Roaring Twenties---
crossing the Atlantic
on an ocean liner

#lonely

Putin and the Pussy Riot---
he must be
lonely

#wee

New York City wee hours---
people walk home
fast

#Friday

August Friday---
a man asks his manager
if he can leave early

#lioness

not her type---
a lioness turns down
a suitor 

#birthers

Obama runs
for a second term---
no birthers so far

#sunrise

sunrise---
an artist draws
with charcoal

#sunset

you can see the sun sets---
while the rain is still
falling here

#rain

August rain---
like pearl necklaces
when they become untied

#pepper

have a soar throat---
gargle with cayenne pepper
and lemon juice

#blond

August sunny morning---
tanned blond with long ponytail
jogs by

#Enlightenment

Age of Enlightenment---
an apple hits
Isaac Newton head

#smoke

early morning---
a smoke alarm rings
needs new batteries

#love

Wall Street---
it's all for the love
of money

#blue

Monday morning blue sky---
a teacher tells the class
to quiet

#marathoner

London blue sky---
a marathoner reaches
the finish line

#vacation

on vacation---
a prude enters a nudist beach
by mistake

#cat

Summer cloudy dawn---
a cat
hisses

#sunset

Summer sunset---
a beach lifeguard blows
his whistle

#watermelon

eating watermelon---
kids compete who can
spit the seeds the furthest 

#seagull

overcast morning---
I hear the squawk
of a seagull

#grass

a spiritual event---
Rastafarians smoke
grass

#rice

overcast August---
a monk has rice
with his yogurt

#River

East River August---
much ultra violet rays
joggers in a daze

#tide pool

look at a tide pool---
then look at the sky
there're stars in both

#cantaloupes

sunny Summer morning---
a fruit stand has
cantaloupes

#love

the best test of love---
is
silence

#Spider

Spider-Man on Broadway---
when in the Big Apple
don't miss it

#fog

skyline morning fog---
a man watches and puffs
on his pipe

#myth

myth becomes reality---
NASA lands a rover
on Mars

#Curiosity

Curiosity---
NASA lands a rover
on Mars

#River

East River August---
mostly humans wearing
bikinis

#hope

lottery tickets---
the sole  reason they buy them
is hope that they'll win

#mime

on stage---
a mime portrays
a haiku

#synchronized

Olympics synchronized swimming-
all look like they
had ballet training 

#Columbus

Columbus statue near
where I live---
a huge sword in his belt 

#cat

overcast Sunday---
a black and white cat sits
in the window


#beach

the Olympics beach volley ball-
but where is
the water

#lightness

on stage---
the lightness of a ballerina
as she leaps

#haze

August morning haze---
a kid with crayons colors
the sky red

#sunset

bull's eye---
an archer shoots an arrow
at sunset

#sand

stormy day at the beach---
where lightning strikes
sand becomes glass

#haze

Summer morning haze---
a man sweetens his coffee
with schnapps

#women

the twenty-first century---
it's all about
women

#moon

August full moon---
lovers at the beach
in a swoon

#haze

August morning haze---
a man had too much
to drink last night

#kayak

get out your kayak---
a Summer rain storm floods parts
of New York City

#hearts

Three-card Monte---
you find where is
the queen of hearts

#First

morning drizzle
I run to catch a bus---
August First

#dawn

September Sunday dawn---
I wait till sunrise
to get out of bed

#River

East River Labor Day weekend-
the wild life also
took time off

#two parts

September First Dawn---
a full moon faints away
as the sun rises

#moon

September First Dawn---
a full moon
faints away

#Day

Labor Day weekend starts---
the ones still working
have bills to pay

#solar

sunrise---
the light of a solar battery
changes to green

#Republicans

the Republicans
Romney Ryan Reagan---
Oooooooobama

#fence

Beverley Hills---
a sign on a house fence says
armed response

#blue

August blue sky---
a window washer
runs out of soap

#moon

late night---
as city  lights dim out
August full moon

#Obamacare

Obamacare---
it's the law
of the land

#blue

August blue sky---
a Bengali man wears
a white kaftan

#River

East River Summer cold breeze-
shivering as the waters
are rippling

#dream

I have a dream---
Martin Luther King gives
a speech

#Romney

Romney---
you can't avoid him
if you watch TV

#hurricane

once more they board New Orleans-
because of the threat
of a hurricane

#Beatles song

hey Jude---
find her for me and I'll go
and get her

#limo

sunny August---
a limo driver enters
a car wash

#storm

storm Isaac aims at Tampa---
can Romney's boat
stay afloat

#city

Aphrodisias,Turkey---
not a sexual aid just
an old city

#timeline

sunny Sunday---
I write a haiku
on NaHaiWriMo timeline

#sunrise

late August sunrise---
plenty of parking space
on the street

#sunrise

I turn on the radio---
and it's
a tequila sunrise

#growing

growing up---
I was no
Huckleberry Finn

#wild

the wild wild west---
shoot out outside
the Empire State Building

#sun

hi sun---
you are leaving us for the night
best wishes

#seams

a happy marriage---
after his death
she falls apart at the seams

#Curiosity

Curiosity---
a NASA rover looks for
signs of life on Mars

#sunset

after sunset---
a man raises
the rising sun flag

#heat

election year---
if you can't stand the heat
get out of the kitchen

#forgets

hypnosis---
what your mind forgets
can be found in its trash basket

#Wiccan

August morning---
New York Times reports
on a Wiccan prayer circle

#bark

Summer sunset---
a couple bark at each other
their dogs watch

#driftwood

the Beat Poets---
some drifted through life
like logs on a river

#stillness

morning stillness---
a man talks to his dog
in a whisper

#peaks

perched on the roof---
two pigeons face to face
touch peaks

#surrenders

after dancing together
till the wee hours---
she surrenders

#Facebook

what's on your mind---
Facebook will take it
even if it stinks

#humid

Summer humid day---
pigs don't sweat
humans do

#dawn

dawn---
skyscrapers lower
their lights

#boat

the Roaring Twenties---
crossing the Atlantic
on an ocean liner

#lonely

Putin and the Pussy Riot---
he must be
lonely

#wee

New York City wee hours---
people walk home
fast

#Friday

August Friday---
a man asks his manager
if he can leave early

#lioness

not her type---
a lioness turns down
a suitor

#birthers

Obama runs
for a second term---
no birthers so far

#sunrise

sunrise---
an artist draws
with charcoal

#sunset

you can see the sun sets---
while the rain is still
falling here

#rain

August rain---
like pearl necklaces
when they become untied

#pepper

have a soar throat---
gargle with cayenne pepper
and lemon juice

#blond

August sunny morning---
tanned blond with long ponytail
jogs by

#Enlightenment

Age of Enlightenment---
an apple hits
Isaac Newton head

#smoke

early morning---
a smoke alarm rings
needs new batteries

#love

Wall Street---
it's all for the love
of money

#blue

Monday morning blue sky---
a teacher tells the class
to quiet

#marathoner

London blue sky---
a marathoner reaches
the finish line

#vacation

on vacation---
a prude enters a nudist beach
by mistake

#cat

Summer cloudy dawn---
a cat
hisses

#sunset

Summer sunset---
a beach lifeguard blows
his whistle

#watermelon

eating watermelon---
kids compete who can
spit the seeds the furthest

#seagull

overcast morning---
I hear the squawk
of a seagull

#grass

a spiritual event---
Rastafarians smoke
grass

#rice

overcast August---
a monk has rice
with his yogurt

#River

East River August---
much ultra violet rays
joggers in a daze

#tide pool

look at a tide pool---
then look at the sky
there're stars in both

#cantaloupes

sunny Summer morning---
a fruit stand has
cantaloupes

#love

the best test of love---
is
silence

#Spider

Spider-Man on Broadway---
when in the Big Apple
don't miss it

#fog

skyline morning fog---
a man watches and puffs
on his pipe

#myth

myth becomes reality---
NASA lands a rover
on Mars

#Curiosity

Curiosity---
NASA lands a rover
on Mars

#River

East River August---
mostly humans wearing
bikinis

#hope

lottery tickets---
the sole  reason they buy them
is hope that they'll win

#mime

on stage---
a mime portrays
a haiku

#synchronized

Olympics synchronized swimming-
all look like they
had ballet training

#Columbus

Columbus statue near
where I live---
a huge sword in his belt 

#cat

overcast Sunday---
a black and white cat sits
in the window


#beach

the Olympics beach volley ball-
but where is
the water

#lightness

on stage---
the lightness of a ballerina
as she leaps

#haze

August morning haze---
a kid with crayons colors
the sky red

#sunset

bull's eye---
an archer shoots an arrow
at sunset

#sand

stormy day at the beach---
where lightning strikes
sand becomes glass

#haze

Summer morning haze---
a man sweetens his coffee
with schnapps

#women

the twenty-first century---
it's all about
women

#moon

August full moon---
lovers at the beach
in a swoon

#haze

August morning haze---
a man had too much
to drink last night

#kayak

get out your kayak---
a Summer rain storm floods parts
of New York City

#hearts

Three-card Monte---
you find where is
the queen of hearts

#First

morning drizzle
I run to catch a bus---
August First

1 August 2012

#energy

blue sky---
a birthday balloon flies away
July ends

#mural

a new graffiti mural---
as pudgy as this
morning sky

#horses

the Olympics---
riders make horses jump
over various barriers

#midget

a circus midget
can't find
his wife

#cosmic

Summer predawn---
watching a cosmic rays
shower

#dawn

Summer Monday dawn---
I finish last night
crab salad

#sunset

July beach sunset---
a volley ball game
gets hot

#ballroom

ballroom---
a couple dance
cheek to cheek

#seagull

July overcast sky---
a seagull lands
on spilled garbage

#games

with the Olympic games on---
Yankees versus Red Socks
still gets 'em

#lucky

London Olympics
bicycle road race---
lucky it didn't rain

#fog

skyline morning fog---
all you see
blinking red lights

#fiancé

their first fight---
a man turns away
and calls his fiancé "puta"

#breezy

breezy July---
I open the windows
and turn off the ac

#Yankee

Ichiro Suzuki---
a new Yankee
let's play ball

#relationships

sexual relationships---
if they last
they become platonic

#diving

Summer Olympics start---
I plan to watch
the diving competition

#sunrise

Summer sunrise---
the smell
of strawberries

#die

the moment you're born---
you start to die
it's just a matter of time

#mushroom

a peeping tom looks
at a man's mushroom
as he pees

#blue

July blue sky---
a man has beef carpaccio
for breakfast

#class

ballet class---
it always resembles
doing penance

#feather

light as a feather---
a boxer stands on a scale
to check his weight

#haze

Summer morning haze---
a man squints
his eyes

#dad

after not seeing him for years---
her dad shows up
at her door step

#sunrise

Monday sunrise---
a cherry red Porsche
speeds by

#masked

"who was that masked man?"
the Lone Ranger rides
again

#sunrise

Sunday sunrise---
pornographic pictures scattered
on a sidewalk

#River

East River Summer blue sky---
black and white swans spread
their wings  in tandem

#dream

she keeps dreaming of snakes---
coming out from the pants
of men

#sunrise

Summer sun rises---
a car driver has
a flat

#end

end of a rainy Summer day---
nothing to smile
about

#Ramadan

Ramadan starts tomorrow---
Moslems will fast
from dawn to dusk

#umbrella

London sunny day---
a British gentleman carries
his umbrella

#rainy

July rainy day---
a jogger runs
shirtless

#thumb

Syria's Assad---
finally China and Russia
put down their thumbs

#collection

read their privacy policy---
the online collection of
data

#fly

Japan's Olympic athletes---
the women fly coach
the men business class

#pour

thunder and lighting---
a down pour
but it's still hot

#hidden

airport pat-downs---
they want to know if something
is hidden inside

#heat

the heat wave waxes---
I sit in the shade
of an oak tree

#sunset

a hot day ends---
the sun sets behind
a chimney

#drill

as I wait my turn
at the dentist---
the sound of his drill

#coffee

July morning---
the smell of coffee
from an abandoned building

#caravan

Summer---
a caravan of semis trek
on a narrow New York street

#blue

blue sky---
bikini clad women play
volley ball

#fog

July the Sixteenth---
neither fog nor mist
but a heat wave

#heat

July waxes---
a heat wave will arrive
at noon today

#down

Tour De France---
today they go down hill
time to enjoy the scenery

#fan

a local Starbucks---
a fan asks me
for my autograph

#cloudy

July cloudy sky---
a mogul flies to the Hamptons
in a chopper

#boots

mid July---
a man dumps his old ski boots
in the garbage

#Day

Bastille Day---
how the French invented
the coup d'etat

#Friday

Friday the Thirteenth---
you should check
the status of your portfolio

#rainbow

a Summer rainbow---
a yogi does
the locust

#shock

cultural shock---
leaving Little Italy
to enter China Town

#two

Summer blundering---
a bird in hand is worth two
on the tree

#blue

morning blue sky---
kids shuffling
to Summer school

#sunset

blue clouds---
red clouds and no clouds
a Summer sun sets

#broken

engaged---
a broken promise leads to
a broken heart

#hookah

July cloudy day---
a man walks into
a hookah cafe

#hair

hair cut day---
my barber says
I have nice hair

#River

East River Summer day---
I make a duck call
a duck answers

#blue

July blue sky---
a fish monger
has octopus

#swing

July waxes---
it's still cool enough
to swing

#sparkle

Summer moonlight---
a sudden spark kills
the sparkle in her eyes

#cool

July Monday morning---
I say welcome
to a cool front

#sunset

redness of a Summer sunset
peeps thru the curtains---
I open them

#Sunday

Sunday morning---
a congregation repeats
the Lord's Prayer

#Yoga

July Sunday morning---
a Yoga class in the park
has few students

#night

Summer Saturday night---
you spend most your time
waiting in lines

#Flight

when the temp hits ninety---
listen to
"Flight of the Bumblebee"

#day

July's hot day---
a mother keeps checking
on her son in the carriage

#River

East River July heat wave---
a lone seagull
stands on a rock

#name

if you are reading this---
you already know
my name

#Fukushima

Fukushima---
it was a failure of Man
not Nature

#night

moonless night---
a night watchman talks
to himself

#clover

clover---
a herbaceous plant
mostly of interest to rabbits

#heat

July heat wave---
a man receives the power bill
for June

#sunset

July Fourth---
after the sun's fireworks end
humans show off theirs

#symmetry

Picasso's "Woman's Head"---
it lacks
symmetry

#rain

July Fourth morning rain---
a man wants a rain check
for tonight fireworks

#Park S

Madison Square Park---
the nonhumans are
more friendly than the humans

#Fourth

on a mountain top---
an eagles nest with two eggs
July Fourth

#blue

July blue sky---
a skin-diver views
the coral reefs

#sunset

a July sunset---
the only one that matters
is the Fourth

#dangles

in the Garden of Eden---
an apple dangles
from a branch

#blue

July Second blue sky---
I buy condiments
for the Fourth

#Mount

Mount Kilimanjaro---
I'd like to climb it
someday

#blue

blue sky---
July the month of revolutions
starts

#Tour

Tour de France starts---
wait till they get
to the Alps

#heat

heat wave---
a kids lemonade stand
does good business

#starts

kids do the flip---
a lifeguard whistles
Summer vacation starts

#wave

a heat wave---
I'd choose that any day
over a blizzard

#white

a fifties yearbook---
among all these white faces
a black one

#glances

Summer sultriness---
it induces torrid
glances

#balls

Wimbledon---
where tennis balls
bounce higher

#writer

deadline nears---
a sit com writer
is having a mental block

#blue

June blue sky---
a kid counts his
baseball cards

#strings

Angela Merkel---
she knows how to pull their strings
each one of them

#ring

as I pay---
the waitress is not wearing
her engagement ring today

#blue

June blue sky---
I ask for a taste of
pistachio ice-cream

#line

the Supreme Court---
you won't go to jail
if you cross the border line

#blue

a Summer bright day---
Ol' Blue Eyes
sings

#sunset

I raise my Venetian blinds
at sunset ---ditto
the  horizon clouds

#home

Gandhi's Satyagraha---
finally got the British
to go home

#morning

Monday morning---
starting the week
with thunder and lightening

#where

Summer wedding
the groom and the best man---
but where's the bride

#blue

June blue sky---
sparrows pick the crumbs
as I eat a bun

#swarm

as if we need more scares---
an early Spring
causes honeybees to swarm

#home

Gandhi's Satyagraha---
finally got the British
to go home

#morning

Monday morning---
starting the week
with thunder and lightening

#where

Summer wedding
the groom and the best man---
but where's the bride

#blue

June blue sky---
sparrows pick the crumbs
as I eat a bun

#swarm

as if we need more scares---
an early Spring
causes honeybees to swarm

#moon

crescent moon above
the skyline at sunset---
a doubleheader

#sun

the sun dilemma---
in Winter it's dim but
in Summer it's hot

#dry

hot Saturday blue sky---
I order my martini
extra dry

#alone

Summer---
men shopping alone
at Victoria's Secret

#sunrise

fog over Manhattan---
but here a rosy
sunrise

#Zeus

Zeus---
the god of thunder and lightening
finally slew the heat wave

#inspiration

for inspiration---
I look out
of my window

#third

third day of a heat wave---
kids open
fire hydrants

#wave

the heat wave---
"water, water everywhere
but not a drop to drink"

#scent

a Beagle in pursuit of a scent---
goes in
circles

#second

second day of a June heat wave-
more of
the same

#Summer

New York City
First Day of Summer---
it's a scorcher

#light

as I write this haiku---
it will travel to you
at the speed of light

#haze

skyline morning haze---
I check the air quality
index

#vacation

Roger Federer---
stop every thing and
take a vacation

#night

moonless night---
a streetwalker
propositions me

#knows

overcast morning---
"only a weatherman knows
which way the wind blows"

#River

East River Summer---
dog barks at a swan
swan flies away

#Letter

for Summer reading---
may I suggest
The Scarlet Letter

#Monday

June Monday morning---
women wear colorful dresses
to work

#golf

playing golf---
it's chess


#Day

Father's Day---
if anyone thinks I am their dad
please don't send anything

#Sunday

Sunday morning---
overcast skies and
the New York Times

#moon

Saturday night moon---
it's there but
covered by what ever

#hand

Arabian desert Summer day-
two Bedouins walk
hand in hand

#Day S

Father's Day---
if anyone thinks I am their dad
please don't send anything

#blue

mid June blue sky---
a man teaches his son
how to fly a kite

#rope

without harness---
a rope walker goes
across Niagara Falls

#nears

Summer nears---
a bodybuilder looks
at himself in the mirror

#blue

June blue sky---
a man waiting for a bus
keeps looking up

#salsa

dancing salsa at
a dance school---
I like her

#random generator

chance of any one prompt---
is reciprocal of
number of prompts

#blue

blue sky---
June changes
its tune

#sunset

Summer sunset---
black roses are
on sale

#thirteenth

it's Wednesday the Thirteenth
not Friday---what scares you
can't be that scary

#clouds

skyline low clouds---
they pay five grand a month
to see nothing

#fog

afternoon fog---
colorful umbrellas push
each other to go home

#rain

"rain rain go away---
come again
another day"

#cotton

June morning---
dirty cotton balls stuffed
into the sky

#stone

"how does it feel
to be all alone
with no direction known
like a rolling stone"
Bob Dylan

#sunset

sunset---
I retrieve
a shiny penny

#subway

crowded subway---
a woman wearing a tight dress
stands behind me

#game

Summer---
a chess game in the park
drags on

#man

I don't need to prove anything-
I am
an older man

#fly

Sunday morning---
a fly comes in
then turns around and leaves

#play

Saturday night---
the Mets play the Yankees
New York,New York

#win

Union Rags---
comes from behind
to win the Preakness

#space

as you read this---
the space between you and me
becomes less

#jazz

overcast June morning---
a jazz band plays
in the subway

#hungry

"as grain piles up---
India's poor
still go hungry"
headline in today's New York Times


#octopus

sea food restaurant---
I have grilled
octopus

#blue

June blue sky---
the winner of a tennis match
weeps

#kiss

French Open mixed doubles---
opponents kiss
after the match

#tree

nice Spring day---
a Lebanese soldier salutes
a cedar tree

#wire

nice Spring day---
a high wire walker enjoys
the scenery

#sign

a road sign inside
a cemetery says---
dead end

#blue

June blue sky---
a beachcomber finds
nothing

#diamond

Elizabeth's diamond jubilee---
what would the great bard
had said

#Transit

June Fifth blue sky---
New Yorkers keep looking up
Venus Transit

#Venus

a black dot
moves across the sun-
Venus Transit

#sun

the sun the size of a dime
behind cloud cover---
a cheap date

#Faster Horses

"it's faster horses---
younger women, older whiskey,
and more money"
Tom T. Hall

#wind

June wind---
a falling piece of paper
whirls like a butterfly

#sunset

Sunday sunset---
it does not matter
who won or lost but the passion

#fuse

can't tell the positive
from the negative---
a man burns a fuse

#blue

Sunday morning blue sky---
a man gets money
from an ATM

#hike

a June hike---
it's warm enough
to take off your shirt

#wrong

buy her red roses---
the best fixer of
whatever goes wrong

#fog

June morning fog---
I order my eggs
sunny side up

#pearl

a black woman wears
a pearl necklace---
June First blue sky

#smell

early morning---
the smell of burned
bread

#blue

blue sky---
a man is having
an eye exam

#pigeons

the French Open---
even the pigeons are
color coordinated

#waterfall

big city cacophony---
I listen to a park
waterfall

#quote

"it's harder to write less
to say more"
Toni Morrison

#River

East River late May---
women in bikinis
sunbath alone

#touches

a non-verbal haiku---
no more than seventeen
touches

#breeze

late May cool breeze---
I shut off
my fans

#Day

Memorial Day---
the picnics abound
but the contrition is scarce

#spiral

Archimedes Spiral---
a merry go round that
keeps expanding

#Day

Memorial Day---
what did we gain
after a decade in two wars?

#dragonfly

nice Summer day---
as a biplane flies over
a dragonfly lands

#Sunday

overcast Sunday morning ---
the oatmeal is
fully cooked

#it

VatiLeaks---
the Pope's butler
did it

#sunset

after a Spring shower
the sun comes out to set---
but no one is there

#rainbow

a rainbow---
God's sign to Noah
there would never be another flood

#sun

after days of May rain---
the sun shines
a gardner whistles

#moon

crescent moon over the skyline-
who's your
baby tonight

#fog

skyline fog at sunset---
but you can still
play baseball

#body

a body moves
in a straight line---
unless acted upon by a force

#fog

morning fog---
my sexy neighbor opens
her curtains

#fog

afternoon fog---
a soccer player shoots
at the wrong goal

#day

his first day in school---
a kid tells his mother
what happened

#fog

morning fog---
a man asks me
for directions

#Square

Times Square---
people don't say excuse me
before they push you any more

#musings

pieces of our poetic musings---
auctioned on
Wall Street

#sonnet

as Spring warms up---
I reread a Pablo Neruda
sonnet

#ink

I write in pencil---
so that I can
erase

#dawn

dawn---
yesterday's storm is
still here

#fog

afternoon fog---
a stutter speaks
clearly

#indigo

indigo snakes---
you don't want to see
how they kill their prey

#fog

morning fog---
it's a normal rush hour
in the subway

#River

East River May---
a sunny Sunday makes
the dour smile

#doctor

as you grow older---
make sure you like your doctor
you'll see him a lot

#blue

Sunday Spring blue sky---
a preacher describes
Hell fire

#tea

Japanese tea ceremony---
you need to go to school
to learn it

#blue

Saturday blue sky---
a delivery man puts
his legs up

#River

East River Spring bright day---
the bikinis are
out in force

#Mirror

Magic Mirror on the wall---
who is the fairest
one of all?

#blue

May blue sky---
a fly climbs
my kitchen window

#sunset

May sunset---
an accountant
proposes

#bad

heart "science"---
the good cholesterol isn't
any better than the bad

#blue

Spring blue sky---
a squirrel does not like
my garbage

#drum

Summer night---
a dancer sways to the beat
of a goblet drum

#fog

morning fog---
a parrot says
more coffee

#fog

May dense fog---
a man says good evening
to a tree

#rose

by any other name---
a rose is still
a rose

#limerick

overcast May---
a poet writes
a limerick

#child

glee---
a child walks
for the first time

#Monday

overcast Monday morning---
the rush hour adds
to its dreariness

#Day

two men out on Mother's Day---
discuss Freud's
Oedipus Complex

#photosynthesis

photosynthesis---
the reason the Garden of Eden
is on Earth

#hen

Spring blue sky--
a mother hen is trailed
by chicks

#sunset

Spring sunset---
a country road
is full of potholes

#Supper

da Vinci's Last Supper---
they all want to know
where is Judas

#blue

May blue sky---
the garden lettuce
is flourishing

#circle

almost dawn---
a geometry student still trying
to "square the circle"

#blue

as a Spring storm
winds down---
a blue sky

#marriage

on the road to a second term---
Obama supports
same sex marriage

#woman

"cherchez la femme"---
the most powerful person
in Europe is a woman

#rainy

Spring rainy day---
a Sapporo truck
passes by

#walk

burn more fat
and less gasoline---
walk

#orange

overcast day---
I stare at
an orange

#seabirds

not enough anchovies---
seabirds die
off the shore of Peru

#husky

an old husky---
wants no one to pet it
except its owner

#dentist

his mom holds his hand---
a kid's first time
at the dentist

#teacher

May cloudy sky---
a math teacher returns
the exam papers

#butterfly

nice Spring day---
a butterfly lands
on a sidewalk weed

#bed

Sunday they wake up
in the same bed---
not recalling Saturday night

#Sunday

cloudy May Sunday---
I buy freshly baked
croissants

#night

Saturday night fog---
the clicks of high heels
behind me

#Derby

the Kentucky Derby---
the only horse race
non gamblers watch

#Cinco

Cinco de Mayo---
a small Mexican army
stuns the French marines

#fog

I open the curtain---
nothing but
morning fog

#tree

rainy May---
a man takes cover under
a Japanese Maple tree

#fog

evening fog---
a man forgets to turn on
his head lights

#ruby

he buys her a ruby ring---
not knowing
she's color blind

#record

a record---
"The Scream" sells for
hundred and twenty million bucks

#sex

Freud was right---
all mental life is about
sex

#fog

skyline afternoon fog---
lanky men wearing
ten gallon hats

#when

May starts---
I ask Google when is
Mother's Day

#overcast

Spring overcast sky---
a frog goes back
into the pond

#fog

morning fog---
a cyclist sings loudly
May First

#lit

Empire State Building lit
red white blue---
'cause WTC is now higher

#River

East River Spring---
shore rats come out
to have lunch

#written

written on a rest room wall---
make love
not war

#blue

Spring blue sky---
a river sail boat
meanders

#River

East River nice Spring day-
kids taught to play
baseball

#ketchup

we put ketchup on our burgers-
as we catch up on
each other news

#blue

late April blue sky---
the cold wind makes people
wear their Winter coats

#blue

April blue sky---
I scrape the burns
off my panini

#Day

Arbor Day---
how to thank a tree
hug it

#dawn

dawn---
the skyline flashing red lights
are still awake

#fog

foggy day at the zoo---
the animals get relief
from human stares

#Spring

Spring in the park---
lovers kiss
butterflies hover

#clouds

April low clouds---
the skyline looks
taller

#sunset

April sunset blush---
a crescent moon pretends
to be above it all

#clear

clear Spring day---
a yogi does
the head stand

#high

April---tree pollen count
for New York City is high
today

#heart

its veins blocked---
a surgeon goes inside
a heart with a catheter

#blue

April blue sky---
the wind whistles
a man whistles back

#fog

Spring morning fog---
I open
the bathroom curtain

#rain

April nor'easter---
watching rain drops form puddles
is hypnotic

#Day

Earth Day---
a snake disappears
behind an apple tree

#One

Bahrain Formula One---
a rich man sport
in a land of injustice

#night

Spring wind Saturday night---
goose bumps on
well shaved legs

#haze

Spring morning haze---
I clean
my eyeglasses

#wind

strong Spring wind---
a cherry tree gives me
a petals shower

#blue

Friday Spring blue sky---
plenty of smiling faces
in the subway

#sunset

like shooting stars---
contrails come out
at sunset

#cloudy

Spring overcast sky---
grey pigeons gather
on left over rice

#sunset

April sunset blush---
the evening news is bloody
as usual

#warm

this would still be a warm
Spring day---if it were not
for her cold goodbye

#sunset

Monte Carlo Tennis Tournament-
the glow of red clay
at sunset

#blue

April blue sky---
a white carriage horse
trots

#River

East River Spring---
a Harley Davidson gang
rests

#cool

Summer cool---
an ice-cream truck
breaks down

#heats

April heats up---
flip-flops
abound

#wind

today's Spring wind---
it's not cold
but just too fast

#Day

Tax Day---
this year it coincides with
Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday

#birds

Spring morning---
high flying birds
in a V

#strawberries

Spring strawberries---
their sourness is
addictive

#night

Saturday night carousing---
a line outside
every bathroom

#heat

Summer heat---
a gym steam room
in mid April

#blue

Saturday blue sky---
a man wears his Yankees cap
backward

#cat

Friday the Thirteenth---
I encounter
a black cat

#blue

Friday the Thirteenth blue sky---
a man carries
an umbrella

#fly

a Spring fly---
every time I swat it
comes back stronger

#swing

I hear giggles---
a little girl first time
on a swing

#blue

Spring blue sky---
my neighbor peeps at me
through a crack in her curtains

#teacher

substitute teacher---
the students ask him
questions

#cloudy

cloudy Spring morning---
a propeller plane
flies low

#bird

a bird in hand---
worth ten
on the tree

#trees

the National Gallery
Japanese paintings---
outside Cherry trees

#Fountain

the Fountain of Youth---
I drop
a penny

#oysters

April blue sky---
a fishmonger opens
oysters

#River

East River bright day---
picnickers roast lamb
Easter Sunday

#Easter

Easter Sunday blue sky---
women wear
fanciful hats

#sunset

sunset paints the sky blood red-
tomorrow is
Easter Sunday

#Passover

First Day of Passover---
sparrows pick on
matzo crumbs

#tweet

a Spring bird tweets---
I tweet it
on

#tears

blue sky---
the tears are to come later
holy week

#Friday

Good Friday---
the stock market is closed
so that bankers can go to church

#store

ninety-nine-cent store---
the only thing American
is the money

#snake

pumped like a balloon---
a snake is having
lunch

#blue

blue sky---
Old Glory flutters
in the Spring wind

#moon

late night---
a bright light wakes me up
April full moon

#River

East River bright Spring day-
black ducks stand
on the shore black rocks

#blue

Spring blue sky---
a sports car with the top up
passes by

#bee

Spring lunch hour
in the park---
a bee works

#blue

Spring blue sky---
a ballerina dances
on pointe

#River

East River Spring wind---
basketball players dribble
ducks bounce

#sunset

Spring sunset---
a tennis ball bounces back
and forth till it's dark

#wind

a Spring bright day---
cold wind
whistles

#drizzle

Sunday Spring drizzle---
a man goes out
for a walk

#Day

April Fools' Day---
a street preacher says
the end of the World is coming

#break

Spring Break---
an art student visits
Venice

#fog

skyline fog---
tourists on the Brooklyn Bridge
view each other

#sunset

sunset---
he takes a photo
instead of writing a haiku

#blue

March blue sky---
the wind makes it feel
like a giant turbofan

#wife

a man calls home
to talk to his wife---
his best friend answers

#blue

Spring blue sky---
the wind whistles
her name

#sunset

March sunset---
an ice-cream truck
plays its tune

#growing

it's unfair---
the gap between the rich and poor
keeps growing

#blue

morning blue sky---
a carriage horse is having
breakfast

#moon

crescent moon---
a lime wedge is dropped
into a gin tonic

#kite

East River Spring day-
a woman flying a kite
entangles a man

#stars

"she makes the stars burn bright"-
Romeo encounters
Juliet

#blue

March blue sky---
the cold wind makes me
put my head down

#moon

crescent moon---
the lonesome finally
look up

#wind

cold gusty wind---
the cherry blossoms petals
hang in there

#blue

morning blue sky---
a florist has
black tulips

#moon

crescent moon rises---
a hamburger eater asks
but where is the meat

#male

nice Spring Sunday---
a minister marries
a male couple

#dog

Sunday morning cloudy sky---
dog shit
on the sidewalk

#kiss

I buy her Spring strawberries---
she gives me
a soul kiss

#sugar

at a bakery late night---
the smell of sugar
getting cooked

#sunrise

sunrise---
a black dog walks
a man

#blue

Spring blue sky---
"only a weatherman knows
which way the wind blows"

#blue

Spring blue sky---
a cyclist adjusts
his helmet

#River

East River hot Spring day---
ducks float
I wish I could join 'em

#dog

as I eat spareribs---
a dog
salivates

#fog

morning fog---
chimneys blend
with their smoke

#fog

evening dense fog---
a shy man
sings

#fog

morning dense fog---
hiding nature
by nature

#fog

morning dense fog---
a pipe smoker says it's
romantic

#Day

First Day of Spring---
a woman goes to water
her garden

#change

running for president---
they all say now
we need a change

#fog

morning dense fog---
too far from the river
to hear the horn

#sunset

patchy clouds at sunset---
a black haired woman
stares at me

#flower

signs of Spring---
the flower market
at Union Square

#haze

morning haze---
a hookah cafe
has its curtains open

#sunset

Spring contrails at sunset---
earth worms go
home

#fog

Sunday morning fog---
the cat wants
to go out

#pigeons

pigeons perched on
the dish antenna of a pub---
Saint Patty's Day

#luck

beware---
the luck of the Irish
on Saint Patrick Day

#Day

Saint Patrick Day---
Manhattan is full
of leprechauns

#fog

fog over Manhattan---
here the sun shines
tomorrow St. Patty's Day

#hidden

hidden in his basement---
his Playboy mags
trove

#fog

morning fog---
a waiter asks me
how I'd like my eggs

#Break

Spring Break---
if you misbehave
you'll be Facebooked

#sunset

cloudy sky at sunset---
a smoke column
is stuck

#Ides

Ides of March---
a math teacher defines
the median of a sample

#cloudy

cloudy sky---
a sparrow flies into
an army mess hall

#sunset

contrails at sunset---
a yellow balloon
rises

#blue

Spring blue sky---
tourists climb
the Statue of Liberty

#dwarf

early morning---
a radio astronomer
checks out a red dwarf

#cloudy

cloudy sky---
looking at the flat top
of my refrigerator

#time

at the dentist---
time passes quickly
waiting for an extraction

#blue

morning blue sky---
a stutter orders breakfast
at McDonald's

#River

East River Spring Sunday---
the algae is more fecund
than the humans

#blue

Sunday blue sky---
a nocturnal worker
sleeps

#work

Japan's Three-Eleven
first anniversary---
their hard work bears fruits

#Dixie

New York City
Sunday morning---
a man whistles Dixie

#blue

Spring blue sky---
an old man changes
the color of his hair

#soccer

playing soccer---
the ball is not only thing
that gets kicked

#cloudy

March cloudy sky---
a squirrel climbs
the fire escape

#leg

Spring waxes---
women start to show
some leg

#equal

equal work for
equal pay---
International Women's Day

#Purim

Festival of Purim---
history tends
to repeat its self

#moon

an upstate farmer
wakes up to milk the cows---
full moon

#fast

Lenten fast---
ain't nothing like
Ramadan

#blue

March morning blue sky---
a man in black coat
walks a black dog

#moon

late night---
a trader checks the gold price
full moon above the skyline

#diet

French restaurant---
a man on a diet
reads the menu

#moon

Spring late night---
a man pisses outdoors
full moon

#judge

blue sky---
people stand as the judge
enters a court

#Japan

one year ago---
Japan suffered a catastrophe
but they're back humming

#moon

day moon at sunset---
a goalie kicks
the ball away

#closet

New York---
a seminary teacher is
still hiding in the closet

#blue

a cold day blue sky---
a husky sits
outside

#sunset

a soccer game---
the sun sets behind
goal post of the losing team

#death

after my death---
I'd like to come back
as a butterfly

#Sabbath

Sunday morning---
Sabbath of some walkers
from cleaning after their dogs

#dolls

Kokeshi dolls---
remembering all the kids
who died in the earthquake

#fog

morning fog---
a yogi does
the head stand

#River

East River Spring---
a horde of seagulls share
their food with one duck

#older

as she grows older---
she tightens her wedding ring
so that it won't slip

#tulips

Spring overcast sky---
a woman holds her tulips
with heads pointing down

#smoke

skyline Spring night---
smoke columns and low clouds
are mating

#plum

is it Spring or Winter---
after a drenching rain storm
plum blossoms

#fog

skyline fog---
a cat sitting in the window
sleeps