12/2

The old man clapping
Comparing himself to me
Having had a stroke.

12/1

The last leaves are gone
The ground moans from frozen winds
Bare trees folding in.

11/17

I drink whiskey now
Wine is for fancy entree's
Whiskey settles minds.


11/18

Traffic cops, mime waves
Making a mess on Flatbush
Traffic lights winking.

11/19

I want to clone mom.
I want home made soup daily
And my floors this clean.

11/6

Asian children play
Beneath the Manhattan bridge
Fish markets nearby.

11/5

Barack Obama
Won the election Tuesday
Cheering through the streets.

11/4

When he gave his speech
Standing there alone, chanting
Tears surrounding him.

11/3

Tomorrow, go vote
They say if you do not vote
You can not complain.

note, random haikus for the lapse of the past 14 days to be typed up soon.

10/16

Not looking forward
To having to shave my legs
Sitting in the tub.

10/15

Barack Obama
Better win, come November
Otherwise I'm gone.

10/14

Gross spit everywhere
I feel bad for janitors
Cleaning clubhouses.

10/13

All I really want
Is to feel those connections
Lost friends regrouping.

10/9

Two hundred and ten
Sitting there, pushing machines.
My heart rate climbing.

10/8

She fluttered about
Laying out her short-term plans
After injury.

After the whiskey
And the daily dose of pain
My legs were quite sore.

10/6

Working on the card
My finger tips tingling
All numb like,like bark.

10/2

Resizing pictures/
To fit within smaller space/
Dot pixel pusher.

10/1

I can not believe
It is my favorite month
Cornucopias!

farewell september

9/30

Sitting by rivers
Dark and deep with history
Ghostly whispering.

9/29

This cough just won't leave
As if lodged deeply within
My heaving deep breaths.

9/28

I sat for Ixchel
Trying to ignore soft skin
Needles jab loudly.

9/27

Just to be thorough
Hugh sat near the stove to stare
Confirming no mice.

9/26

Sitting by the stove
Watching intently for mice
ALAS, with no luck.

9/25

What was once a cold/Turned vicious and monster like/Tripping over coughs.

A case of the nasty common cold beast

9/24

Booger runny nose
Pale, chapped crusty lips and skin.
Small daggers poking.

9/23

Autumn arrivals
Forcefully bringing on colds
Scratchy, aching throats.

FIRST DAY OF FALL

9/22

It is fall here now
Although green leaves still flourish
The sun sets early.

I'm taking a break.
obviously. yet i shall
return again soon.

9/4

I told the doctor
I was not the 'angry sort'
Clearly bad lying.

9/3

I get in bad moods
Except when mom cooks me eggs
And cleans my closet!

anal retentive

9/2

I like my house clean
I suppose it is because
My body is not.

Driving the East Side
A new landscape emerging
Around all new turns.

Beautiful IXCHEL
Sits fully identified
Atop my body

Politely she asked
If the tattoo in fact hurt
Needles jabbing skin.

Seven years is long
The love being gigantic
His body close by.

This week is over
Not wanting to relive it
It sits in ash heaps.

I could not make it
It was not so much sickness
Just the thought of you.

8/20

I am exhausted
I have done nothing but rest
Still my body aches

8/19

Like a good cripple
I arrived here full of hope
By the end, stabby.

I'm here

Between two islands
The century old bridges
Suspending skyward

Having been gone long
Lore seemed disappointed
Seeing a clean fridge.

Groveling on floors
Checking electrical plugs
No caffeine in sight.

A happy birthday
Nice wooden earring sanded
By crazy psychos.

I used the walker
Quite the hit at the gardens
My small arms now sore.

Prospect park picnics
Corn salad and smoked salmon
Mango ice and fruit.

I get frustrated
My anger explodes, burning
Sometimes scaring me.

WEEKENDER

8/11

My calves hurt today
As if my bones were splitting
Breaking out of skin.

Two man skull rowing
Lightweight ships gliding water
Ergometer scores.

He re-aligned me
Everything became centered
My heart finding home.

Matt and Chloe wed
She wore a white satin dress
Eyes looking forward.

8/7

Art is everything
Bursting paint on gray rooftops
Engraved eternal.

8/6

I enjoy TV
The most stupid the better
Like, reality.

8/5/

When the haze settles
Blue skies erupting above
Mad love to cities.

8/4

How the world stood still
The minute hand moving slow
The lilies sighing

Asheville.

(I skipped a few days, I know... here are Asheville Haiku's)

Not a haiku
Top 10

Blue mountain rock, big trees
Rivers to the waterfall swimming hole
Art, randomly
Old friends
Old friends who are chefs who cook you home made meals
Family
Huge raindrop rainfalls
Backyard tomatoes
Easy time
Hummingbirds

HAIKU'S

Fifteen hour rides
Choo choo chooing through six states
Sun sets over fields.

Strangers giving rides
Misty morning clouds hanging
Driving along sleep.

The art of cooking
Will be part of this week
Josh baking pita.

On a pebble path
A river runs through brown earth
Whispering ancient.

I float in the pool
My feet digging into rocks
My pores exploding.

Along the parkway
Blue ridges blending with sky
Broad stretches of stone.

The baby fusses
Her father speaking softly
In sing song like words.

Thinking tiny towns
While passing them on a train
Wandering absence

7/21

Nothing for Monday
Feeling awkward and lazy
Waiting patiently.

7/20

East Side Ink tattoos
I have been anxious, finally
Ixchel on my arm.

7/19

Extremely blazing
An air quality warning
Thick gray haze hanging.


7/18

I awoke at three
Wondering where my face was
Not wanting to hide.

7/17

Eating Chinese food
Steamed pork dumplings and white rice
Pri sitting by me.

7/16

Nicole came today
She is my new design rep
She will make me rich

Nicole came today
The coolest sister-in-law
Wow, sexy mama!
[by Nicole]

7/15

Poor Hugh's staircases
Architecturally drawn wrong
All work and no play.

7/14

Dearest Grandmother
If you please, refrain touching things
That are not yours.

7/13

Lately, many times
Feeling quite unimportant
Distant like friendships.

7/12

Minor league baseball
Wear there socks high like old days
Grinding cleats in dirt.

7/11

Outside my window
It is very green with shrubs
Golden greens and sun.

7/10

Today more hopeful
Excited about sketch books
While with achey ears.

7/9

Excruciating
Ear infections do not add
To the bad few weeks.

7/8

While in the dark place
Writing long explanations
Poems filled sadness.

7/7

Not looking forward
To tomorrow or the next
Locking the bathroom.

7/6

The cascading falls
Installed along the river
Look strange from a boat.

7/5

It must be the heat
My whole body feels heavy
Even my eyelids

7/4

While on rooftops
The rain drizzle hiding tears
Watching fire works.

7/3

My stomach cramping
My esophagus itching
Ear sores and couching.

7/2

I cried this morning
My heart is too much for me
My mind takes over.

7/1

I hate my body
I doubt it likes me either
In fact I am sure.

6/30

June being over
A sort of long march for me
Semi lonely one

6/29

East Side Ink at one
The artist showing up late
Ahalf sleeve tattoo.

6/28

Saturday needles
And copper disks taped to skin
Hugh worked this morning.

6/27

This Friday is slow
I want evening to arrive
Cheese plates and pate.

6/26

I forgot Thursday
Trying to make up for it
Not remembering

6/25

It has been a week
I drag my body to you
But it means nothing.

--

As if your koi fish
Could release the stress you cause
Or those yakking birds.

6/24

It is sometimes hard
To write haiku's every day
Words overlapping.

6/23

Ravioli filled
Pumpkin puree with butter
And sprigs of fresh sage.

6/22

Finally winning
After thirteen long innings
Thank you to Youkilis.

Yesterday's errand's
Farmers market and clean mops
And yellow flowers.

6/20

Bar Sepia for drinks
Serving white russians like 'The Dude'
Brown,black Kahlua.

6/19

Speaking to Polly
"Vous excuser cheri chat"
Plopping big butts down.

6/18

Watching obese pets
A segment this morning
Rolling tummy cats.

6/17

Polly poops big poops
Like cows in a green pasture
Except in her box.

FRIDAY+WEEKENDER+ONE

6/16

Agitation crawls
I do not want to visit
Here always dealing.

6/15

Une plaque de quatre fromages
Guava marmalade and bread
Un verre de Bordeaux

6/14

I went to see art
A rotation of mirrors
Shadows hitting walls.

6/13

Walking to doctors
Seeking laboratories
To suck up my blood.

6/12

Speaking soft whispers
Feeling my inner god near
Residing in me.

6/11

A happy birthday
Someone entering thirty
The youthful image.

6/10

When Hugh woke me up
After the five day absence
He filled me with home.

6/9

The closer we got
The further away sadness
Dots along a road.

6/8

My mother driving
Along ancient history
Some old memories.

6/7

My face clean tingles
My pores open, breathing light
All shiny and fresh

6/6

It is ten o'clock
Tomorrow features facials
But I still miss you.

6/5

When you are not here

The walls are bitterly cold

There is emptiness.

6/4

My heart is heavy
Thinking of you being gone
Even for five days.

6/3

To my loyal fans
Excuse me for my slacking
Life happens sometimes.

6/2

I wish I could come
If for nothing else, to breath
To see, suns rising.

6/1

I watched bikes all day
Sitting on the ice cream bench
Slurping lemonade.

5/31

Down, slamming cement
Left knee bruising with blood scabs
Bones cackle shifting.

OH, THE DRAMA

5/29

I am trying hard
Teetering on yellow lines
Naked and exposed.

5/30

I am exhausted
Feeling used up like a sea
Sponge full of water.

5/28

She did not arrive
Carelessly dropping glass eyes
I blame it on her.

A LONG WEEKEND

A DREAM
5/22

On Thursday god wrote
Telling me to go shopping
Sending strange coupons

5/23

Long weekend traffic
Cruising slow out of cities
And into others.

5/24

Tattooing this time
A two hour plus session
Red ink and blood mix.

5/25

My friends with spray cans
Working on backyard murals
Hibiscus floating.

5/26

Steak tips to be had.
Marinated in thick sauce.
The art of grilling.

5/27

Thinking about fish
The aquatic specialist
His eight huge fish tanks

5/21

I yearn for the day
(Pondering situations)
Forming alliance.

5/20

I hate CNN
The same interviews all day
Over and over.

5/19

Anew additions
To accessible living
Her name is Pinkloo

5/17

Yesterday was filled
A beautiful sunlit day
Ending with good meals.

5/18

Sox versus Brewers
The green monster devouring
Balls popping through skies

5/16

Da da da da da
Hum dee da dee da dum do
La da dee da dee.

5/15

Tree lined street alive
Sighing quietly inward
Catching gusting breeze.

5/14

The karaoke
Ads really bother me tons
A shame towards Kings.

AHAHAHEHEHA
5/13

Knock Knock. Who is there?
(This is a joke, go with it)
Smell mop. SMELL MOP WHO!

5/10

The new bartender
Sluggish in his young swagger
forty something greys.


5/11

Happy mother's day
Seeing Murakami's art
Some cum canvas fun.

5/12

The art was funny
No, really, hilarious
That silly statue.

5/9

Outside, wind shuffles
Wondering where stray cats go
Pouring storm droplets.

5/8

Time is going fast
A view from the corner chair
Makes the room different.

5/7

Marvelous weather
The perfect spring tempeture
Smooth like french vodka.

5/6

Painting my moms house,
Paying attention to lines
A squiggly mess.

5/5

Polly's favorite day
Bath time day, and sewing day
Family nestling.
-
My brother's car broke
Jump started by a stranger
Poo-pooping at lights.
-
A May day birthday
Piper Rosemary Lawton
May is beautiful.

5/2

Piper being born
Brought large smiles to my face
Made this week make sense.

5/1

Redecorating
Has proven to be a task,
A meditation.

4/30]

I learned the hard way
That Keppra and Benedryl
Do not mix so well.

4/29

Wondering whether
People actually read this
Posting sticker words.

SHANE
4/29

Thinking about you
Trying to make it, make sense
Emptiness floating

4/28

Tragedy's are hard
Especially when written
Clouds understand this.

WEEKENDER

4/26

I am getting old
I can not drink like before
Sleepy after two.

4/27

I will be painting
Birds perched in black tree branches
On these golden walls.

4/25

The cat's eyes perfect
Staring, reflections bouncing
Off two toned gold walls.

4/24

My closet never
Ever clean and organized
Driving me crazy!

4/23

Speaking to my friend
Contemplating paradise
acknowledging bliss.

4/22

I have ideas now
The last couple of weeks here
Uninspiring.

4/21

This is just boring
I want to go ballooning
Seeing land like birds.

WEEKENDER

4/19

A white cloud stretching
Over a midnight blue sky
A sleepless city.

4/20

Yearning to view the
Blooming white magnolias
Legs interrupting.

4/18

My hair got cut off
My nails painted a bright red
Polly's tooth Sunday.

4/17

Loneliness is loud
Settling in wide circles
It engulfs full rooms.

4/16

The sun hitting eyes
While walking half dozen blocks
Quite accomplishing.

4/15

Wishing I could climb
Or stretch my body in half
Like an elastic.

4/14

Feeling stuck within
Four walls suffocating me
Hearing my heart beat.

NON WEEKENDER

4/13

Feeling quite sickly
This weekend produced no thoughts
I apologize

4/11

This malady brings
Coughing up esophagus's
Typing resumes.

4/10

My house cleans itself
The vacuum comes out at night
Mops tango dancing.

SICK HUGH'S HAIKU

While you take a nap
You think of a good haiku
And then write it out
.

2 FOR THIS TUESDAY

A.M
4/8

Like a prisoner
And her parole officer
Silent questioning.

P.M

It was easier
When she left to buy peppers
The deep yellow kind.

BLUEPRINTS
4/7

Surely god confused
My life with someone elses
When sending me here

WEEKENDER

4/5

Daffodils erect
Stretching their yellow faces
Towards beautiful skies

4/6

We are both sick now
One is very tired and
The other sneezing.

4/4

Small Maria comes
Cleaning recycling bins
Chit-chattering tales

4/3

Golden sunlight specs
Hitting early morning tree
Branches being born.

TEA TIME
4/2

Pretty Lady Grey
Brewing whistles in earth pots
Floating citrus seeds.

4/1

The UPS truck
Parks itself on Prospect Place
For long lengths of time.

Miss Erway
late edition

Watching a slide show
Of a Moroccan journey
Heavily sighing

3/31

A closing to March
It is nearing two o'clock
Forecasting cold rain.

WEEKENDER

PACIFICO
3/29

Pomegranate juice
mixed with my margarita
rimmed with salt and lime.

SUNDAY
3/30

A glass of Pinot
cut and pedicured toe nails
my armpit hair waxed!

3/28

Finally approved
Of much needed assistance
A new beginning

"BLOWIN' IN THE WIND"
3/27

Singing lullabies
At night, remembering A
Once Upon a Time.

SEYMOUR OUR TREE FROG
3/26

Watching Polly stare
At chirping crickets living
In the vacant room

NASTY NAILS
3/25

That famous psychic
Sylvia Brown shits out books
Like no one's business.

FEELING (Big Sigh)
3/24

Having no options
I have been dealing with this
Close to sixteen years

WEEKENDER

FERRA DESIGNS
3/23

Boot prints in the dust
Birds in industrial parks
Odd shapes in the ground.

MR. WOLF
3/22

A tall magician
Puts small needles in my skin
Releasing bad things

DOING WHAT I WANT
3/21

I am not skipping
I am just making Friday
Part of the weekend.

TRILEPAL TO KEPPRA
3/20

My medication
Makes me extremely tired
Rising very late

I AM SO TIRED TODAY
3/19

It is amazing
How good coffee makes one feel
Splendid for headaches.

GOD
3/18

Imagining god,
(whatever god may stand for)
Cutting me some slack.

WALLS
3/17

Painted the corner
A pretty dark honey shade
Then books will go up.

WEEKENDER

DR.SKETCHY
3/15

Drawing burlesque girls
Decorated with tassels
And platform high heals.

SEAGULLS
3/16

Home Depot seagulls
Pecking empty paper bags
Squawking at the view

RABBITS
3/14

Chocolate rabbits
Have sex with peanut butter
Hatching flying eggs.

DEVILS
3/13

I am feeling sad
This body no longer mine
But that of devils-

OBSERVATION
3/12

Observing this life
Walking is a luxury
two rocks and two sticks.

MONA LISA
3/11

Da Vinci painted
Beautiful Mona Lisa
Her eyes sensual

LISTS
3/10

My list begins with
General practitioners
A dentist and LOWE'S

WEEKENDER

RAIN
3/8

It has been raining
Today is no exception
Making bodies hurt

3/9

I went to visit
With little horse and small sheep
OH how soft they were

LUNCH
3/7

Finally home care
After waiting all these months
Someone will make lunch.

So it had begun

HAIKU
2/21

Paper so lovely/
Open a greeting you will/
Find a peaceful heart.

DOG SHOWS
2/23

A dog here and there/
And their trainers walking with/
Ugly brown shoes on.

CAT
2/24

Polly is my cat/
She is most extremely fat/
With pretty green eyes

EYES
2/25/08

My eyes hurt today/
Like little daggers poking/
Excruciating.

MOTHS
2/26

We have moths at home/
And Polly dances with them/
Hairballs and mothballs

SOUP
2/27/

My mother was there/
Stirring her hot carrot soup/
Boiling up bubbles

WARHOL
2/28/08

Andy Warhol has/
Paintings and photos and films/
And ugly screen prints.
‘
Weekender
2/29-3/1

Thirty blocks downtown/
A lot for a girl like me/
Tired by the end.

I have learned quickly/
That it is essential to/
Cherish my body.

I walked this weekend/
But not to Coney Island/
Like someone I know.

BEDROOM
3/2

The cleaning woman/
Skipped the bedroom completely/
I thought this was odd


POLITICS
3/3

Karen visited/
We spoke about politics/
Watching the rain fall

WED.
3/5

She comes every week/
Parading around my house/
As if she lives here

DOGS
3/6

Doctors love models/
And charts pointing like children/
Drooling like infants