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Away too long
December 21, 2008 in connection, detritus, friendship, haiku, integrity, loss, poetry, regret | Leave a comment
Stories always tell
of the one who wanders, then
returns home…like me.
Driving kids to camp
July 19, 2008 in beauty, change, curiosity, delight, detritus, family, haiku, hope, magic, mystery, nature, observations, opportunity, poetry, seasons, thoughts, tradition, travel, writing | 1 comment
Flat mapped names turn in-
to forested hills, roads wind
towards adventure.
Online debate
July 19, 2008 in connection, curiosity, detritus, dilemma, friendship, haiku, nervousness, observations, paranoia, poetry, politics, pop culture, technology, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Listserv fight breaks out.
Among civil people, the
retorts well-researched.
Not among the 6%
July 19, 2008 in change, desire, detritus, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, family, haiku, hope, loss, observations, poetry, regret, thoughts, travel, writing | Leave a comment
“Let’s go to the beach!”
One kid, online, shrugs as the
other keeps texting.
“In a typical week, only 6 percent of children ages nine to thirteen play outside on their own.”
from The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream by Christopher B. Leinberger
Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls
April 16, 2008 in celebrity, consumerism, cooking, curiosity, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, embarassment, food, haiku, holiday, hope, illusion, loss, observations, poetry, regret, thoughts, travel, trends, writing | 1 comment
All around it, the
town is dead. Pity the poor
taken investors.
Laptop
April 1, 2008 in conformity, connection, consumerism, curiosity, detritus, dilemma, disgust, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illness, loss, obsession, oddball, paranoia, poetry, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, status, technology, thoughts, trends, writing | Leave a comment
An adult blankie.
To take one from its owner
will make grown men cry.
Why I’ve been absent
March 20, 2008 in accomplishment, connection, create, curiosity, death, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, hope, integrity, loss, nervousness, opportunity, pain, paranoia, peace, poetry, regret, time management, tired, tradition, writing | 1 comment
Haiku, like bonsai,
needs care and pruning. A mind
unfocused kills both.
Disorganized
March 20, 2008 in accomplishment, change, curiosity, detritus, dilemma, embarassment, habit, haiku, hope, housework, illusion, laziness, obsession, poetry, regret, sacrifice, shameless, time management, writing | Leave a comment
Incrementally
I clean unearthing a clear
space on the table.
Why
March 20, 2008 in detritus, disappointment, disgust, evil, haiku, loss, pain, paranoia, regret, writing | Leave a comment
on another blog
gross comment deposited
like defecation
In memoriam: Mrs. G
March 19, 2008 in change, detritus, friendship, haiku, illness, loss, nature, pain, poetry, regret, seasons, spring, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Now that the snow is
gone, her neglected garden
pokes up stalks of loss.
Silda Wall Spitzer
March 17, 2008 in accomplishment, celebrity, change, conformity, connection, curiosity, death, desire, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, family, fear, haiku, hope, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, pain, paranoia, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, shameless, status, success, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Wan, pale, red-eyed, she’s
the poster wife of Wynette’s
song, “Stand By Your Man.”
“Victimless crime”
March 11, 2008 in conformity, consumerism, detritus, disgust, haiku, illusion, poetry, politics, pop culture, writing | Leave a comment
Alan Dershowitz
said about prostitution
the lie men believe.
Fuzzy logic
March 10, 2008 in accomplishment, conformity, death, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illusion, loss, observations, obsession, paranoia, poetry, regret, sacrifice, shameless, sleeplessness, thoughts, time management, time of day, tired, writing | Leave a comment
posted to my Twitter account
I need sleep, but I * need to work but I need sleep * to work can’t think straight.
Last minute
March 10, 2008 in accomplishment, create, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illusion, laziness, nervousness, observations, oddball, opportunity, paranoia, politics, regret, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, success, technology, thoughts, time management, time of day, tired, writing | Leave a comment
posted to my Twitter account
Project due and I * like the late adopter I * am, haven’t finished.
Duct cleaning
March 9, 2008 in change, curiosity, death, detritus, disgust, fear, haiku, housework, observations, paranoia, poetry, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Heating system dust -
particles of previous
occupants’ lives, selves.
For whom the bell tolls
March 8, 2008 in beauty, curiosity, death, delight, detritus, dreams, habit, hope, magic, opportunity, poetry, serendipity, status, thoughts, time management, time of day, tradition, writing | 2 comments
From an estate sale -
pendulum clock. Westminster
chimes now count my days.
Morning in midtown Manhattan
March 3, 2008 in beauty, conformity, consumerism, curiosity, delight, desire, detritus, haiku, laziness, light, mystery, observations, opportunity, politics, serendipity, status, success, thoughts, time of day, travel, winter, writing | 1 comment
In the skyscraper
canyons, light outlines moving
shapes sipping Starbucks.
Among extraordinary women
March 3, 2008 in accomplishment, celebrity, connection, detritus, embarassment, fear, habit, illusion, integrity, jealousy, loss, nervousness, observations, opportunity, politics, success, thoughts, tired, travel, writing | Leave a comment
I am the dull one, struck
mute by accomplishment
what I do, nothing.
1964 World’s Fair Unisphere
March 3, 2008 in accomplishment, beauty, change, curiosity, death, detritus, disappointment, haiku, hope, illusion, loss, mystery, opportunity, peace, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, travel, writing | Leave a comment
Flushing Meadows Park
once a site of hope. There, a
globe pledged future peace.
Morning in LeFrak City
March 3, 2008 in change, consumerism, death, detritus, disappointment, dreams, family, fear, haiku, hope, illusion, loss, observations, pain, poetry, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, travel, writing | 2 comments
On a cluttered Queens
balcony he stands, watching
the complex decay.
Dubious milestone
February 28, 2008 in accomplishment, change, connection, create, curiosity, delight, detritus, disgust, dreams, embarassment, habit, haiku, holiday, hope, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, obsession, oddball, poetry, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, success, thoughts, tired, writing | 1 comment
Just over five months
This one four hundred fifty
Art or wasted time?
Obama’s turban
February 26, 2008 in celebrity, curiosity, detritus, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, haiku, illusion, integrity, observations, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, shameless, writing | 1 comment
Headgear gone wild I
tip my hat to idiots
who have flipped their lids.
Time to start supper
January 18, 2008 in cooking, detritus, family, fear, food, haiku, housework, laziness, observations, poetry, sacrifice, time of day, tired, tradition, writing | Leave a comment
Some people like to
cook. Then there’s me who dreads that
thing called dinner hour.
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