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Ugly photo
July 19, 2008 in change, conformity, curiosity, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, family, haiku, illusion, nervousness, observations, oddball, poetry, regret, thoughts, writing | 3 comments
She keeps it displayed
to remind herself that once
she didn’t know it
She watches me…
July 19, 2008 in connection, create, curiosity, disappointment, family, habit, haiku, integrity, jealousy, observations, opportunity, poetry, regret, thoughts, writing | No comments
…create. Impatient
that I won’t pay attention
when I’m writing stuff.
Not among the 6%
July 19, 2008 in change, desire, detritus, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, family, haiku, hope, loss, observations, poetry, regret, thoughts, travel, writing | No comments
“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
Already mid-July
July 19, 2008 in disappointment, haiku, loss, nature, observations, poetry, regret, seasons, thoughts, writing | 1 comment
And so summer goes
like fishing line cast into
swift moving waters
Job search
June 11, 2008 in accomplishment, desire, disappointment, food, haiku, loss, nervousness, observations, opportunity, poetry, regret, thoughts, writing | No comments
Panera’s didn’t
call, nor Applebee’s. Rejec-
tion’s hard at sixteen.
Honey, I’m home!
June 11, 2008 in change, connection, create, curiosity, delight, desire, haiku, integrity, laziness, observations, opportunity, poetry, regret, sacrifice, thoughts, writing | 1 comment
Has it really been
a month since I told you all
about my day, dear?
Senior Ball
May 9, 2008 in accomplishment, beauty, change, curiosity, delight, desire, dilemma, dreams, haiku, hope, illusion, loss, magic, observations, opportunity, poetry, regret, thoughts, tradition, writing | No comments
Formally over
twelve years of learning to look
good on this one night.
Prom group
May 2, 2008 in change, conformity, desire, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, fear, friendship, haiku, jealousy, nervousness, observations, paranoia, poetry, politics, regret, shameless, status, thoughts, tradition, writing | No comments
She can’t stand her. He’s
her ex, so don’t include them.
Can’t we go alone?
Prom date
May 2, 2008 in beauty, connection, curiosity, delight, desire, dilemma, disappointment, fear, friendship, haiku, hope, illusion, integrity, jealousy, nervousness, observations, obsession, opportunity, poetry, politics, regret, thoughts, writing | No comments
Deciding who to
take like negotiating
Mideast peace treaty.
Study hall
May 2, 2008 in accomplishment, beauty, connection, curiosity, desire, dilemma, disappointment, embarassment, haiku, hope, illusion, loss, nervousness, observations, poetry, regret, thoughts, writing | No comments
The play was about
them. His unrequited love
her indifference.
Online life on the line
May 2, 2008 in change, death, dilemma, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, fear, haiku, hope, nervousness, observations, paranoia, poetry, regret, technology, thoughts, writing | No comments
He sent sensitive
documents to a stranger
thinking it was me.
May day
May 2, 2008 in change, dilemma, disappointment, haiku, housework, nature, observations, poetry, regret, seasons, spring, thoughts, writing | 1 comment
When’s the right time to
wash winter blankets? Last night
I saw snowflakes fall.
Rainy days
April 28, 2008 in curiosity, dilemma, haiku, nature, observations, poetry, regret, sacrifice, thoughts, writing | No comments
Earthworms emerge, splayed
across sidewalks, tender skin
snags on rough concrete.
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.
Natural born plant killers
April 2, 2008 in accomplishment, death, embarassment, evil, fear, habit, haiku, housework, laziness, nature, oddball, poetry, regret, shameless, writing | 2 comments
No one waters them.
Tiny cells plead, but TV
seems more important.
Inexplicable sadness
April 1, 2008 in connection, family, haiku, loss, poetry, regret, writing | No comments
In wordless despair
M dissolves in tears clutching
me like a life vest.
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 | No comments
An adult blankie.
To take one from its owner
will make grown men cry.
What a bargain
April 1, 2008 in accomplishment, consumerism, cooking, delight, desire, dilemma, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, food, habit, haiku, housework, illness, nervousness, oddball, opportunity, poetry, pop culture, regret, serendipity, shopping, trends, writing | No comments
Shopped a membership
warehouse store today. Got six
years’ worth of ketchup.
Sexist comment from an unlikely source
April 1, 2008 in conformity, curiosity, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, haiku, observations, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, shameless, thoughts, tradition, writing | No comments
Salt Lick barbecue
April 1, 2008 in accomplishment, consumerism, cooking, curiosity, death, delight, desire, dilemma, dreams, fear, food, haiku, obsession, poetry, pop culture, regret, shameless, success, tradition, travel, writing | No comments
Vegans, stay away,
lest your firm resolve melt from
tender smoked brisket.
Back pain
April 1, 2008 in change, death, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, fear, haiku, illness, loss, pain, poetry, regret, sacrifice, sleeplessness, tired, writing | No comments
Hunched and hobbling I
move as if years older, a
taste of what’s to come.
Offsite meeting of the computer geeks
March 29, 2008 in accomplishment, change, connection, create, death, disappointment, disgust, habit, haiku, poetry, pop culture, regret, technology, tired, trends, writing | 2 comments
We all complain there’s
no place to plug in. One by
one, our laptops die.
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 | No comments
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 | No comments
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 | No comments
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 | No comments
Wan, pale, red-eyed, she’s
the poster wife of Wynette’s
song, “Stand By Your Man.”
Saving grace
March 17, 2008 in accomplishment, change, death, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, fear, haiku, illusion, loss, nervousness, paranoia, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, writing | No comments
While I throw pennies
into a coin jar, Bear Stearns
gets a big bailout.
Eliot Spitzer
March 11, 2008 in accomplishment, curiosity, death, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, evil, family, fear, haiku, illness, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, obsession, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, shameless, status, success, thoughts, trends, writing | 1 comment
When a righteous man
is caught with his pants down, it’s
likely he’ll get spanked.
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 | No comments
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 | No comments
posted to my Twitter account
Project due and I * like the late adopter I * am, haven’t finished.
Snow in March
March 9, 2008 in change, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, haiku, hope, illusion, nature, observations, poetry, regret, seasons, serendipity, spring, winter, writing | No comments
Hats, gloves, put away
in optimism return
for winter’s last gasp.
Lost cell phone
March 8, 2008 in change, disorganized, embarassment, family, fear, haiku, loss, nervousness, pain, paranoia, poetry, regret, sacrifice, sleeplessness, technology, travel, writing | 1 comment
Left in Manhattan
cab. Friends’ numbers, pix of my
kids in strangers’ hands.
New York City from the air
March 3, 2008 in accomplishment, consumerism, curiosity, delight, desire, dreams, haiku, hope, illusion, jealousy, light, magic, observations, poetry, pop culture, regret, status, thoughts, travel, writing | No comments
Like a jeweler
displaying gems on velvet
wealth gleams beyond reach
Double entendre overheard at LaGuardia
March 3, 2008 in beauty, conformity, curiosity, family, haiku, housework, illusion, observations, paranoia, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, thoughts, travel, writing | No comments
“We’re domestic,” a
blonde woman tells her daughter
in line at the gate.
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 | No comments
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?
I’ve lied to you
February 28, 2008 in accomplishment, change, connection, create, curiosity, delight, dilemma, disappointment, disorganized, embarassment, friendship, habit, haiku, hope, illusion, integrity, laziness, loss, magic, nervousness, observations, obsession, oddball, opportunity, paranoia, poetry, regret, sacrifice, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, status, success, thoughts, time management, tired, tradition, trends, writing | 1 comment
A haiku a day?
Not quite. Some days the tap runs,
some days it’s bone dry.
Ides of March
February 28, 2008 in curiosity, death, disappointment, fear, film, haiku, holiday, illusion,