From an estate sale –
pendulum clock. Westminster
chimes now count my days.
For whom the bell tolls
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Tag Archives: curiosity
Trying Twitter
Emily Bronte * labored quietly but I * scream “Here are my words!”
Obama: Candid Date
It’s said women swoon
at his rallies, yet his wife
once called him stinky.
The other half lives
It’s fun to see what
it’s like and then go back to
being nobody.
Empire State Building – in the elevator
Tourists whisked to the
top while on tenant floors, one
hears “shhhhhhsss” like secrets.
Empire State Building – at the base
Like a hick I tilt my
head to see the top and
ponder tossed pennies.
Morning in midtown Manhattan
In the skyscraper
canyons, light outlines moving
shapes sipping Starbucks.
New York City from the air
Like a jeweler
displaying gems on velvet
wealth gleams beyond reach
Double entendre overheard at LaGuardia
“We’re domestic,” a
blonde woman tells her daughter
in line at the gate.
1964 World’s Fair Unisphere
Flushing Meadows Park
once a site of hope. There, a
globe pledged future peace.
a haiku a day 