Skewed New York City Skyline - May 2009

An Angler Cook's Lament & Thanks

If only I'd released the perfume
aroma of sweet onions sooner
& not waited so long . . .

for an iron skillet's worth of heat
now burning onions & my fish into
something like blackened cat food

. . . but didn't the onions miraculous
caramelized fish flashed with lemon
& the glistening white shingles sizzled

A Thought /A Love Poem

My love you have no reason to reply
No need to & here's the Why

The Why your presence already
Here I lucky for knowing you

I do know this this I know
& you have no reason to reply

A Baseball Poem #2

Summer Days

All the marbles explosive
shuttled day-to-day each
& every swing a pitch

changing now the switch
to summer to a hard ball
arcing high a home run

A Baseball Poem #1

Looking To Summer

Slower than a slider
the sun the breeze today
a wild pitch of weather is

The sky settled in May's dugout
a month's sun-and-cloud teaming
. . . and what of defense?

We'll see large bulky clouds
crouch, the sun concuss
& diamond dreams evolve

Across The Hudson River/The Old Mountains West - Peekskill, NY, May 2009

Looking Southwest, The Hudson River - Peekskill, NY, May 2009

Looking East, Sunset #1 - New York City, May 2009

Looking East, Sunset #2 - New York City, May 2009

A Spring Thought

My heart beats right now

Slant-wise the sunset & everything
golden bagged trash ginko trees
granite curbs the stumps of buildings
their windows westward
like sudden bursts of amber

& I wonder about all things undone

The Patience Of Tigers

The patience of tigers
in tall grasses lying
ears swiveling tails curling
hairs prickling game
yet to come & now waiting