new york
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past alb'ny, the woods'
cool lake - swim, fish, camp and sew
a patch in his jeans
(6-13)
canal hist'ry buff,
rusted erie lock hardware,
flowering ragweed
(2-10)
soho loft vixen -
good life from summer art trade,
yen for open road
(4-10)
metro section t'read, stock page
for th'woods, th'rest t'burn
(12-14)
squeegie people swarm
car at houston street red light -
say "hewston", pay more!
(7-05)
bridal veil falls - its
water whiter than others' -
hits rocks just as hard
(7-05)
yankee stadium
jackhammers beyond left field
october's shattered?
(7-08)
civil war statue
ignored by midtown shoppers
gathers fallen leaves
(12-11)
constant noise, too much
traffic -
and then, the shofar(9-14)
falls customs agent -
wary eye on leaves in pack:
"welcome home, my
friend"
(11-14)
immigrants shooting baskets -
fresh fall breeze from sea
(3-10)
neighbor of stonewall:
openly gay's not a crime -
steel-toed boots kick leaves
(12-11)
passionate warriors debate
what const'tutes a foul
(11-14)
on the wall he sees jesus,
his competition
(11-14)
christmas tree farmer -
truck bed down to pine needles,
lured by soho's wares
(1-12)
n train incident -
somewhere in brooklyn, a man's
vanished at christmas
(4-10)
throgsneck hitchhiker -
snow, baggage tag on worn pack,
going to peru
(9-05)
tonawanda drifts -
snowplow'rs smash into parked cars,
unable to see
(2-10)
drizzle mist frozen
on th'walk - she tries t'get good view
of th'bridal veil falls
(12-14)
soho chocolate -
farm kid watches passersby,
feeling toes again
(4-10)
like th'ice 't goat island
we float canada 'r th'u.s. -
either way, might crash
(7-05)
central park skater -
as th'snowflake lands in her hair,
she hurries t'catch th'bus
(11-14)
coin off tappan zee -
icy hudson won't want it
st. christopher will
(7-05)
deep b'neath grand central,
he curses th'bitter winter -
disoriented
(11-14)
falls customs agents
dismantling truck's wheel housing -
march sleet ices tires
(2-10)
union gen'ral, in
means less than you think
(11-14)
cursing 'spring forward' -
long island commuter's lost
precious hour of sleep
(11-14)
steps on kerouac,
shuts pickup door against rome's
spring rains - this, his home
(12-11)
on train from quebec,
spring blooms fill hudson valley -
she catches his eye
(6-13)
stranded hiker waits,
at schenectady off ramp
june's songbirds note dawn
(1-10)
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