Boston Haikai 55 -- Bike shop

Displayed in bike shop:
Wheels, grease, granola, shifters,
tattoos, well-toned calves.

July 27 2016 -- Bike shop

Boston Haikai 54 -- Flowers through the fence

Flowers pushing through
Fences onto the sidewalk;
Small morning errands.

July 27 2016 -- On the way to the bike shop

Boston Haikai 53 -- Bathroom spider

Spider spinning webs
Between the toilet and sink;
Peeing at midnight.

July 27 2016 -- The bathroom

Boston Haikai 52 -- Sunscreen

A cloudless morning
And the smell of suncreen
On a drunken guy

July 27 2016 -- Inman Square

Boston Haikai 51 -- Soccer

This young girl and boy
Aren't very good at soccer;
But that's not the point!

July 9 2016 -- A park in Chelsea

Boston Haikai 50 -- Goose rush hour

River rush hour
Geese in line swimming to work:
pooping, blocking paths

July 9 2016 -- Chelsea

Boston Haikai 49 -- Cold sailing

A cold summer wind
Nearly drenches a sailor;
Strange way to have fun!

July 9 2016 -- Mary O'Malley Park

Boston Haikai 48 -- Frat house

White petals falling
On a red brick patio;
A frat house in bloom

July 21 2016 -- BU campus

Boston Haikai 47 -- Sunday afternoon 3, cat and lady

Gray cat, old woman,
Sharing shade on the sidewalk.
Sunday afternoon

July 17 2016 -- Charles St

Boston Haikai 46 -- Sunday afternoon 2, napping

It's Sunday, sparrows;
We're supposed to be napping.
It's in the Bible!

July 17 2016 -- Bedroom

Boston Haikai 45 -- Sunday afternoon, bicycle

Front porch floorboards creak
A bicycle plods on by
Sunday afternoon

July 17 2016 -- 7th Street

Boston Haikai 44 -- Produce aisle

Loitering next to
peas and corn to stay in the
air conditioning

July 16 2016 -- Star Market

Boston Haikai 43 -- Mars and the moon

Following the moon
Mars swims through an inky sky;
Or is that Venus?

July 12 2016 -- Heading home on Windsor St

Boston Haikai 42 -- Young men on the porch

Young men on the porch
Arguing intensely why
they don't have to fight

July 12 2016 -- Near Central Square

Boston Haikai 41 -- Toy bike

A child's toy bike
Parked on the grass by the walk;
Orange tinted floodlights

July 12 2016 -- Apartment complex with a front yard

Boston Haikai 40 -- Looking in windows

Looking in windows
at houses nicer than mine;
moonlit evening breeze

July 12 2016 -- A nice part of Cambridge

Boston Haikai 39 -- These things are refined

These things are refined:
Cargo shorts, mint lemonade,
Wind chimes, jaywalking.

July 13 2016 -- Brookline

Boston Haikai 38 -- Witty thoughts

Walking at sunset
Trying to have witty thoughts;
The whole sky is orange.

July 12 2016 -- East Cambridge

Boston Haikai 37 -- Zoo cookout

Weekend barbecues
In the park next to the zoo
Make jealous lions

July 4 2016 -- Franklin Park zoo

Boston Haikai 36 -- Ice cream aisle

Boxed pasta and bread;
I slow my cart as I pass
the ice cream aisle

July 7 2016 -- Star Market

Boston Haikai 35 -- Owl

Fake plastic owl
Guarding backyard tomatoes
From fake plastic mice

July 8 2016 -- Windsor St

Boston Haikai 34 -- USS Constitution

An aging soldier
Still commanding attention;
An old ship on stilts.

 July 5 2016 -- Charleston Navy Yard