Boston Haikai 168 -- Asphalt stream

When I close my eyes
The rush of tires on asphalt
Sounds like a cool stream

May 28 2017 -- Cambridge St

Boston Haikai 167 -- Secret rooster

Walking at sunrise
I learn one of my neighbors
Houses a rooster

May 29 2017 -- East Cambridge / Somerville

Boston Haikai 166 -- Eye migration

From a blank notebook
To an oak tree with new leaves
Spring eye migration

May 2017 -- Office, looking out the window

Boston Haikai 159 -- Sox traffic

Summer traffic jam
Making exhaust and headaches
The Sox won their game

May 2017 -- Mass Ave. Bridge at rush hour

Boston Haikai 165 -- Forgot my watch

In taking my son
To the sandbox this evening
I forgot my watch

May 21 2017 -- Playground

Boston Haikai 164 -- The sparrows have won

The sparrows have won
Today's war for the bird seed
Maybe next time, jays

Apr 13 2017 -- Backyard

Boston Haikai 163 -- While I was at work

While I was at work
All the elm trees on my street
Began to flower

Apr 18 2017

Boston Haikai 162 -- Nothing to complain about

Under green blossoms
Nothing to complain about
How to pass time now?

May 7 2017

Boston Haikai 161 -- Jazz from a boombox

Jazz from a boombox,
The clicks of a turn signal,
A whisper of wind

May 7 2010 -- A street corner in Somerville

Boston Haikai 160 -- Cat crosses the street

Cat crosses the street
Like it paid for whole thing -
I stop anyway

May 7 2017

Boston Haikai 158 -- Pigeons and old men

Sunday afternoon,
Old men compete with pigeons,
For the best benches

May 7 2017 -- Cambridge St

Boston Haikai 157 -- Cormorants are back

Cormorants are back
My heart is almost ready
To feel love again

May 10 2017 -- Cormorants in the river

Boston Haikai 156 -- Refuse to write

I refuse to write
Any more poems until
These clouds go away

May 2 2017 -- Disappointing spring rain

Boston Haikai 155 -- Cormorants are back

Cormorants are back
Along with pedestrians
In heels and tight pants

May 5 2017 -- Dirt path on the river