Mandarin IV

Now all monetary
Flows feed these polluted Rivers
China's colon.



March 3, 2009

Mandarin III

On the banks of the
Yangze & Yellow river
Now America's sorrow.



March 3, 2009

Mandarin II

It's a dialect
Spoken by the elite of Bejing and taught
At Harvard and Yale.

March 3, 2009

Mandarin I

Learn Mandarin
Prepare for the future and
Name your child Mao.



March 3, 2009

March Snow IV

Whose gnarly knuckles
Grasp each day desperately
Straining to hang on.

March 31, 2009

March Snow III

A drum-like dalliance
measuring the last minutes
Of wining winter


March 31, 2009

March Snow II

Misty windowpanes
Reflect icy tips that like
Fingers tap the glass.


March 31, 2009

March Snow I

Freezing rain drops shine
Shivering silver branches
Tapping on the window.

March 31, 2009

Snow & Spring

Water wells like tears
As the snow retreats in the sun
As we wait for spring.

March 30, 2009

Winter Tree

Newspaper adorns
the branches and rustles like leaves
As we wait for spring.

March 30,2009

Guy from Corporate II

He reads the signals
Pitches a low deadly curve
You swing - it is a miss.

January 30,2009

Guys from Corporate I

Guys from corporate
features sharp, all right angles
They pitch new ideas.

January 29, 2009

Snowstorm

Snow blows down the street
Head lamps highlight circles of white
Slow cars creep homeward.



January 6, 2009

Birthday Wish

Birthday are empty
Occasions - McDonald's when
You want a good meal.

Birthdays never live
Up to expectations - you
Want roses but get weeds.

A birthday is best
Forgotten - if not marked
It passes gracefully away
Like any other day.

February 9, 2009

January Thaw

The snowy blanket
Shrinks from the shoulders of the
Dowdy faded grass.

February 12,2009

Snowman

The snow man shrinks
Shoulders round, head sags and chin
Rests on his breast.

February 10, 2009

Snow Removal VI

Fingers barely bend
Pain cracks gnarled knuckles as
Hands grip the shovel

December 29, 2008

Snow Removal III

A frigid sword of
Damocles that precariously
Dangles overhead.

December 30, 2008