05-31-16 Hamburger Satisfaction

Between toasted buns
Crunchy fried onions
Spicy barbecue sauce
Sour garlic dill pickle

Monster burger
Hot off the grill
Juicy on the inside
With a side of fries

The best part
Of the burger
Is sharing it
With you

05-30-16 In The Warm Light

warm light
on a foggy night
me and my girl
driving slowly
down a dirt road
out in the woods

warm light
growing brighter
radio silence
engine shuts off
headlights flicker
the fog gets thicker

warm light
blinding our vision
senses are numb
wake up in a corn field
out by an old farm
but this is not planet Earth

05-29-16 Get Up To Get Down

Out on the runway
Surfing highs and lows
Ride the wave all night
Then burn and crash

Rise to the occasion
Boogie down to the sound
Found running around
At the disco after dawn

Sleep it off all day long
Wake up dreaming in color
Living for the excitement
Dancing out in the universe

05-28-16 Shine And Rise

Voices in the morning
Coffee on the countertop
Music on the stereo
Sun shining brightly

Birds chirping merrily
Children running to school
Laughing all the way
The start of a great new day

People on the subways
Jammed into crawling trains
Reading their newspapers
Everyone is late for work

05-27-16 Into A Kingdom Of Puzzles

Up from the breeze

Out inbetween

Inverse and see 

Painting the sweets

Bubbles of beauty

Somewhere sonic

Sleepwalking solid

Insanefully honest

Invasions begin 

Behind the scenes 

Dreaming in reverse

Waxwork body wash

Visions of tomorrow

Lights of life in flight

Masterworks of pain

Killing the softness 

Letting go for never

Electric orange dawn

Undercover giants 

Restaurant storage

Politics on the moon

Bring you to the limit

Kissing the toughness 

Congress won't listen

Class act all the way

Romantic heart fire

Legalize your love

05-26-16 The Great Old Poet In The Woods

Living alone
In an old cabin
Deep in the dark woods
Eating scraps of food
Quietly contemplating
Whatever comes to mind
Exploring every thought
Writing it all down

05-25-16 Uptown Snow Angels

Reaching out to you
From out of the blue
From inside this bubble
We might be in trouble

On the thirteenth floor
Looking down below
People on the streets
Buried in a snowstorm

Angels across Fifth Avenue
Grab a quick slice of pizza
Run to catch an uptown train
Wind up jumping in a cab instead

Flying through the East Side
Under the spell of the moon
Crossing the Queensboro Bridge
City lights sparkling in the night

05-24-16 High Tech Haiku

Struggle to keep up
Technology evolving
You are obsolete

05-23-16 When Artists Ruled The World

LIGHTER THAN THIN AIR
WALKING ACROSS BROADWAY
ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON
REMEMBERING HOW THESE STREETS
USED TO LOOK BEFORE THE BIG BOOM
NOW LOST IN THE UNDERGROUND

BUILDINGS COVERED IN POSTERS
ROCK STARS HANGING OUT ON SIDEWALKS
LONG NIGHTS TURNING INTO EARLY DAYS
POETS MAKING LOVE TO PAINTERS
IN AN EXPLOSION OF EXPRESSION
UNTIL THE GALLERIES FADED AWAY

IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH
THE OLD SPIRIT IS STILL HERE
IT'S NOT AS EASY TO SEE IT
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR
BUT THE OLD CHARACTERS EXIST
THE FIRE STILL BURNS INSIDE

CREATORS BLEEDING EMOTIONS
HANGING OUT AT THE OLD HAUNTS
FINDING HIDDEN MASTERPIECES
PAINTED OVER THIRTY YEARS AGO
WHERE THE MUSIC ONCE PLAYED
WHEN ARTISTS RULED THE WORLD

05-22-16 Universal Mind Designs

A unique identity
Out in the universe
Where it all exists

Iconic images
Infinite by design
Always inspirational

Planting seeds
Inside the fertile mind
Of modern civilization

Thoughts and ideas
Growing through the years
Blooming in a beautiful garden

05-21-16 It's A New Day

soft freshness 
of quiet stillness
in the warm air
as dawn breaks
light spills out
across the planet
the world awakens

a new day is born

05-20-16 All Night Moves

the morning sunrise

is a beautiful time to be alive

slow walk to the newsstand 

to get a cup of hot coffee 

lost in scattered thoughts

patterns in a bed of shadows

peaceful heart shining on you

switching reality somewhere else

another slide in the wrong place

cold air chills in odd directions

those are evil demons lurking 

they are in this room right now

washed up again in paranoia

create something special

05-19-16 Mystery Six

Are you with us

Pinpoint the precise location
The storm will make it's way home
Bad weather lurking up ahead

Try to stay on the line

In the absence of distress
Emergency frequency radio call
Crack the discrete codes

Find a way to love your life

05-18-16 Chelsea Hotel #313

found my way down
onto the floor of the garden
covering a frozen bed of ice
looking out onto twenty third
where so many others once stood
singing a thousand sweet songs
to trigger the spirits of sound
music legends in the room
amazing energies contained
hotel destruction renovations
ghosts linger in the old walls

05-17-16 We'll Always Have Vegas

Robots in charge
Second place finish
Flash piece swing
Hot motorcycle hit
Missed opportunities
Suffer embarrassment
Coconut hotel high rise
Fire first thing tonight
Out on the town again
Doing casinos in style
Raining cold cash money
Free drinks before the party
Bottle service breakdown
Kick the heavy pavement
Even harder next time
Wind up face down

05-16-16 Animals Are People Too

Rhinoceros at the dinner table
Ferocious beasts having tea
Lion kingdom in midtown
City streets for jungle love

Elephants in the room tonight
Apologies accepted at the zoo
Wilderness secrets to success
Rat race snakes hunt in shadows

Birds sing beautiful songs
Creature comforts create culture
Vultures have no shame today
Emotional giraffes cry inside

Gorillas grow gardens of greatness
Butterflies fly over shiny rainbows
The call of all wild roars in the store
Hippopotamus spending too much money

05-15-16 About Everything

inner landing

       push it up the tube


           rocket ship space command


   slaves to electric radiation

            the time traveler was right





                   about everything




   
      at Earth's final hour


mankind spiraling toward extinction


             Sasquatch survives it all


  swimming with mermaids


              in Loch Ness with the monster 


telling spooky ghost stories


                watching flying saucers


    off in the distance


                            far away beyond the stars

          into an alternate dimension 


        where you are reading this poem


                      somewhere

                      
                       in the future
                       
         

05-14-16 Old Photos In A Shoe Box

too many memories
come flooding back
in a tsunami of emotion

good times in the sunshine
birthdays and beach days
baseball games and barbecues

too much fun to care
we were unaware
that it wouldn't last

05-13-16 Capture Your Imagination

Seeing from a new viewpoint
Find the guts to tell the truth
Spill your secrets to the world

Change your perspective
Respecting timeless classics
The beauty of interpretation 

Colors have become abstract 
Hidden messages speak to you
On your search for enlightenment 

Surround yourself with art
Inspire yourself with creativity
Free yourself with expression

05-12-16 Earth Mother

A hidden garden
Only the birds know

Vines entwined
You'll never find it

Pure heart of beauty
Sacred energy of nature

Secret treasure buried
Deep within the woods

Glowing in the light of day
Illuminated center of the universe