Dog New York Poems

New York was so relaxed Lady Liberty was slumbering with snores.
There was a garbage strike, and the taxis were sauntering with oars.
No one was excited,...

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New Year's Eve 2021

December thirty first
two thousand twenty one countdown
will transparently and seamlessly stream into
simultaneously linkedin January first
two thousand and twenty two,
whereby the Ball a...

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"Stranger in Egoli"

Not right to feel lost in a city of vices, they judge you therefore you are a victim.

She creams for her purse ,
He...

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My bench provides a perfect view
Of people on parade.
I love to watch each passing person
Artfully displayed.

Some taxi yellow hi-top sneakers,
Jeans with ripped-up knees,
Tie-dye sweatshirts, neon...

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We come out in full force after the oldies die in their beds
Some are wearing dog collars with spikes, and leather chaps
We crawl out of...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The bigger things are obvious
And are to be expected,
Like sickness, job loss and the fear
Of what’s not disinfected.

But little things I haven’t seen
In ages have...

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A children’s catalogue arrived
Along with other mail.
I don’t know why I got it;
That ship long ago set sail.

Of course, I am a nana;
There are grandkids...

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Max and Bella topped the list
Of New York doggie names.
Lola and Lucky, Rocky and Jack
Were other common claims.

Charlie, Buddy, Lucky, Teddy
All were top 10 males.
Toby,...

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Bronx bound on New Jersey's Transit tracks,
Direct no stops,
Penn Stations up next,
I jumped on the "D" express to 161st,
Opening Day,
Yeah, the kid in me is...

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She runs in the cornfields
 Got twigs in her hair
Playing with her dog tilly
Her only friend out there

She grew up on a farm
  Fish...

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She woke up late that morning
From the fight the night before
She had argued with her husband
About what, she wasn't sure

He left for work some time...

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No 8 second ride for these cowboys tonight
As they start in the morning, losing daylight
Their hats are now ties, tethering true
Not breathing in clean air...

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The terminal prophesised an eternal line
 of moving faces arriving at their destination,
 mothers hold their screaming babies
as the business guys drank their coffee
 like...

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