The 'Unsinkability' of New Yorkers

we do, we are
we float
we be


no thanks to Gracie Mansion, Albany, and FEMA

Mole Day ( 10.23)

his number measures
even hot air from
politicians

Cuban Missile Crisis: 50 years later

Palms of October
their tall, gray trunks
straight as missiles




50 years after the Cuban missile crisis
the missiles are long gone, the palms remain, an old dictator still lives, and a
young president's ideals were stolen by a gunman

Sen. McGovern

a traveler
alone on many journeys
finds his way home

Italo Calvino

under a ceiba
in the tropical air
his first magic



remembering the birth of Italo Calvino
on 15 October 1923 in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba

Early onset

he lets his tea cool
waiting for his memory
to warm up

a belated birthday senryu for Mr. Faulkner

Wild palms sway
along a shore
still unvanquished