Michael's Rain

rained on my birthday

got soaked dashing to the

restaurant: drippy mess

rain was you

showering me with love

reminding me to laugh

Laughter in the Rain, Neil Sedaka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjEkrAsUS0E

Ontario (prompt: geese)

Sailboats racing on Lake Ontario, seen from The Pearl Harbourfront's window, 2013.

Canada geese honk:

egotistical eagle

must accept defeat

Canadians keep 

their elbows up and

won't rename their lakes

Daily Haiku Prompt: geese

"Ontario" is an Indigenous word and is more than 400 years old. It means "beautiful lake" or "sparkling water."

Disappearing Act

 even the full moon's

orange-tinted eclipse fades

after a few hours

leaving just a memory

to scatter among the stars

(Daily Haiku Prompts: full moon)

No Dogs photo

 I took this photo about 1986 in San Francisco. I think it was on Telegraph Hill near Coit Tower.

                                                                        NO DOGS

                                                       TEACUP POODLES EXCEPTED

                                                                  (Mural artist unknown)

August Travel Advisory

"Pack light," they advised.

packed lightly for two climates--

caught cold in first one

shivered in Copenhagen

sniffled and sneezed while in Rome

Daily Haiku Prompt: pack

Two Concrete Poems

                                                 Concrete Poem #1

MEN

    O!

P       a                      u                          

                                                         s                 

                                                                                                               e

                                                    Gridlock

                               BEEP

beepbeepbeepbeepBEEPbeepbeepbeepbeepbeep

                               BEEP

tanka for Michael

discovered some shoes

bought many years ago that

Michael never wore

your shoes fit me perfectly

you're my guardian angel