SAILING
Think sailing
America's Cup
Newport
But anything is possible in Queens
Even sailing
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Friday, September 24, 2021
AUTUMN DAY
AUTUMN DAY
Sun reflecting on Meadow Lake
Drops of sparkling light
Falling from the clear blue sky
Monday, September 20, 2021
COLOR BLIND
COLOR BLIND
Walking by the flower
I was drawn to its color
Which color
I can't tell you
As I am color blind
More like shade blind
But I still can't tell you what
Color it is
But I can sense its beauty
Its composed power
Not too in your face
(At least not mine)
But just enough to capture
Your attention
Sunday, September 19, 2021
CREATION (Dedicated to Helen)
CREATION
Engulfed by concrete
Within the seats of Yellowstone Park
Life somehow finds a way to rise
Creation is the default mode of the universe
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Monday, September 6, 2021
AFTERMATH
AFTERMATH
In some neighborhoods of Queens, people went back to their normal lives after the flood waters of Hurricane Ida. In others, they weren't so lucky.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/nyregion/queens-flooding-cleanup.html
https://nypost.com/2021/09/05/de-blasio-tours-queens-business-ravaged-by-ida-floodwaters/
https://nypost.com/2021/09/06/biden-oks-nys-major-disaster-declaration-for-ida-damage/
Thursday, September 2, 2021
MORNING AFTER
MORNING AFTER
The morning after the remnants
Of Hurricane Ida dumped
More than seven inches of rain
The sun is out in Queens
The cicadas are singing
And a monarch butterfly
Is going about its business
Nature never takes a break
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
CICADA
CICADA
Leaving my apartment building this morning
Walking down the pathway to Yellowstone Boulevard
Resting on a plant I noticed a large insect
Initially I thought it was a dragonfly
I texted a picture to my niece who is my personal Wikipedia
To nature as she lives out in the country in Southern Virginia
She told me it wasn't a dragonfly but a cicada
According to her:
"It probably recently hatched. They live underground for
19 years and then surface and only live for a few weeks."
The cicada I observed on the leaf didn't move much
Maybe it was acclimating to life in
The wilds of Queens
Or perhaps it was just taking a nap
Before it eats sings and mates
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