trust

I'll be taking a break until August 5 or so. Stay well, my friends.

night in Manhattan

trusting the stars

to be where they belong

watching

watching the clouds

drift and dissolve

a day on the lake

dead tree

dead tree

the full moon

in its branches

no moon

no moon

but something

lights the path

Zidane's folly (la folie de zidane)

head butt

which end

is up?

old neighborhood

old neighborhood

Sunday Mass at St. Patrick's

in Spanish

companion piece

This tanka comes out of the same moment as the senryu posted under the heading "fourth." As polona's comment on that poem suggests, it may not be clear to all readers, and especially to readers outside the United States. A reminder: The fourth of July is Independence Day, which celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence: "America's birthday," as some say. Cinco de Mayo, the fifth of May, is a Mexican national holiday, widely celebrated among Mexicans living in the United States.

Fourth of July

my Mexican neighbor

hands me a hamburger

Mexican food's fine, she says,

for Cinco de Mayo

fourth

This is a tribute to my neighbors in Queens NY, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States:

Fourth of July

best time we've had

since Cinco de Mayo