LA traffic

stop and go traffic
on Hollywood freeway
with over 100 F heat
a red-haired driver starts
waving her bra

Parking sign's haiku

multilingual haiku
posted on some parking signs
in West Hollywood

The haiku were written in either Russian, Spanish, or English. This came from the evening news a night or so ago, Check this link: Parking sign haiku
I found another site showing pictures of the signs here: Rebecca Lowry's Pictures

Los Angeles storm

headline today
storm leaves LA
with a bang
unconcerned with
its damage behind

Lotus festival

The annual observance of the Lotus Festival in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA was a mild disappointment this year, to say the least. The reason? No lotus flowers in the lake for unknown reasons. Considering that the reliability of their profuse blooming every summer is as certain as the traffic gridlock in LA, visitors from within and outside the area were vocally disgruntled. Locals were disconcerted and at a loss on how to explain to their out-of-town friends the absence of the floral attractions.


no lotus flowers
in the murky water
global warming here?