I turn the porch light on at 4 a.m… to see if a miracle’s occurred and the paper’s landed somewhere in the snow blanketing our lawn. Instead I see a clump on the mat

Young hummingbird swirls and darts to the red feeder. Black cat waits below. Donal Mahoney

Sometimes a person can go too far, Mickey said, two stools over downing another beer,

Am I right or am I right, one neighbor asked the other as they walked the few blocks to vote in different primaries. Some people make a good

Departures from the norm we are. Not just you and me but

Although we’ll never again be body to body or mind to mind, you and the place and the years are alive every night in the lette… I’ve stored in my room.

During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t

He’s always believed people of every faith can live in peace together in America no matter what happens

If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused

Reunions can happen and leave you speechless. I’m standing at a bank of elevators in a hospital going to visit my wife

I get an email every day from a man I don’t know and doesn’t know me. Many people receive blind copies of his emails.

It’s Monday not Sunday and the frail lady in black is the only person in the pews. She walked in with

They weren’t talking at all, back… Deep in that house, conceiving the… they weren’t talking at all, back… And they’re not talking at all, ri… Still in that house, rearing their…

After the poetry reading the lights go on and a lady under a big hat rises behind dark sunglasses and asks the poet why

Praise for Him coming from us is like the bark of a terrier at the foot of his master