She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he

When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb

Fifty years ago Jane got on a plane and flew away without saying good-bye. Her parents took her, I know.

Thirty years I’ve lived in Missou… with its major threat for an earth… So far no problems but experts say the big one could arrive any day. California’s lovely but with its q…

No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie’s number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worke...

Beautiful fall day in a potter’s field outside a small town. A funeral is underway but that doesn’t stop

One by one young nurses crisp in their white caps bring the old folks out crumpled in their wheelchairs from this towering building

Odd fellow who does odd jobs in the neighborhood four seasons of the year has disappeared in high summer and his customers are nervous.

Lightning bolts in childhood can scar the soul forever. They’re a satanic baptism when the minister’s your father, mother, brother, sister,

Born at the foot of the mountain what will you do? You have time to decide but some die young.

Every day the same play. The moment I rise, the first act begins, the same plot

Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,

There’s a glorious sound system no… in the restored train depot where… from all over the nation once took… train to Camp Breckinridge before taking a plane to Korea.

Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney