In England they call it moving house packing everything going someplace else bigger better
She’s a snake charmer but doesn’t know it. That’s why the cobra married her and has lived so many years in its basket.
I was out of control, spinning on the whirligig of youth, giddy to be caught in what Kerouac called “the whole mad swirl
In St. Louis young blacks carry guns like cell phones and use them often to shoot each other, as we read in the daily paper
Never speak ill of the dead, his father always said, and his father was a pastor who preached from the pulpit. That’s why whenever
Snow on Christmas Day. As I walk out with bird seed birds cry Santa’s here. Donal Mahoney
The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...
You drive down the same country road every day at dawn and see through plumes of dust
A moment ago, in a flicker of pique, with a wave of the hand, I dispersed them. Glorious birds,
In America we say we get the government we deserve. That’s been true for the past eight years.
Ginny didn’t know if it was a large pond or a small lake in the middle of the beautiful park where she had been hired right after high school to help with maintenance of the grounds. No...
Where will the lovely lady go on her diurnal walk? One child in 30 years she bore, now they do not talk. Supple, firm, her lithe legs are,
And so I’ll tell old Max, and maybe he will listen, it’s time to call the plumber in and tell him,
It’s a kindergarten soccer team and Jack’s the biggest kid. His father is the coach. The team is undefeated but there’s a problem
In the summer of 1956, any Saturday at midnight when the moon was full and the stars were bright, you would see Grandma Groth