She lives by a lake. After a heavy snow she looks out the window and sees black swans in a long, straight line
The call comes in to the police station. It’s a small town and the voice at the library says “He’s at it again.”
We have one of those medical plans… my wife and I. The co-pays let us see a doctor, have a procedure, pay for medications. Can’t remembe… ever paying full price. Especially
A small city on the outskirts of St. Louis has ordered Alice Hezel to pull the swamp milkweed out of her yard because the city says it’s a weed and weeds aren’t allowed in Maplewood, Mi...
When the president speaks from the podium and mentions the 20 children shot to death at Sandy Hook by a lunatic with a rifle,
It’s pretty simple, really. The world will end whether we believe the Bible is a myth or truth. If the Bible is the truth,
It’s a small backyard I’ve watched for years from an upstairs window while chained to a computer. Whatever the weather
A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or
He publishes poems by writers who find no publishers elsewhere. They suffer rejection and he gives them hope.
When a young woman like that sails into the conference room, all masts billowing, there’s nothing the men around the table can do
Spider in the sink this early autumn morning swirls in a whirlpool Donal Mahoney
You would think you would love a man who died for you and for everyone else, even those who will never know that he did.
A gathering of elders from the local rest home is out for a walk after dusk on canes and walkers admiring roses and lilies
Easter Brunch is a big deal in the metropolis where Fred lives… Restaurants run their ads Ash Wednesday through Good Frida… Years ago brunch began at 11
She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he