You find old poems in the attic in a box with the Remington Rand you wrote them on in the Sixties before computers were born. They were published then in little

In the glow of the porch light one moth a final fandango nowhere to go

Two men running for office disagree about everything but have one thing in common. They won’t release their tax returns.

Widow in a rocker pets her calico cat long strokes slowly. With the cat purring and the widow humming

Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts

Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up

Beneath the bowling-alley bar marquee the rain tonight hammers off the concrete.

It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney

On Saturday mornings several bowed citizens gather on the sidewalk outside the clinic to read the Bible and pray.

You have the back rent and come home from work and find everything in a mountain out on the lawn with the kids sitting on the curb crying

The man in the ER, sutured and bandaged, told the nurse there wasn’t anyone she could call to give him a lift home.

In 1920, my father, 16, was a guest of the British government. He was a prisoner of their forces occupying Ireland at the time, a group called the Black and Tans. One day he and seven o...

This morning I woke up early feelin’ good, feelin’ the way I felt 50 years ago, no aches, no pains, can’t wait to shower, hop on the El, go back to work,

They’re widows, old and gray, bent over a quilting frame, sewing to meet a deadline for the next raffle

On their 50th anniversary Sammy gave Dolly a necklace and told his darling wife that if they lived long enough one of them would wake