On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a
First leaves of autumn. Slow parachutes this morning almost at the curb. Donal Mahoney
We have a drop-off problem in Ame… We must decide which restroom one can use when nature beckons. So far, tumult reigns among the pe… If we declare both genders equal
A few years ago Herb Adams, a plumber by trade, went with his wife, Ellie, to her flower show where many ladies and a few men displayed their skill arranging flowers they had grown in t...
Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings
This senior citizen whose face is Rushmore still squats with pigeons on the steps of the Rogers Park Masonic Templ… She wears a shawl this snowy day
If the poor we will always have with us, then the rich we will have with us as well. Our system gives birth to both. Greed is part of man’s nature,
When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m. there’s a piano on his chest and Erroll Garner’s playing “Mist… Sinatra’s on the headboard improvising lyrics
The guillotine dropped between you and a friend over coffee and small talk. The first time it dropped it was someone who said
After 30 years together, Carol tells me late one evening in the manner of a quiet wife that I have yet to write a poem about her, something she
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
I told my guest it’s just a poem doesn’t mean a thing a salad tossed with colors bright
On a clear day in the day room he will tell anyone he has had an askew life. When he was a small boy out for a Sunday walk
The bog above Bob Gordon’s bog is where they found the body of an older man floating like a canoe among the lily pads. He was covered with crustaceans.
As the snow swirls around them, an old man in a wheelchair uses sign language to tell another old man standing at the bus stop, “Friend,