Father the chameleon was lime gree… the first day I saw him peering in… my crib smiling and he remained lime green until kindergarten when a nun called the house and sa…

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,

The problem doesn’t lie in not knowing. It lies in our not seeking him because when we die we meet him and we’re blinded by

Neighbors were happy to see Fred and Opal come back for the annual block party. Old Bill asked Fred why they moved and Fred said

Day and night preachers hawk the Message of the Cross on television. Once a month they pause and beg for money for

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

Another day at the zoo and Wally’s new job was to feed the ap… Old Stanley had fed the apes for 40 years and loved the job but told Wally he was retiring.

He wants to do certain things he should have done before old age and illness reaped their harve… The doctor gives him days perhaps a week to breathe

Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps

I turn the porch light on at 4 a.m… to see if a miracle’s occurred and the paper’s landed somewhere in the snow blanketing our lawn. Instead I see a clump on the mat

As we know, sometimes we can see the big picture by peeking through a keyhole. And in America today perhaps we can see better the state of innocence among young children by looking at a...

A minister’s son married a deacon’s daughter after a long courtship. It was difficult at times doing everything right

Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up

He often got bored with her hobby… but this weekend he looks forward… hours of cooking shows on televisi… while he talks with her about her… He finally accepts that she is dyi…

When we were kids growing up in the city we had prairies and a little hill and we’d put Stevie