On their honeymoon he asked her not to sit down. Might bruise the peaches. Donal Mahoney
She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he
It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant “Patsy Foley’s roly-poly from eating too much ravioli.” At first, no one could remember w...
When ancient Elmer was young and dashing and on the prowl, he would wait for a phone call about love or anger from someone important to him at the time. Over the years more than a few w...
Remember, a blind man can see things a sighted man can’t… So I’ll tell you about her and th… you can tell me whether I’m right. The first time a man meets her,
A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand
We’re upset when vandals desecrate a cemetery and disrespect the dead not so much when doctors vandalize the womb
He slaughters his hamburger steak with a fork and a butter knife, massacres ringlets of onions again and again thumps catsup all over
The beauty of gray I never noticed until the other day I saw this mockingbird, a quiet beauty in gray,
I was just a boy but I remember Hitler at the start and how too few understood his plan to
The cur dog tethered to a stake across the road runs back and forth barking all day
Loud preacher bellows on Sunday what a silent praying mantis knows Donal Mahoney
Miss Goody Two-Shoes’ sweaters aren’t too tight, skirts aren’t too straight and heels aren’t too high. She’s a swan gliding
I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.
Walking very slowly, ancient Wall… right behind his ancient Molly who… stepping down the garden path, her first time out in weeks, wobbly still on her new knee.