Before dawn Bill stoops under crimson leaves of the low-hanging Japanese Maple
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...
He looks for you until you find him while you wonder if he’s there Donal Mahoney
Things reach a certain age, an age at which things don’t work the way they once did. The battery in your car,
It will be a while before Fred’s hometown has its annual food drive, he told me. That’s an important event because it helps stock the pantry at the small charity where he volunteers. Ri...
Through the nursery glass Carlos Montero peeks at Consuela, his twelfth, in the arms of a nurs… Pink as a peony with brilliant black hair,
There’s a football field between u… I’m in one of the end zones bellow… and you’re in the other one bawlin… the cliffs of your cheekbones streaked with mascara.
It’s Ramadan and late one evening I walk by a mosque and hear little girls laughing on the sidewalk,
We’re twins. We’ve been together from the start. You’re the doctor. You know that.
The mug of tea I drank at dawn, the tea that drove me to the train needs a refill.
Beautiful lady in the checkout lan… is spotted by Roscoe, a wealthy ma… wandering in Walmart. He admires her chocolate hair, bonbon eyes, vanilla creme complexion, a walk
It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney
Outside, the still of crickets. Inside, petals of a cold sore foliate,
Paddy Dineen enjoyed good health till his heart gave out while filling his cart in a health food store.
In the fourth grade too many moons ago a reassuring teacher looked over my shoulder and said not to worry about