A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney

You’re an old man in a nice suit and tie out with your wife at a fancy function with nice people

The soup kitchen opens an hour late. The rain finally stops and the hungry file in. They’ve had a long wait.

We have something in common, a fellow I talk to now and then. We’re about the same age and perhaps the only ones in the diner who think our past lives are interesting. So when the two o...

At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher

Praise for Him coming from us is like the bark of a terrier at the foot of his master

If love’s real, not the puppy kind, it’s not just a feeling but an act of the will a constant giving

When you have an hour to live what matters then is Christ in a pyx in the vest pocket

We’re twins. We’ve been together from the start. You’re the doctor. You know that.

It’s an old clock hanging on a wall in a small room on the third floor. We go up there

Fred visits Bill every month at the facility he’s been in for year… Age and booze brought Bill there. He’s still strapped to his bed so he can’t go wandering again

Linda’s an animal person who puts her money where her mouth is, owns a ranch outside the city and takes in kittens, puppies, birds that

I told my guest it’s just a poem doesn’t mean a thing a salad tossed with colors bright