Beautiful fall day in a potter’s field outside a small town. A funeral is underway but that doesn’t stop
This just in. In metro St. Louis last night a woman gave birth to a boy in the bathroom of her second-floor apartment.
When you have an hour to live what matters then is Christ in a pyx in the vest pocket
Were she here with me now, by the waist I would raise her, a chalice of wonder. I’d bellow hosannas and whirl her around,
Everyone who has money should drop it in a vat and anyone who needs money should take what they need a Swede, a Dane and two
Some say none. Others say one. Some say three in one and then say one of the three
Every once in awhile over the last 40 years Ralph wondered what might have happened to the guy who had moved in with the mother
The kitchens of Auschwitz are belching again. Ancient chefs, puffed hats askew, storm once more
Jim Clowes had a red '53 Ford that looked terrible. The paint on the car was almost all gone, although there were still patches of paint mixed with patches of rust. The clunker was an u...
He lives in the attic of the brownstone down on the corner, been there for years. He’s seen twice a day
Sleet on the turnpike in the middle of the night but I keep driving, both hands on the wheel, nowhere to pull off,
Every day the same play. The moment I rise, the first act begins, the same plot
Emma used to do real good in schoo… her mother tells her new teacher. It’s Parents Night at Ryland Ele… Mostly mothers in attendance. What’s the problem, her mother ask…
My wife likes to garden. She’s crazy about roses, lilies and daisies. She says I should get out in the garden and weed.
After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…