You drive down the same country road every day at dawn and see through plumes of dust
He asked and so I told him. The “cancer” poems stem from cancer in the family. Daughter’s terminal. Son’s a five-year survivor.
They’ve been married 50 years and never a sorry day, Wally likes to say. Melba’s been a great wife but she’s very sick and doctors sa…
It used to bother me to see odd people leapfrog parking meters and shout every day is Halloween until
In a very crowded bar Fred decides he must tell this fellow something important so he whispers
This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting
I wish he had never come out from behind the stove, that spider I stepped on at 4 a.m. He was a big one bothering no one.
You’re an old man in a nice suit and tie out with your wife at a fancy function with nice people
On Sundays Walter gives Pastor J… magazines to read along with comments on his sermons. The pastor loves the magazines but Walter is leaving for another…
Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…
They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture
Ralph never planned on dying but when he did, he was swept away like a child’s kite blown astray. When he arrived at his destination… he heard angels singing, harps pla…
If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you
He’s supposed to be a feral cat and I’d never tell him otherwise but when my wife goes shopping he waits hours for her patiently on his haunches
The question isn’t why your little world is suddenly going to hell. The question is what can you do about