Julie owns a cat that roams. Recently he’s been stopping at Jack and Brenda’s house where Brenda’s mourning her cat’s death. Brenda cries except when Julie’s…
Tim Murnane was born to parents who lived in a small brick bungalow in a lower-middle class neighborhood in Chicago. His father worked as an electrician for Commonwealth Edison Company ...
My grandson whispers the morning dew sparkles like diamonds in the grass. Donal Mahoney
First, we place the neck on the bl… and put the basket underneath the head and then make sure the bl… is sharp enough before we ask the… one more time just to be polite:
Planned Parenthood surgeons deplored the murder of Cecil the Lion. They wonder how a
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God, Jesus told his disciples.
If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused
Cold Coffee they call him and only a few people know his real name, this odd fellow who raises pigs off the coast of Ireland and comes to town
Married 60 years Fred and Daisy still are very different people. All day long they hide their differences to make
When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney
Elmo has spent 40 years cutting hair in a little shop in a country town along the Mississippi. Vegetables and meat
I sit here at peace and mind my own business and hope for a butterfly. I never take one out of the air. I paint only the flight of the but…
I told my guest it’s just a poem doesn’t mean a thing a salad tossed with colors bright
It isn’t a flophouse where Fred lives now but he calls it that a month after moving in and seeing his fellow
You’re glad when the holidays are over and everyone’s gone home and the ribbons and wrappings are balled up in the garbage.