a haiku
Grandma Gretchen’s in her rocker and she has something to say. She tells a visitor, a young man from the city, if he plans to write a book about life on a farm in the Fifties, he likely...
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’s time to leave the man alone. He’s getting old, his wife says. He’s really slowing down. He’s always been a man occupied with one thing
Fred prefers a mouse connected by a wire to his keyboard. Walt prefers a mouse that’s portable, able
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…
On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a
Drive around almost any city and you will find the homeless napping on a bench. Folks who drive to church on Sund… often view the homeless as litter
The average man looks at himself in the mirror 23 times a day, the average woman 16 times a British survey reports. Men look to “admire” themselves,
Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem
When she leaves the room when will she be back When she leaves the house how long will she be gone When she must go out of town
It’s never what she says always how she says it and how she stands when she says it and what she says
Where I live the press says teen use of heroin is epidemic. I thought an epidemic was a widespread disease afflicting thousands caught in
The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down
Many decades ago when I was a kid we always expected rain at 3 p.m. on Good Friday said to be the hour
After the Inauguration, perhaps he will take his family on vacatio… Hawaii’s an oasis during the winte… But in time he’ll watch for someth… that will challenge his skill set.