One, a nun, has her transfer in her hand. She’s silently praying. Another, a hooker, has her income in her purse.
For years leprechauns lived under Pop’s fedora. They danced jigs on his head when he wore it and hid in his ears
He’s at least 70 now and has never forgotten his childhood. He lives with that child every day… He remembers that Thanksgiving Da… his family had parched field corn
They’re in the kitchen, drinking coffee, the kids, in their fifties now, figuring out what to do about Dad who’s
Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…
Fred’s a reasonable man something he takes pride in. Just the other night before he threw a dish against the wall while
I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything
Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up
It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney
I no longer put things back where they belong. I can’t remember where they came from never mind where
In your mind you hear words snarling all day long but no poem arrives. The words are locked
Years ago they came from many plac… to study writing at a university in the middle of America surrounded by lush corn fields. They worked hard, became friends,
A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand
Does he remember? Jenny, how could he forget? Thirty years ago you roared into his office and raged about your cousin’s
A homeless man hangs himself from a tree at night in the city to close out the year. At dawn a passerby uses