a haiku
Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney
Harley turned 70 the other day and died riding his motorcycle through a pink dawn,
The two weeks I spent in that small town on assignment, I saw no blacks except for two older women regal in every way,
The problem with Chloe is she moved to San Diego where the weather’s fair but hasn’t found anyone who’ll listen to her so she
Long ago you said birth and death were the bookends of life. Nothing before. Nothing after. We were saplings at the time. Since then we’ve made a lot of mon…
As we know, sometimes we can see the big picture by peeking through a keyhole. And in America today perhaps we can see better the state of innocence among young children by looking at a...
This just in. In metro St. Louis last night a woman gave birth to a boy in the bathroom of her second-floor apartment.
He doesn’t have to prove anything to me. The Holy Spirit, that is. I’ve always known He’s there, from childhood on, even if I ignored Him for many years. But like others growing older, ...
Six months ago an old black couple moved into an old brick house on a block of old white people. A dither erupted over the fences
Old barber shop in a neighborhood never posh now poor. A single chair with an ancient barber
It’s not good when two disturbed p… with little in common disagree by… on something important. Tone and content can get raucous and make matters worse because eac…
They’re in the kitchen, drinking coffee, the kids, in their fifties now, figuring out what to do about Dad who’s
Fred must explain Halloween to Op… when he gets home from the poker g… He just had another bad Halloween… He thinks Opal doesn’t know but E… from across the street called Opal
When Homer stubs his toe or bumps his elbow, the pain is always piercing but Homer’s a pious man so swearing isn’t for him.
Some things can’t be fixed any other way says Bill in his bedroom on the third floor hoping to get some sleep