Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings
Happened 40 years ago senior year of college they were engaged to marry in June till he dropped her off
Solid middle class he is always has been always will be until tomorrow on the highway
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…
“If you don’t like the gun, my dea… I can exchange it for a negligee b… I’ve given you many negligees. I think a gun’s important to have around the house
“One stall for all” is a new scenario for Wilbur. Thanks to his wife, he knew in the past the right thing to do but now he doesn’t know what
Things reach a certain age, an age at which things don’t work the way they once did. The battery in your car,
He publishes poems by writers who find no publishers elsewhere. They suffer rejection and he gives them hope.
After the Spring rain a dove on a Dogwood branch preens like a starlet
No red kettles and bells this December outside the stores at the mall in our suburbs this year. They irritate shoppers,
The amount in every paycheck has a period in it. Those who get a paycheck every week dream about seeing a comma three spaces in front of the perio…
Odd fellow who does odd jobs in the neighborhood four seasons of the year has disappeared in high summer and his customers are nervous.
The editor of the school paper came at the appointed hour and found the old poet in his backyard alert in a lawn chair with a
Monsanto still has problems after the carnage caused by Agent Orange. People continue to decay. Monsanto’s Roundup