After Wisconsin, we see a Trumpeter Swan swimming in circles Donal Mahoney
Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat
The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner
There’s nothing wrong with you. We both know this is true but there’s something wrong with m… and you know what that is. It’s the elephant in the room
Paddy Dineen enjoyed good health till his heart gave out while filling his cart in a health food store.
This just in. In metro St. Louis last night a woman gave birth to a boy in the bathroom of her second-floor apartment.
Dubville used to be a quiet town, not that much was going on. The young would move to the city after high school… The elderly would stay because
The widow hires four men to rip out her lovely garden. She’s too old to weed it. All the roses will go to the young bride across
Sometimes an egg comes out of a chicken Sometimes a poem comes out of a title Sometimes a chicken
Mike’s old now. His mind is somewhere in the Fifties. Every few weeks one of his kids takes
Wally Anderson, father of three daughters, was not pleased after reading an email from Shelly, his eldest, a week before Father’s Day. He thought she might be coming to visit for the ho...
Every day comes praise for Him everywhere in nature a cricket chirps a wren sings
On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be
After 30 years together, Carol tells me late one evening in the manner of a quiet wife that I have yet to write a poem about her, something she