On their honeymoon he asked her not to sit down. Might bruise the peaches. Donal Mahoney
First leaves of autumn. Slow parachutes this morning almost at the curb. Donal Mahoney
Books covered in dust are stacked from floor to ceiling. Screens light up the house. Donal Mahoney
When a writer lacks verbs and nouns he’s the victim of writer’s block. His mind may house
Pete reads a story about an artist who never sold a painting until he… and then sold one for a million do… Finding the artist on the internet… his work is just odd shapes in bri…
This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting
Fancy spam emails I don’t mind nor the ones cobbled in broken English from someone who says he’s with a bank overseas
An incident in youth never meant to happen recorded on a pad to be read another time
Jill’s assignment as a new reporter was to interview an old bell ringer standing next to a red kettle outside a Walmart. Her editor had told her the man has been ringing the bell every ...
Miyuki is old enough to have been a child during World War II. Indeed, some of her students are that old as well but they are eager to learn and listen to her carefully. She is a teache...
All that hair trapped in a braid silver to the waist Opal this morning nude in the mirror
Thirty years later, Dad came back and we met for Ham and Yams at To… Pouring his tea, he told me he had to restore power once at a newspaper warehouse
I don’t see her often since she died but when I do it’s eerie over there at dawn or dusk.
The day Paul got married, his old girlfriend called his hous… just before he and his bride Anne caught the plane for their honeymo… Paul was outside packing the car
If a marriage doesn’t work out you get a divorce and look for someone else. If a poem doesn’t work out you put it in a folder and