The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask

Forty years Leroy was a doorman at a nice hotel in a big city. He was a country boy the day he got the job because he was tall and the uniform fit, the manager s…

He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,

Walking very slowly, ancient Wall… right behind his ancient Molly who… stepping down the garden path, her first time out in weeks, wobbly still on her new knee.

When a young woman like that sails into the conference room, all masts billowing, there’s nothing the men around the table can do

They’re getting older, five brothers and sisters, all with degrees, jobs, families, nice homes, good lives, happier than most except when they must

Middle of the night someone’s in the house. Can’t be the wife asleep next to you. She’ll be mad

Deep into a warm winter the Japanese red maple keeps her crown of brilliant leaves as if to prove to the evergreens especially that big blue spruce

From my stool in the diner I watc… the old woman with elm tree arms command the big booth in back and roar for a menu, take a half hour to read it

My boss has a problem with God or rather a problem with me because I believe in God and he doesn’t. Or so we discover

Vacillating Benny, an ancient che… now retired from Monsanto, must de… if a poem his friend Ron has sent… is good enough for his hobby journ… Benny finally decides to let the p…

After the poetry reading the lights go on and a lady under a big hat rises behind dark sunglasses and asks the poet why

Things reach a certain age, an age at which things don’t work the way they once did. The battery in your car,