Walking in the forest as morning comes I hear piccolos of wrens and robins offer hymns to God
He lives at the edge of a forest and loves all the different trees. He comes to the city for food and basic necessities. He hates the long drive
An hour before dawn the paper is out on the lawn white in the moonlight a trumpet dozing after a long night in a jazz bar
Sixty years ago, the two of us rode tricycles up a little hill behind our school. Nothing stopped us till
I sit here at peace and mind my own business and hope for a butterfly. I never take one out of the air. I paint only the flight of the but…
Farmer John knows he’s old but didn’t think he was that old until he went to town one day and met a young lady he liked as much as he likes the corn
In St. Louis young blacks carry guns like cell phones and use them often to shoot each other, as we read in the daily paper
No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie’s number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worke...
Sometimes a person can go too far, Mickey said, two stools over downing another beer,
When will you understand it’s all about me. The world we live in whirls around my axis. Once you understand
Adolph’s been here since the Fort… So have Benito and Tojo. As soon as they arrived we gave each of them a huge furnace. They shovel coal all day and all n…
The ancient man with raspberry hives on his cheeks since childhood will live alone
Willie has mixed emotions about homeless Syrians coming to America but his wife Millie says we should take them in.
At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher
Tornadoes in the parlor, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, t… churned every hour Dad was home. He never worked and with good reason.
