Solid middle class he is always has been always will be until tomorrow on the highway
She’s been making quilts for half a century and he’s been making poems that long as well and every now and then he brings a chocolate shake to her place
In the summer of 1956, any Saturday at midnight when the moon was full and the stars were bright, you would see Grandma Groth
Six men were sitting at the table in the Day Room, as they call it, at the Whitehall Rest Home. They were playing poker and they had a newcomer in their midst. It was Bill, a retired fa...
After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…
It used to bother me to see odd people leapfrog parking meters and shout every day is Halloween until
On a sunny day in Harvard Yard blonde from Norway weds son of chieftain from Rwanda after
Ten years ago, when they were tykes just in their 70s, Melvin used to tell Emma eat your Wheaties
You were gone when I got home at midnight from a double shift. Now you’re back,
When she leaves the room when will she be back When she leaves the house how long will she be gone When she must go out of town
If he were in high school they’d call him a bully and take him to the principal’s office for counseling.
In 1962 my father toiled in Quinc… two weeks, no more, and saw no blacks except for two young ladies who moved like swans
It took awhile to find Osama. It will take awhile to find the Briton with his knife in the desert of Iraq. They may bring him back
Fred’s a reasonable man something he takes pride in. Just the other night before he threw a dish against the wall while
If you’re a reprobate in recovery you have to be careful what you do… You’re no different than an alcoho… always in danger of falling again. At least an alcoholic has a diseas…
