This time Wilma is ready for the bastards jimmying her front door, coming back for more. The first time she was asleep,

A group of older men gather once a week to talk about life after a heart attack. Old Len chews tobacco still and tells jokes in a voice so low

Do you remember how to tie a Windsor knot the way your father taught you on graduation day in eighth grade

It’s not the beach. It’s a lake of fire, if it’s there. That lake we heard about in

These are old people retired and driving slowly from small apartments in economy cars getting out on canes

She walks the rack of bright frock… as her husband, an Angus aging, paws at the carpet behind her. She wants the right dress to make verdant again the hills

When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb

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

The beauty of gray I never noticed until the other day I saw this mockingbird, a quiet beauty in gray,

A tragedy happened to Willie and Millie after years of marriage… All their kids were doing well and had nice families of their own but tragedy struck one dawn before

Rhoda, I can’t say why Amanda was picked and not Tiffany for anchor of our Nightly News. I interviewed both because Mr. Smith wanted

You drive down the same country road every day at dawn and see through plumes of dust

Another day at the zoo and Wally’s new job was to feed the ap… Old Stanley had fed the apes for 40 years and loved the job but told Wally he was retiring.

We’re equal we agree in the eyes of someone Fred says isn’t there and I say is and we agree

A sense of shame is missing in the world today. If you find it, burp Donal Mahoney