Sometimes a person can go too far, Mickey said, two stools over downing another beer,
You would think you would love a man who died for you and for everyone else, even those who will never know that he did.
A friend in England rings me up and we talk about this and that. He asks if my president’s in touch with all that’s going on and I say he should be in touch, going to
This black moth flew in the front door of the living room the other night and has been up
I can’t speak for the women attending this conference on Homeland Security. They’re scholars, too, brought here for their expertise.
She could sing, dance, and act but picking a man was a problem. She didn’t complain or explain just worked hard for the money, an Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Bug no bigger than a comma scales the wall next to my recliner. He’s climbing
Newlyweds cuddle on a bench in their garden. A hummingbird pauses then enters a lily. They make love in public.
This is Granny in the Ozarks call… Please come down before spring goes away for summer. The geese are coming through and landing on the pond
Grandpa has a grandson he hopes will win a scholarship to meet the high cost of college. He tells his grandson to learn how to play the tuba and apply
Sometimes you sit for days sucking yourself in praying the right words will fall in your ear toboggan over the whorls
A boy, maybe 5, dancing in the candy aisle of a megastore at 6 a.m., a month before Hallowee… is overjoyed by the harvest on every shelf, his caramel skin
It’s a small backyard I’ve watched for years from an upstairs window while chained to a computer. Whatever the weather
In your mind you hear words snarling all day long but no poem arrives. The words are locked
At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher
