The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down

Not a leaf left on the crabapple t… instead little red apples hang like ornaments on a Christmas tree… Little red apples that spend most of the winter covered with sn…

Memories never go away. They’re visitors from yesterday arriving unannounced often to a mixed reception. Faces aren’t clear but

In your mind you hear words snarling all day long but no poem arrives. The words are locked

If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused

The weekday Mass at 6 a.m. brings old folks out from bungalows around the church. They move like caterpillars

I told my wife the other night when she came back to bed my feet were cold so now’s the time for me to tell her not to bury me or burn me

Roscoe and two cousins rented a va… and drove to Mississippi for the f… of another cousin they grew up wit… It took six hours to get where three old men didn’t want to go

If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you

If the poor we will always have with us, then the rich we will have with us as well. Our system gives birth to both. Greed is part of man’s nature,

The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner

The hands on the atomic clock upstairs finally stopped spinning. As you know, my dear, the hands have been spinning for two weeks. This morning the clock stopped

There are pockets of them everywhere, quiet and discreet. Usually they meet once a week

Homer’s a chair arranger who works in meeting rooms on 30 floors in a building tall as Trump Tower. At least it looks that tall to him