Seeing is believing smart people often tell me but no one ever told me believing is seeing

Otis was once a monk who took no vows, was free to leave the abbey and eventually he did. I met him over chicken wings

The Downy is the smallest flicker but his arrival is uninvited and disturbs the hummingbirds circling in fury while he with bravado

When I was eight I jumped off a roof as if I had a parachute and broke a leg. He was there when I landed,

There never was anyone like Ali between the ropes or facing the public. In the ring and out

He publishes poems by writers who find no publishers elsewhere. They suffer rejection and he gives them hope.

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

You see things at the rest home you don’t expect to see. New veteran in his Korea cap is whipping everyone else in pool. He never has to bend over

I’ll have to ask some preacher what if he comes when it’s inconvenient when I’m bowling or lifting a stein of lager

He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him

This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting

When ancient Elmer was young and dashing and on the prowl, he would wait for a phone call about love or anger from someone important to him at the time. Over the years more than a few w...

A gathering of elders from the local rest home is out for a walk after dusk on canes and walkers admiring roses and lilies