He slaughters his hamburger steak with a fork and a butter knife, massacres ringlets of onions again and again thumps catsup all over

Both of them had been to Korea. Both of them had made it back. One found a job

July in the streets of Mexico City: One of the women one never would marry. One of the women one sees

Some say when daffodils shoot up Spring is here. It’s safe to put away your boots and shovels.

It’s war plain and simple when I fill the feeder out in the sycamore with millet and niger

Beautiful fall day in a potter’s field outside a small town. A funeral is underway but that doesn’t stop

Porch light bright all night keeps thieves away but not the moths that dance till dawn

I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything

My wife likes to garden. She’s crazy about roses, lilies and daisies. She says I should get out in the garden and weed.

Jesus, can we talk? Some folks say you’re coming back any day now but many of them have been saying that for years. They say it could happen tomorrow, or maybe next week, and they’ve al...

Three sisters single in their 40s gather 'round the fire on a night of thunder to figure out which sister

Miss Goody Two-Shoes’ sweaters aren’t too tight, skirts aren’t too straight and heels aren’t too high. She’s a swan gliding

Father the chameleon was lime gree… the first day I saw him peering in… my crib smiling and he remained lime green until kindergarten when a nun called the house and sa…

You start by throwing things out packing things that will fit in a smaller place, selling stuff that won’t, ignoring the birds because the seed’s run out