First leaves of autumn. Slow parachutes this morning almost at the curb. Donal Mahoney

All that hair trapped in a braid silver to the waist Opal this morning nude in the mirror

You have to be married at least 30 years to know what your wife is thinking before she says it aloud. More than 40 years to know

Wally read something he thought good advice for those who lose the race. “Make friends of the

He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,

A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney

They were always close Mom and Faye No father around Mom painted flowers Faye planted them

Melba comes home from the grocery… She was walking away from the dair… He was there with a pregnant girl… He said to Melba, “Ma’m, is this… Melba told him it was margarine.

Around his navel this morning a halo, a red stipple Hopkins would love: “Glory be to God for dappled thin… It’s a gift from this woman

Hillary was at the podium setting the record straight for people who have a problem with the tone of her voice. She said when Bill was

Ruth’s at an age where she’s happy to sit in the sun under a patio umbrella and watch a line of ants

According to reports certain White House interns past, present and future are asking Americans not to vote for Hillary

Only the blind man with his leader dog and tapping cane stops when the homeless man standing near the curb

This just in. In metro St. Louis last night a woman gave birth to a boy in the bathroom of her second-floor apartment.

During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t