The editor of the school paper came at the appointed hour and found the old poet in his backyard alert in a lawn chair with a

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

A little boy from the city down on the farm for a day wanders away to look at the sheep and finds a bull

You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in

Maury’s wife frets about growing old withering up and sagging so it’s up to Maury

Walking very slowly, ancient Wall… right behind his ancient Molly who… stepping down the garden path, her first time out in weeks, wobbly still on her new knee.

Fred’s a reasonable man something he takes pride in. Just the other night before he threw a dish against the wall while

This black moth flew in the front door of the living room the other night and has been up

The soup kitchen opens an hour late. The rain finally stops and the hungry file in. They’ve had a long wait.

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

Alvin didn’t want to be anybody else. He didn’t want to be himself either. Money wasn’t a problem.

I can’t speak for other men but as I grow older I have found listening to my wife makes life easier. So when she said we should move to a retirement community while we’re still in reaso...

Snow on Christmas Day. As I walk out with bird seed birds cry Santa’s here. Donal Mahoney

I’m not saying my father hated the English, God forbid. If he were still alive, he’d hate to hear me say that. He’d correct me right away and say he didn’t hate the English. Truth be to...