A group of older men gather once a week to talk about life after a heart attack. Old Len chews tobacco still and tells jokes in a voice so low

Paul was at the office when the first atomic bomb fell and when Muntz TVs replaced console radios and the first man landed on the mo… He saw the first big computers tru…

The two weeks I spent in that small town on assignment, I saw no blacks except for two older women regal in every way,

Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues

On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be

River rafting in Montana is a fine way to spend your vacation but it’s not the same as river rafting in Zimbabwe.

Ducktail haircut back in the Fifties made you a rebel without a cause with all your friends.

If you’re a reprobate in recovery you have to be careful what you do… You’re no different than an alcoho… always in danger of falling again. At least an alcoholic has a diseas…

We write the stories of our lives between the bookends of birth and death They stay on the shelf

After 30 years together, Carol tells me late one evening in the manner of a quiet wife that I have yet to write a poem about her, something she

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...

“Screw the Vernal Equinox” is all Cootie Kelly ever says sitting triumphant with his foaming glass of Guinness on the last stool at Maggie’s