It’s climate change, the professor says, that’s causing all the hurricanes and floods, wildfires and tornadoes,
The beauty of gray I never noticed until the other day I saw this mockingbird, a quiet beauty in gray,
On holidays I hear from Paul, who’s 80 if a day, who may have won his war on poverty without help from his friends. He won’t accept a cent.
Long article in the paper this morning stops Tim from gobbling his bacon and eggs. Bears are starving in the woods. Too many cubs, too little food.
This just in. In metro St. Louis last night a woman gave birth to a boy in the bathroom of her second-floor apartment.
In the fourth grade too many moons ago a reassuring teacher looked over my shoulder and said not to worry about
It will be a while before Fred’s hometown has its annual food drive, he told me. That’s an important event because it helps stock the pantry at the small charity where he volunteers. Ri...
Walt told the cops later his moods come and go like crows on the high wire above his art studio. They land in a swoop,
A poor man comes to the door after the storm last winter and asks if he can have something to eat if he shovels the walk. You say forget about the snow.
A student asks the old poet why he has spent so many years writing. The old poet says no one’s asked him that before. He needs a minute to answer.
Outside, the still of crickets. Inside, petals of a cold sore foliate,
Beautiful lady in the checkout lan… is spotted by Roscoe, a wealthy ma… wandering in Walmart. He admires her chocolate hair, bonbon eyes, vanilla creme complexion, a walk
The priest had been here earlier a… and relatives and friends in singl… “Sorry for your troubles,” one by… bending over Maggie Murphy, silen… a foot or so from Paddy, resplende…
Pete’s never needed anything from childhood on. His parents had it all and gave it to him so it’s hard for him to understand why
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
