My wife’s upset because I won’t answer the phone in the middle of the night even though the phone’s on my side of the bed.
You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in
I never think about bison. After all, I live in St. Louis, why should I? But when I went hunting for quail in Montana
Two doves on a telephone wire wait tor the blue jays to finish e… bread put out for the birds. When the jays arrived, sparrows fled into the trees
One by one young nurses crisp in their white caps bring the old folks out crumpled in their wheelchairs from this towering building
There are poems everywhere but you have to find them, a teacher told my class long ago. I was a kid sitting at a desk, cowlicks sprouting from my scalp,
Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney
The old man crossing the street has a bad limp we try to ignore. No one wants to look
Every time we have a big election in America, my wife of many years asks me if I’m going to vote in the primary although she knows I never do because one has to decl…
In 1961, Newton Minow said television is a vast wasteland. I was reading four papers a day th… and seldom watched television, had no opinion on what he said.
Millie calls the hotel at midnight to tell Willie he didn’t do anythi… It’s the way he didn’t do anything… that’s the problem because a man d… send a girl yellow roses on Valent…
Some say none. Others say one. Some say three in one and then say one of the three
Sagebrush on Broadway a Big Mac wrapper tumbles softly down the street Donal Mahoney
Willie has mixed emotions about homeless Syrians coming to America but his wife Millie says we should take them in.
In two more hours I’ll have to sh… shave and coffee-prop my lids and otherwise prepare for day. It’… and now the barkeep, Griggs, is rushing me, the first