a senryu
A sense of shame is missing in the world today. If you find it, burp Donal Mahoney
Because he works in an office and… and because she who tans anyway ha… returned from a week at the Beach, the commuters are certain she’s no… yet they rustle in their seats.
Melanie is from a small town and finds a job in a big city and meets Bill, the man she wants… marry so she calls Alice, her sist… older and married, for advice.
For years leprechauns lived under Pop’s fedora. They danced jigs on his head when he wore it and hid in his ears
Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up
In St. Louis young blacks carry guns like cell phones and use them often to shoot each other, as we read in the daily paper
It’s midnight in New York and in this tall building Herb and Molly are in bed making love. Molly is a virgin
My wife’s amazed when I station myself at the computer writing this or that despite a hound dog
Smitty isn’t Schulte. He doesn’t drive a Cadillac and doesn’t hit his wife often any more. Schulte, on the other hand,
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
Two grackles, black birds shiny and iridescent, nest again this year high and deep in our tall spruce.
Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
“You live long enough and bad stuff happens,” Harry told Stella, slurping his coffee. “I’m 94 next week."
Herb remembers when he was young he’d go to the doctor and complain about aches and pains and sniffles… Now he’s up in years and still goes to the doctor but never
Deep into a warm winter the Japanese red maple keeps her crown of brilliant leaves as if to prove to the evergreens especially that big blue spruce
