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
When bread is this good a morsel will suffice and when wine
He’s a chef today but Raj Patel was once a swami in another life and a mongoose twice in other lives as well. All this occurred in Bangalore
I don’t see her often since she died but when I do it’s eerie over there at dawn or dusk.
From my stool in the diner I watc… the old woman with elm tree arms command the big booth in back and roar for a menu, take a half hour to read it
Odd fellow who does odd jobs in the neighborhood four seasons of the year has disappeared in high summer and his customers are nervous.
I don’t know if I’ll vote for president this year, something I’ve always done since 1960 when I turned old
Some things you can’t undo. A remark, perhaps, you can retract or try to with an explanation. But a certain look can burn forever in the mind
Forget the fall equinox. Fall arrives when all the moths that dance on summer nights around the porch light disappear when the first cold dawn appears.
She’s been making quilts for half a century and he’s been making poems that long as well and every now and then he brings a chocolate shake to her place
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door
Newlyweds cuddle on a bench in their garden. A hummingbird pauses then enters a lily. They make love in public.
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
In the fourth grade too many moons ago a reassuring teacher looked over my shoulder and said not to worry about
First leaves of autumn. Slow parachutes this morning almost at the curb. Donal Mahoney