The bog above Bob Gordon’s bog is where they found the body of an older man floating like a canoe among the lily pads. He was covered with crustaceans.

Before the Inauguration the man must divest himself of his stocks and bonds close every hotel he owns lay off hundreds of employees

Sleet on the turnpike in the middle of the night but I keep driving, both hands on the wheel, nowhere to pull off,

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

Miss Goody Two-Shoes’ sweaters aren’t too tight, skirts aren’t too straight and heels aren’t too high. She’s a swan gliding

Bill would come every Sunday to his mother’s house after a tough divorce. He’d bring his laundry for his mother to do and then he’d devour the roast beef dinner she always made for him....

As autumn turns colder there’s only one moth fluttering at midnight around the porch light. He’s the last of the flock

An odd bobcat my father was looked more like a Siamese asleep in his recliner

This is Granny in the Ozarks call… Please come down before spring goes away for summer. The geese are coming through and landing on the pond

I was out of control, spinning on the whirligig of youth, giddy to be caught in what Kerouac called “the whole mad swirl

I never remember year to year but then some morning in March I’ll walk out in the yard

Spread 'Em for Anyone Edna had always had trouble with men. It started in high school when Ed… big for her age, hosted the soccer… one by one, provided they won.

It started with a smirk she managed to arrest. It returned seconds later in a sneer she pulled back but then it appeared again

Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…