Sometimes it helps to learn a relative has died a close relative you haven’t seen in years and didn’t plan to see again because

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.

The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask

When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney

Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. “I’m going upstairs,” Hubert tells Ruth as he hois...

Sagebrush on Broadway a Big Mac wrapper tumbles softly down the street Donal Mahoney

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.

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

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,

Holiday Parties Millie comes home bawling from another holiday party and Willie asks what’s the problem. Millie says her friends are cheese…

A bright winter day and not a leaf left on this skeleton tree teeming with sparrows

Ten years ago, when they were tykes just in their 70s, Melvin used to tell Emma eat your Wheaties

He’s not among the quick and not among the dead. He’s somewhere in between he tells anyone who stops his wheelchair in the halls

Paddy Dineen enjoyed good health till his heart gave out while filling his cart in a health food store.