a senryu
He’s at least 70 now and has never forgotten his childhood. He lives with that child every day… He remembers that Thanksgiving Da… his family had parched field corn
Far away and long ago stuff happened in Gramps’ life that he’d like to forget but he can’t, even though he can’t always remember what he had for breakfast, lunch or dinner. But anything...
He likes people if they are useful. Women are useful. Employees are useful. Voters are useful.
We worry so much because we’re nice people. We want to find a way to feed the poor house the poor
We write the stories of our lives between the bookends of birth and death They stay on the shelf
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.
The longer I live the greater Mar… compared with those who have tried… The man had integrity, guts, ideas… It was heartbreaking in the Sixti… filled with hope for change in Ame…
Many decades ago when I was a kid we always expected rain at 3 p.m. on Good Friday said to be the hour
On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be
You’re standing on a window ledge on the 50th floor of your building… It’s Valentine’s Day in Manhatta… clouds cruising, sun everywhere, a nice breeze tossing your hair,
What we are not who we are matters to the world. Who we are not what we are
A doctor by day Ralph spends his nights ordering tulip bulbs from Holland beautiful and rare
Beautiful lady in the checkout lan… is spotted by Roscoe, a wealthy ma… wandering in Walmart. He admires her chocolate hair, bonbon eyes, vanilla creme complexion, a walk
As we know, sometimes we can see the big picture by peeking through a keyhole. And in America today perhaps we can see better the state of innocence among young children by looking at a...
He should have married someone, James tells himself at 80 coughing in bed with the flu. He remembers very well that Miranda was a nice girl.
