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The ancient man with raspberry hives on his cheeks since childhood will live alone
Being bipolar isn’t easy but it’s tougher when you’re poor and have to walk rather than ride
Some say when daffodils shoot up Spring is here. It’s safe to put away your boots and shovels.
Where will the lovely lady go on her diurnal walk? One child in 30 years she bore, now they do not talk. Supple, firm, her lithe legs are,
You find old poems in the attic in a box with the Remington Rand you wrote them on in the Sixties before computers were born. They were published then in little
He saved money for years to vacation in the Everglades because he has degrees in the study of reptiles. He’s an expert at the zoo.
What if after Browne has gone one of us discovers who Browne was… leads the rally to his room before the maid has time to broom the web… retrieve from underneath the bed
If you live in North Dakota it’s hard to get all hot about global warming in the winter while you watch the snow clog your wipers and you
Tim Murnane was born to parents who lived in a small brick bungalow in a lower-middle class neighborhood in Chicago. His father worked as an electrician for Commonwealth Edison Company ...
When a young woman like that sails into the conference room, all masts billowing, there’s nothing the men around the table can do
When bread is this good a morsel will suffice and when wine
Rose was a plain girl from a small town. She sang in the choir, never missed Bible study, left for the big city
Cardinals bicker and knock seed from the feeder. Doves parade below. Donal Mahoney
If I knew I’d live forever I’d never send a poem out. No poem ever comes with ten fingers and ten toes so I’d keep revising, add
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.
