He wants to do certain things he should have done before old age and illness reaped their harve… The doctor gives him days perhaps a week to breathe

Your life as explained in your letter recently received is very difficult to read. It’s been 40 years since we last saw each other or talked. Most of your problems I knew nothing about....

And so I’ll tell old Max, and maybe he will listen, it’s time to call the plumber in and tell him,

It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us

When Normal Norman takes his seat in Room 220 in Dumbach Hall to hear the eminent Dr. Engelhard… recite Beowulf again, Norman knows that he can suck

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

A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney

Harley turned 70 the other day and died riding his motorcycle through a pink dawn,

On their 50th anniversary Sammy gave Dolly a necklace and told his darling wife that if they lived long enough one of them would wake

Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold

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,

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

After the Inauguration, perhaps he will take his family on vacatio… Hawaii’s an oasis during the winte… But in time he’ll watch for someth… that will challenge his skill set.

Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain