It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney

Niagara Falls her silver hair so long it bounces off the swan

It’s not the same as seeing the po… in Bangladesh on PBS and hearing Gwen or Judy tell us about them b… the poor in Bangladesh scream in s… brown and gaunt and hollow-eyed.

I know very little about computers but I use one for basic needs. Poems, stories, not much more. Like some nice women I’ve known, I’ve discovered computers

Jill’s assignment as a new reporter was to interview an old bell ringer standing next to a red kettle outside a Walmart. Her editor had told her the man has been ringing the bell every ...

I told my wife the other night when she came back to bed my feet were cold so now’s the time for me to tell her not to bury me or burn me

Carnage rolls across the sand amid the silence of imams Women raped,

It’s not Clyde who sleeps in a different doorway every night to avoid the cops and it’s not Wayne who sleeps in the

Twin sons in different cities decked out in new suits fly home for the holidays arrive at the airport

The weather report the night before said a foot of snow maybe more, heavy and wet.

Martin, a very senior citizen, wants to get a bucket and knife and go hunt up some greens in a field in Alabama. But in spite of his yearnings for a big bowl of greens, he knows his wif...

In the glow of the porch light one moth a final fandango nowhere to go

Six months ago an old black couple moved into an old brick house on a block of old white people. A dither erupted over the fences

They are a certain way certain ladies are today no matter where they are summer, fall winter, spring even

Perhaps there should be a hard rock band called myasthenia gravis. A rare disease for which there is no cure, MG doesn’t kill anyone right away but unmanaged it’s hard to live with. In ...