Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,

Since kindergarten Darius and Cla… have ridden the same bus to school from the city to way out in the su… They’re the only black kids in 8th… Their schoolmates have welcomed th…

Happened 40 years ago senior year of college they were engaged to marry in June till he dropped her off

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God, Jesus told his disciples.

Tommy is the only man for miles around who can knot a ti… Old farmers come to town on Satur… and wave from pickups with respect when they see Tommy on the street

When bread is this good a morsel will suffice and when wine

I have to hope America can trust and welcome them especially parents hiding children

If I owned a magazine I’d publish folks who agree with me as long as they remained abstract,

Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings

Reunions can happen and leave you speechless. I’m standing at a bank of elevators in a hospital going to visit my wife

Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.

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,

This morning I woke up early feelin’ good, feelin’ the way I felt 50 years ago, no aches, no pains, can’t wait to shower, hop on the El, go back to work,

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