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

Otis was once a monk who took no vows, was free to leave the abbey and eventually he did. I met him over chicken wings

I understand what you mean when you say you’re alone and hope someone rings your bell day or night but that’s not the case with me.

For years Willie has saved his mo… investing it in stocks and bonds, waiting to sit in his recliner each quarter with a martini reviewing his profits.

A little boy from the city down on the farm for a day wanders away to look at the sheep and finds a bull

He likes people if they are useful. Women are useful. Employees are useful. Voters are useful.

If a marriage doesn’t work out you get a divorce and look for someone else. If a poem doesn’t work out you put it in a folder and

It wasn’t long after her mother died my wife asked if her father could live with us. We had an empty apartment upstairs. Dad wouldn’t be much trouble, she said. He was old now and had d...

You were gone when I got home at midnight from a double shift. Now you’re back,

If you arrive too early at the public library and stand on the steps with Mabel till the doors open

The blind artist paints life as he wants it to be a tranquil sky a big sun smiling everyone laughing.

Solid middle class he is always has been always will be until tomorrow on the highway

Liberal or conservative the questionnaire asks about migrants. Fred’s in the middle. Asked about The Wall

Little Nora and Grandpa Bill sit on swings in Grandma’s garden. A hummingbird arrives to sample the brilliant flowers at this buff… Grandpa Bill sees a teaching mome…

They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often