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

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

He tried so hard to be everybody’s friend, agreed with everything we said. Some of us liked him, others were indifferent,

After the TV mavens had their say the gnomes crept out of their cave… spoke and returned to their caves. Thunder struck, hell broke loose and the mavens came back on TV

Alive just one week, the Luna moth plastered to my screen door under porch light is pale green and beautiful.

Being poor on our patch of land was better than being poor all the years I’ve lived in the ci… We had a couple of cows, a rooster and seven hens.

Young hummingbird swirls and darts to the red feeder. Black cat waits below. Donal Mahoney

Wally made the long drive home from vacation on Election Day because he wanted to vote. He went for a jog and then to the… and cast his vote for his candidat…

For some nervous wrecks a pill or two might help. For others

They were always close Mom and Faye No father around Mom painted flowers Faye planted them

When ancient Elmer was young and dashing and on the prowl, he would wait for a phone call about love or anger from someone important to him at the time. Over the years more than a few w...

I never remember year to year but then some morning in March I’ll walk out in the yard