Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney
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
A boy, maybe 5, dancing in the candy aisle of a megastore at 6 a.m., a month before Hallowee… is overjoyed by the harvest on every shelf, his caramel skin
Dither of blue jays bickering at the feeder. Doves eat well below Donal Mahoney
If you arrive too early at the public library and stand on the steps with Mabel till the doors open
Rudy in his wheelchair gets around pretty good. He has a good job and transportation via a special van. He shops at local stores and everyone is nice except at the drug store where the ...
Summer evenings after the news at 6 p.m. the Widow Murphy comes out of her tiny bungalow and sits on her front porch swing
Melanie cried for hours the day a drunk driver ran over her dog a week after she had an abortion. She loved that dog so much she told her mother she knew
Fred’s a reasonable man something he takes pride in. Just the other night before he threw a dish against the wall while
If one could store them in the attic without stir and turn to other things, to picking fruit, perhaps, or seeding it, one could afford
Time’s a jet plane when you’re young. You go to school get a good job marry someone nice
Last night my recliner broke. I used the lever to lean back and I went way back, almost heels over head. A shock. I hate going to the recliner store
My wife likes to garden. She’s crazy about roses, lilies and daisies. She says I should get out in the garden and weed.
He remembers loving her lost in an orchard peaches, pears, apricots falling on his head every day
We hung suet out on the deck today hoping the wrens would come and stay the winter,
