She lives by a lake. After a heavy snow she looks out the window and sees black swans in a long, straight line

Every evening, up in my rooom, I try to finish a poem but Chicago is hot and it’s better outside,

Old barber shop in a neighborhood never posh now poor. A single chair with an ancient barber

How many times have I said I’m through teasing myself, through pretending I don’t enjoy the wreath of a woman

Virgil comes to group therapy every week in his pick-up truck with his dog, Buster, standing in the bed of the truck. The sessions are held for veterans of Korea and Vietnam. Quite a fe...

I’ll have to ask some preacher what if he comes when it’s inconvenient when I’m bowling or lifting a stein of lager

According to reports certain White House interns past, present and future are asking Americans not to vote for Hillary

On their honeymoon he asked her not to sit down. Might bruise the peaches. Donal Mahoney

Pistols in holsters very early this morning. She’s wearing a bra Donal Mahoney

On Saturday mornings several bowed citizens gather on the sidewalk outside the clinic to read the Bible and pray.

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.

Jesse was a common man he never made a lot of money he had a troubled marriage. His wife left him for another man he never saw his kids again.

In 1920 he came on a boat from Ireland and found his way through Ellis Island. He found a room in a boarding house