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Donal Mahoney

Donal Mahoney

Tulips and Cowlicks

In a yard abandoned
this winter when
the owner moved
 
grass is growing
this spring
but not too well
 
tufts and cowlicks
sprouting up all over
a disaster in the eyes
 
of neighbors who spot
one thing however
they’d like to have
 
in their own yard.
Tulips tall and brilliant
among the cowlicks
 
tulips red and yellow
singing their hearts out
to blue sky and sun
 
 
Donal Mahoney

Autres oeuvres par Donal Mahoney...
Flotsam and Jetsam

They’re usually poor people, sometimes considered the flotsam of society, always in the way at the grocery store,
A Fine Kettle of Fish

I don’t know if I’ll vote for president this year, something I’ve always done since 1960 when I turned old
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Dancing on the Fourth of July

All that hair trapped in a braid silver to the waist Opal this morning nude in the mirror
Mixed Couple on the Morning Train

Because he works in an office and… and because she who tans anyway ha… returned from a week at the Beach, the commuters are certain she’s no… yet they rustle in their seats.
A Good-Hearted Editor

He publishes poems by writers who find no publishers elsewhere. They suffer rejection and he gives them hope.
Slip of a Thing

Millicent was the daughter who danced ballet and sang until she met Butchie on a rainy day. He was in coveralls and cowboy hat and fixed
A Widow a Year Now

She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he
A Piece of Fruit Every Morning

This morning Len sections his bre… with the knife he bought in Paris… on his honeymoon. He bought it fro… at a street market selling every k… beautiful creations he said he mad…
 1
An Odd Bobcat

An odd bobcat my father was looked more like a Siamese asleep in his recliner
Haberdasher’s Thoughts

The haberdasher has that season of the year he rids his racks, his bins of oddments. I have no season of the year
Priest and Prostitute

The old priest who won’t retire despite his bishop’s hints rides his bike around the parish every day for exercise. He waves and smiles at everyone
 1
A Ticket to Somewhere

When I was eight I jumped off a roof as if I had a parachute and broke a leg. He was there when I landed,
A Little Boy Who Won’t Go Away

He’s at least 70 now and has never forgotten his childhood. He lives with that child every day… He remembers that Thanksgiving Da… his family had parched field corn
Aretha Has an Announcement

Noon meal at the nursing home and everyone is there chowing down and talking. Before dessert is served there’s an announcement to be made
A Trip to the City

He lives at the edge of a forest and loves all the different trees. He comes to the city for food and basic necessities. He hates the long drive



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