Category Unpublished Poems

Coloring Together Grownups should color pictures after days that press down hard and make them feel like grapes must feel when their shapes are changed to make others happy… Coloring inside the lines takes practice and a smooth,  even hand, and it takes an eye for color; when to use bright, luminous shades and when

Irish Shoes There was this Irishman, you see, who lied a bit; or you might say, slipped off the truth when relating a tale, as was his custom, particularly about his great skills as the lover of his wife; and how she waited anxiously each night as he undressed – and how he would sit

Triple Play A father might think, watching these rarest of actions on a sand lot field, that his boy had suddenly achieved hero status amongst his peers. He might grin the widest of grins watching the game ending play. There is some credit he might take; after all, he taught this boy how to throw