Sally wore only a short, sheer, red robe that had black hearts and black roses woven in. Feeling nippy, she closed the second-story window and lost herself while watching the February white snow cover the red. The drag marks leading into the black woods b...
It was 4:30 in the afternoon when Ted Newsom stood at the front doors to his old high school. He hadn’t seen the school since he graduated and left for college. A few people were milling around, but no one noticed him as he reminisced. “It’s been twenty-s...
I could have cried, or at least roared out in pain and anguish. I wanted to beat my chest and bellow to the skies, howling out my frustration. The e-mail from Gaynor stabbed at my heart, sliced me open and exposed me as a conceited, arrogant fool. At leas...
Over dinner - one of Veronica’s casserole creations which pleased the taste buds but left me in the dark as to all of its ingredients - she suddenly asked, “Do you miss having sex?” My wine glass was at my lips but I paused and looked across the dining ta...
I blinked, leaned forward to peer at the message on my computer screen, and then settled back into my chair. I shook my head and muttered, “Well I never.” I’d been quite stunned when I saw the name in my inbox, didn’t really believe it was true. Then I cl...
(Note: This poem was written many years ago and recently found)Though dreams are dim and distant I remember:Across the field the swallows swept the grain,And Autumn on the hillside lay to slumber,While shadows browsed like cattle ‘til evening came.And whe...
