Corner Saloon

Lyrics and vocal by Gordon Hickey, music by Jack Ryan Sullivan

Walton Lake Deer

Sitting on the back deck Just about thirty minutes after A downpour that blew through With a passing front, Rainwater…

November, 2016

The ice arrived sometime just past midnight leaving them perplexed and leaderless as parking lot sparrows. Morning hit them like…

Accommodation

  At midday we sit gently Swaying against the gunwales And watch a dragonfly Tip rod after rod and sit…

Old Pitcher

Yesterday we threw away the pitcher you gave me 40 years ago, a token. We had used it to store…

The Cat and the Old Man

    The boy is standing at the kitchen sink drinking his coffee when it occurs to him the cat…

Urban Animals

Pigeons Your letter arrived today from Zanzibar. The hand was yours, but the ink had gone green, victim of the…

Aurora

I’m only a reporter now. I only sit and write the things that other people tell me and try not…

The Matador of Oak Street

This story previously appeared in Cream City Review My stylish beret worn at a cocky angle, my sunglasses pushed firmly…