Great Regulars: Choice of Diseases

by Hal Sirowitz

Correcting an Unbalance
by Hal Sirowitz

Choice of Diseases

Now that I'm sick & have

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Choice of Diseases by Hal Sirowitz

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A Father's Pain
by Larry Smith

My father ignored his pain,

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: A Father's Pain by Larry Smith

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Have You Met Miss Jones?
by Charles Simic

I have. At the funeral

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Have You Met Miss Jones? by Charles Simic

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Honey, Can You Hear Me
by James Tate

Alison stared into the mirror and combed her hair. How

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Honey, Can You Hear Me by James Tate

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In Early Spring
by Larry Smith

April Prayer
by Stuart Kestenbaum

In Early Spring

Road catkins, russet and tan, let the

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: In Early Spring by Larry Smith

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Lies My Mother Told Me
by Elizabeth Thomas

If you keep eating raw spaghetti

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Lies My Mother Told Me by Elizabeth Thomas

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Thoreau and the Toads
by David Wagoner

After the spring thaw, their voices ringing

from Garrison Keillor: The Writer's Almanac: Thoreau and the Toads by David Wagoner

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