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Snowing outside,
and the boy in short pants
swings a broom.
He’s at bat
in his room
that’s a park
for the other boy
smaller and kneeling
waiting his turn
for the Sun,
maybe Spring,
whichever comes first.
The poem first appeared in The National Catholic Reporter.
Used here with the author's permission.
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Donal Mahoney (1938 - 2017), the son of Irish immigrants, grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He later lived in St. Louis, Missouri. Donal spent the early ‘70s actively submitting poems to print journals and enjoyed some success. He then took a 35-year hiatus from poetry to work as an editor of prose at such lofty establishments as the Chicago Sun-Times, Loyola University Press, and Washington University in St. Louis. Upon retirement, Donal took to his recliner, and was perfectly happy reading and listening to Gregorian chant all day. After three years, however, his wife bought Donal a computer and showed him where the boxes of still-unpublished poems had been stored in the basement for many years. Thus Donal began actively submitting again in June 2008. See more of his work at http://booksonblog12.blogspot.com/.
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ed werstein:
A beauty, Donal.
Posted 01/13/2015 08:18 AM
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Gary Busha:
Yes. I like the boys unnamed.
Posted 01/13/2015 05:49 AM
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