Donal Mahoney - Poet
Donal Mahoney, a native of Chicago, lives in St. Louis, MO. He has worked as an editor for The Chicago Sun-Times, Loyola University Press and Washington University in St. Louis. He has had poems published in or accepted by The Wisconsin Review, The Kansas Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Commonweal, Public Republic (Bulgaria), Gloom Cupboard (U.K.), Revival (Ireland), The Istanbul Literary Review (Turkey), Black-Listed Magazine, Opium 2.0, Calliope Nerve, Haggard and Halloo, Rusty Truck, Pirene’s Fountain (Australia) and other publications.
Be sure to stop by Dona’s blog:
THE GRAVEDIGGER’S SON, DONAL MAHONEY
Read Donal Mahoney’s poetry:
- Flicker Pink
- Mission Accomplished
- Shrimp in Lobster Sauce
- To a Neighbor Back from War
- Wedding Day
- The Prodigal
- Taxi Driver
- Kaleidoscope and Harpsichord
- Crackling Again
- Jimmy the Blind Man Says He’s in Love
- Consuela and Sean
- Collateral Damage
- Mostly Basie with a Little Bach
- PTSD
- Paddy Murphy’s Wake
- Parade in the Company Cafeteria
- An Agnostic’s Creed
- So Fingertips Kiss
- A Man with Children
- One Veteran’s Play
- Quincy, Illinois: 1962
- An Irish Enclave, 1956
- End of Summer
- The Old Padre and the Tarpon
- Officer Friendly
- Savannah Belle
- A Romeo’s Comeuppance
- Ash Wednesday
- Scenes from a Parish
- Hermit’s Confession
- Kissing Carol Ann




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Reader Comments (1)
Delightful, a fellow St. Louisan. Thank you so much for sharing your work with our readers. Beautiful piece.
~Michelle