Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Eye of the Hamster

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com 29 August 2012 Eye of the Hamster Much national news writing is predicated on clichés, s...
Friday, August 24, 2012

Taos -- The Red-Willow People

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Red-Willow People The original Taos is not the plaza, but rather Taos Pueblo ( www....

Mack Sneers at the Olympic Torch

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com All Hail the Holy Flashlight The idea of thousands and thousands of obedientiaries rising...

Mack Sneers at the Olympic Torch

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com All Hail the Holy Flashlight The idea of thousands and thousands of obedientiaries rising...

Beach Bicycle Bingo in Galveston

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Beach Bicycle Bingo Lifeguards in Galveston are now armed with guns.   Perhaps those lit...

The USS Chik-Fil-A

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   Battleships and The Chik-Fil-A Wars Last week a much-watched political event was staged in V...

That Keep Calm and Carry On Thing

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   That Keep Calm and Carry On Thing In 1939 the English Ministry for Printing Posters (or som...

Alternative Prayer Before a Crucifix

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com Alternative Prayer Before a Crucifix Our little plastic boxes glow and blink, They wink, they clin...

The Frogs of August

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Frogs of August After surprising summer showers in A time of heat and dust and lethargy, Fo...

Vigil of the Assumption

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com Vigil of the Assumption We will forever venerate our Queen, Whom God Himself chose happily to be ...

Night Class

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com Night Class The moonless night presents a nothingness, As flickering cones of yellow light pursue ...

Liesl and the Egrets

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com Liesl and the Egrets   Neighbor Willie was mowing the August fields And to this tillage flew eg...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Chris and Deedra's Porch

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com Chris and Deedra’s Porch Porch-exiled with our beer and cigarettes We firmly urged the dogs, de...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Summer Doggerel

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com Summer School The blue fluorescent lights in summer are More hateful than in autumn, yes, by f...

Liesl-Dog

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com Liesl My little dachshund often yaps; At other times she sweetly naps

Pippa-Cat

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com Pippa-Cat Sweet Pippa-Cat was hot with lust So at the vet all that was fixed But now she’s o...

25 June: Saint William, Abbot

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com 25 June: Saint William, Abbot Saint William, Abbot, had a rabbit, who One hot day chose to che...

Studies Show

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com Studies Show Loud advertisements claim that studies show The need to buy their products, don’t...

An Old, Old Colossus

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com An Old, Old Colossus News item: corpses of stowaways found aboard a container ship Foul dar...

The Staretz

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Staretz In middle life the sunflower bends its head, No longer to the sun as in its youth,...