Sunday, March 2, 2014

The Banana-Gat Song

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Banana-Gat Song   A man wearing a banana suit and carrying a Kalashniko...

Tejas y Libertad Para Siempre!

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Tejas y Libertad Para Siempre!   This Sunday is the 178 th anniversary of ...

By the Smart Phone's Early Light

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   By The Smart Phone’s Early Light   Any nation is perceived both by its own peopl...

If I Had a Hammer - and Sickle

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   If I Had a Hammer - and Sickle   To paraphrase an old wheeze, last month th...
Monday, January 13, 2014

High Noon at the Bird Feeder

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com High Noon at the Bird Feeder A little dog, a streak of dachshund red, Across the grass speeds to a s...

Not Toll Bridges, But Troll Bridges

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Not Toll Bridges, but Troll Bridges “In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. N...
Friday, January 10, 2014

The Frogs of January

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com The Frogs of January Have the frogs of January lost their minds? This is the season of reptilian sle...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Floyd Gaffney and James Avery

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Floyd and James Okay, I did not address Dr. Gaffney as Floyd; he was the director and a brilliant man...
Monday, December 30, 2013

And Then a Light Bulb Didn't Come On

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com And Then a Light Bulb Didn’t Come On The Christmas casualties have hardly been processed through tria...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Winter Dawn

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For our Mothers on Christmas Eve

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Mack Hall mhall46184@aol.com For our Mothers on Christmas Eve Beyond all other nights, on this strange Night, A strangers’ star, a si...

Christmas in the China Seas

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Christmas in the China Seas In the run-up to Christmas, cult leaders Martha Stewart and Kim Jong Un have b...

A Watching Star

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com A Watching Star On Christmas Eve in Bethlehem the Holy Family were put through a rough time, but the...
Sunday, December 8, 2013

How do You Solve a Problem Like Maria Critics?

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com How do You Solve a Problem like Maria Critics? Last week Carrie Underwood was told, over and over, th...
Monday, December 2, 2013

The Pig Stand, Beaumont, Texas, 2007 (photograph)

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The Sky to Moc Hoa

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Sky to Moc Hoa The sky to Moc Hoa is hazily blue, Layered between Heaven and heat. The damp Rots eve...

Let's Put the Friday Back into Black Friday

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Let’s Put the Friday Back into Black Friday Two figures scrambled through the smoke and rubble under ...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Poetic Shutdown

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Poetic Shutdown As lonely iambs roam cold, empty streets, The sky is red with burning anapests, And...

The Sacred White Bowl of Our People

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com The Sacred White Bowl of Our People A man may think himself a king, a god, The master of his mind, i...

Autumn - a Variant

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Autumn – a variant In some confusion, laughing through the leaves, Wild, giddy Autumn, her hair dish...