Monday, May 26, 2014

Decoration Day

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com 26 May 2014 Decoration Day Poor graves are decorated well enough: Spring sunlight falls in halos on th...
Saturday, May 3, 2014

The Sea-Road to Constantinople

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com The Sea-Road to Constantinople For Tod on his Birthday A coastal lugger wallows in the waves Almo...

King Herod Recycles

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com King Herod Recycles How many dead Canadian babies does it take to make a pot of coffee? In Oregon the ...

Hitler's Teacup

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Hitler’s Teacup According to Canada’s National Post, a furniture outlet in Germany has been selling...

Passover, a Blood Moon, and a Debt

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Passover, a Blood Moon, and a Debt On Passover, we will see a (gasp) Blood Moon in the sky, and so ...

The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Knife Collection

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Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Knife Collection The first exhibit at the new George W. Bush...

The Pegwinders

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com The Pegwinders There are music lovers who would almost rather gnaw off an arm than endure yet anot...
Monday, March 31, 2014

The First Hummingbird of Spring

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The First Hummingbird of Spring O wing’ed messenger of innocence, Aloft among the pollinating flowe...

Hey, Nice Little Suitcase You Got Here. Hate to See Anything Happen to It.

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Hey, Nice Little Suitcase You Got Here.   Hate to See Anything Happen to It. ...
Monday, March 24, 2014

Ode to a Dead Coral Snake in the Road

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Ode to a Dead Coral Snake in the Road (Where do the Neurotoxins Go?) Red and yellow kill a fellow...

High Noon at the Bird Feeder

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com High Noon at the Bird Feeder A little dog, a streak of dachshund red, Across the grass speeds to a ...

Bipolar Vortex

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Bipolar Vortex Global warming? The concept’s tired and old, For one only knows that today is cold. ...

The Frogs of January

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Frogs of January Have the frogs of January lost their minds? This is the season of reptilian sl...

What Do the Trees Talk About

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com What do the Trees Talk About? A damp wind blustering from the east Says nothing for itself but sets...

Seven Silent Buzzards

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Seven Silent Buzzards Some seven or so so-silent buzzards Lurk in the pine-tops in the last of the ...

Longbows and Rosary Beads

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Longbows and Rosary Beads For Pearl of Tyburn Our happy England is Our Lady’s dowry An island of ...

Deep Dusk

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Deep Dusk A skeleton of dead black branches frame The falling sliver of January moon While an owl’...

Lenin's Dream

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Lenin’s Dream Imagine slaves buying their chains Proudly bragging about their chains Prettily deco...

Canary in a Coal Mine

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Canary in a Coal Mine If a canary dies, who notices? One little bird, of no significance - Except ...

Semester Exam

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Semester Exam Fluorescents flicker and fall upon bowed heads And printed letter-paper, organized B...