Sunday, June 29, 2014

"I am Haunted by Humans" - Yet Another Review of THE BOOK THIEF

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   “I am Haunted by Humans”   The Book Thief , by Markus Zusak, is quite a...

Animal Sanctuary

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Animal Sanctuary An ordinary lawn, an old oak tree Beneath it at dusk baby bunnies hop An...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Cricket Choir Practice

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Cricket Choir Practice V: Ratchet…ratchet…ratchettttttttttt. Ratchet…ratchet…ratchettttttttttt. ...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

The Theory and Practice of Summer

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Theory and Practice of Summer In theory, Summer is capitalized As a sovereign kingdom of happin...
Monday, June 23, 2014

War Correspondent

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com War Correspondent A helicopter skeetered bravely in And pitched and yawed against the...

Saint Anthony of Padua

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Saint Anthony of Padua People are always losing things: Their keys, their books, thei...

See Quebec by Helicopter

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   See Quebec by Helicopter   Clever folks, those Quebecois – twice this sprin...

When Taliban Need a Feel-Good Moment

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com When Taliban Need a Feel-Good Moment In Qatar (pronounced “Gutter”) last week, a brash young reporter...
Monday, June 16, 2014

An Unkind Review of W. H. Auden's FOR THE TIME BEING: A CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

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(And one wants to like anything by W. H. Auden) Yesterday I finished W. H. Auden’s For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio , which, if i...
Thursday, June 12, 2014

An Abandoned Classroom

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Lawrence Mack Hall Mhall46184@aol.com An Abandoned Classroom Young dreams, now scattered fragments on the floor: A little handle int...

One Happy Raindrop

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com One Happy Raindrop You’re working in the heat of a summer day A little raindrop falling from far a...

At the Convenience Store

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com At the Convenience Store “Hi, sexy!” croaks a woman, her bourbon voice Clinging desperately to a c...

Socially Engaged Poetry

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Socially Engaged Poetry As an effective tool for advocacy Creating partnerships and sharing skills...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Titanic was Sunk by a Bilderberg

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Shhhhh - Titanic was Sunk by a Bilderberg Albino rabbis, the Illuminati, Protocols of the Elders of ...

Air Canada

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Air Canada To the tune of “O Canada!” Air Canada! Your planes do not have cans! Bladder control i...

A Summer Cold

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Mack Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com A Summer Cold How tiresome is a summer cold: A nose that drips like ill-kept drains A catalogue of ...

Anna Apples

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Mack Hall, HSG Anna Apples Sweet Anna apples fall from trees in June Like childhood summer days gliding to earth From silvery-grey clo...

Doctor Lazenby and His Errant DeSoto

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Doctor Lazenby and His Errant DeSoto The first famous DeSoto, a fellow by the name of Hernando, got l...

This is the Army, Princess Jones

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com This is the Army, Princess Jones This is the Army, Princess Jones No private rooms or telephones Yo...

Outlaw Operatics

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Outlaw Operatics A recent music review assures the reader that a genre known as outlaw country is ali...