Monday, July 28, 2014

Hummingbirds at Breakfast and War

›
Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Hummingbirds at Breakfast and War At breakfast hummingbirds are very rude They bully each other out o...

July is Not a Thinking Month

›
Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com July is Not a Thinking Month July is not a thinking month The heat and the humidity Fatigue the worl...

Dragonfly on Patrol

›
Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dragonfly on Patrol While droning through the midday heat On wings which wildly, swiftly beat A drag...

La Conquistadora

›
Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com La Conquistadora In the long ago La Conquistadora Conquered us, without conquering at all; She sits...

Llano Estacado

›
Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Llano Estacado Escarpments and grasses forever and ever Alive beneath the grey forever-sky, Creation...

A Full Moon over New Mexico

›
Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com A Full Moon over New Mexico Part of the fascination with the San Antonio chain of missions (Nuestra S...

The Lonesome Dove Cooking Show

›
Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Cooking with Gus and the Captain Popular novels and Orwellian telescreen programs such as Downton Abb...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Votive Candles

›
Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   Votive Candles   For Abbie and ‘Zander   They haven’t been penny c...

Stopping by Commas on a Snowy Evening

›
Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com 6 July 2014   Stopping by Commas on a Snowy Evening   An acquaintance, d...

Sitting on the Porch with Zombies and Robert Duvall

›
Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com 10 July 2014   Sitting on the Porch with Zombies and Robert Duvall   Tho...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

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

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

Animal Sanctuary

›
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

›
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

›
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

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

Saint Anthony of Padua

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

See Quebec by Helicopter

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

When Taliban Need a Feel-Good Moment

›
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

›
(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

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