Sunday, March 29, 2015

The University as a Free-Fire Zone

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com The University as a Free-Fire Zone The Texas legislature has considered the problem of violence in un...
Saturday, March 28, 2015

Had Byron Lived a Few Years Longer

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Had Byron Lived a Few Years Longer V: She stalks in Makeup, like a fright Of Senior Specials and takeout fries; And all that’s worst o...
Friday, March 27, 2015

A Morning in March

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Morning in March This morning is a sonnet sweetly sung First by the breeze sighing through apple le...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The Morning Paper and a Cigarette

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Morning Paper and a Cigarette The morning paper and a cigarette, A cup of coffee to complete the ...

The Morning Paper and a Cigarette

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Morning Paper and a Cigarette The morning paper and a cigarette, A cup of coffee to complete the ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

The Great Gatsby

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The Tedious Gatsby, Old Sport I took up Gatsby, and I read, And now I’m glad that Gatsby’s dead.
Sunday, March 22, 2015

A Letter from France, 1919

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com A Letter from France, 1919 At an estate sale I considered buying an old letter, and decided not to. ...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

What Was in the White House Package?

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com What Was in the White House Package? That the Not-So-Secret Service seems to consist only of superann...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

A Funeral

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Funeral The hymns have been sung, and the Gospel read; We prayed for everyone except the dead
Friday, March 13, 2015

Old Karamazov

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Old Karamazov Young Karamazov – once upon a time Strolled dreaming through the happy hopes of youth ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Welcome to Texas

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Welcome to Texas Welcome to Texas no bathroom no no Museum closed left lane closed right lane closed ...

POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS POLICE LINE

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS POLICE LINE Another world beyond the yellow tape: Chaos and smoke, confusion...

Die Skihutte / The Ski Hut

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Die Skihutte Upon a shelf a tiny hut awaits Its tiny skiers on their holiday A tiny bench sits on th...

Dante

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dante Dante Alighieri Wasn’t very merry Whenever he didn’t feel well He imagined his enemies in (Ne...

A Flicker of Life

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Flicker of Life Movies are but flickering images Sometimes, to the observer, so is life

On the Desecration of Jewish Cemeteries in France

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com On the Desecration of Jewish Cemeteries in France An obscenity scrawled upon the gates Is Satan screa...

Muster

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Muster There is no American Legion hall It was sold long ago to pay the bills A few old men gather i...

Feeding the Beast

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Feeding the Beast The doors into the flames are open wide Now shovel that gossip into the fire Tittl...

President Jerry Judge Judy Genn Rush Kardashian

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com President Jerry Judge Judy Glenn Rush Kardashian This nation’s non-stop election cycle continues, alo...

Do Luddies Read?

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Do Luddites Read? If in the past a tyrant wanted to eliminate a book not acceptable to his ego or his...