Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Now There Are Four - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Now There Are Four For Violet Maria Petty Born on the Commemoration of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, 2...

Bonfire Deferred - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Bonfire Deferred If there is no Christmas bonfire this year And Epiphany drifts into January Lit onl...

Contra Julius and Gregory - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Contra Julius and Gregory A year does not fail, because there are no years There are only seasons dan...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Why We Love James Bond - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Why We Love James Bond He drives too fast, he drinks, he bets, He smokes too many cigarettes!

Peter's Pence - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Peter’s Pence After Belloc, The Path to Rome What capital did Saint Peter possess? A pair of shoes...

Bread of the Presence - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Bread of the Presence For Victoria, In thanks for a gift of challah For the people of the Word, and...

We Are One Debris - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com We Are One Debris A paper napkin with a turkey on it Discarded outside by an errant child Culturally...

Welding and Philosophy

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Lawrence Hall Hall, HSG Mhal46184@aol.com Welding and Philosophy Recently a candidate for public office stated that America needs fewer...

When Walls Suffer a Mussolini-as-a-Hippie Complex

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com When Walls Suffer a Mussolini Complex Can you remember the last time you visited someone’s house ...

Santa Claus Hijacks a Helicopter

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Santa Claus Being Bad Santa Claus began Advent by hijacking a helicopter in Brazil. A man dress...

Christmas - It's All About Stealing Other People's Exploding Stuff

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Christmas – It’s All About Stealing Other People’s Exploding Stuff Most people, the sort who have jobs...

Prince Albert's Christmas

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Prince Albert’s Christmas Even the best prepared among us cannot anticipate everything contingency, an...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

Thanksgiving - Places for Everyone

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Thanksgiving – Places for Everyone Somehow there are places enough for everyone A tectonic shifting o...

Aves Lost and Found - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Aves Lost and Found Like years one’s Aves softly slip away Across the lips and heart as songs of love...

The Chestnut Street Cafe - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Chestnut Tree Café Another glass or two of Victory gin A drag on a Victory cigarette A game of c...

Old Robes - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Old Robes “Lest our old robes sit easier than our new” -Macbeth II.iiii A re-sale blazer is liturgi...

Two Drowsy Old Dogs - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Two Drowsy Old Dogs The adventures are pretty much over now And the field gear was turned in long ago...

The Dying Romantic Mathematician - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Dying Romantic Mathematician “Your trapezoid is vectored to a sphere” She sighed, “and parallels ...

Halloween Storm - Poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Halloween Storm October’s wind and rain are being bad They beat against the windows and the walls De...

The Unbeliever's Rosary- Poem

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The Unbeliever’s Rosary On the Occasion of a Passing Say: Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Our thoughts and prayers are with yo...