Sunday, January 31, 2016

For Otto Rene Castillo - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com For Otto Rene Castillo “…and there burned away in them…tenderness and life” From “Intelectuales Ap...
Friday, January 29, 2016

A Proletarian Fellowship of Death - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Proletarian Fellowship of Death To have been lost in Indo-China is A core, a center asymmetrical ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

For Ngo Dinh Diem - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com For Ngo Dinh Diem No flame eternal burns over your lost grave Unknown beneath an hourly parking lot...

Unfinished Lines - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Unfinished Lines January is an unfinished line An incomplete cover judged by its book A door ajar,...
Monday, January 25, 2016

Axioma Vulgare - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Axioma Vulgare The stars benignly shine upon the earth And earth is not alien to itself Yu-Kiang c...

Because the Queen is More Powerful than the King? - column

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Because the Queen is More Powerful than the King? “I want no more thinking!” -Henry V in Jean Anou...
Saturday, January 23, 2016

Humility Unbidden - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Humility Unbidden Humility comes upon us when it will Bidding us rise from ill-remembered dreams T...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Road Breakfast - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Road Breakfast Greasy spoons are a little too clean these days After the sweet incense of cigarette...

Ella's Unicorns - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Ella’s Unicorns There is no reason why pale unicorns Should not cavort in frosty fields at night O...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Nancy Drew, Multi-Cultural Young Person Detective - essay

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Nancy Drew, Multi-Cultural Young Person Detective CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller, channel...
Sunday, January 17, 2016

The Yet-Again Catholic Literary Revival That's Really, Really Going to Take Off This Year - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Yet-Again Catholic Literary Revival That’s Really, Really Going to Take off This Year There’s ...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Romantic Arctic Frogs - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Romantic Arctic Frogs Are frogs cold-blooded? Or merely stupid? A freeze tonight – and they’re pla...
Monday, January 11, 2016

Coins and Raindrops - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Coins and Raindrops There is much to be said for January: The barn coat in whose pockets you find c...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Closing the Air France Loophole

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Closing the Air France Loophole “We are glad the Dauphin is so pleasant with us.” - Henry V Shoul...

Liturgical Dance - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Liturgical Dance The liturgy has always served as dance Timed to the courteis of the universe Chor...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Feast of the Epiphany This Year - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Feast of the Epiphany This Year If the Three Kings were to visit today They’d need the proper pap...

Sunlight Falling Upon a Cinder Block Wall - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Sunlight Falling Upon a Cinder Block Wall Each sunrise falls like blessings, slowly down A wall of lo...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Bishops on Monastic Retreat - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Bishops on Monastic Retreat A few spiky mitres among the cowls - One hopes holy bishops don’t pinch t...

Octave Sunday - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Octave Sunday The bishops say this is Epiphany This silvery-grey Sunday in the Octave With church la...

The Coyotes Have Taken the Night Off - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Coyotes Have Taken the Night Off Winter at last - the night is silent and cold The moon and stars...