Tuesday, February 23, 2016

How Lovely Not to be in Jail Tonight - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com How Lovely Not to be in Jail Tonight How lovely not to be in jail tonight And have to share a smal...

Snakes are on the Move - op-ed

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Snakes are on the Move Snakes are on the move. I saw my first snake of the spring in my yard the ...
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Murus Durus - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Someone asked if I could write a poem about a classroom wall: Murus Durus It’s hard to snuggle ...

And Would You Hand Me My Cigarettes? - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com And Would You Hand Me My Cigarettes? Idleness should be an honored vocation Practiced by layabouts...
Monday, February 15, 2016

What Are You Giving Up For Lent? - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com What are you giving up for Lent? What are you giving up for Lent? Well? What? ...

"World Economy in Death Spiral" - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com “World Economy in Death Spiral” In cold and slanting February light A poor tenacious leaf gives up...

Unconnected Mutterings in Search of a Thesis - op-ed maybe

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Unconnected Mutterings in Search of a Thesis Meryl Streep, who has won three Academy Awards ™, compl...
Sunday, February 7, 2016

I and II Casseroles - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com I and II Casseroles Mrs. Cohen and Mrs. Ionas Slipped quietly out of the women’s side Of the old C...

The Chinese Groundhog Flips its Shadow - op-ed kinda /sorta

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Chinese Groundhog Flips its Shadow Americans are a people of faith. We believe that if a bunch ...
Saturday, February 6, 2016

Christmas Lights in February - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com (Of indolence I have not taken down the lights on the back porch. Louisiana ‘Cajun acquaintances advi...
Friday, February 5, 2016

Descent - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Descent The moon has not yet risen above the trees Nor has the frost yet fallen upon the fields Ja...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Cleopatra's Royal Barge - op-ed

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Queen Cleopatra’s Royal Barge Palace courtiers are even now ensuring that their next master wil...
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...