Tuesday, March 29, 2016

An Unscheduled Existential Stop - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com An Unscheduled Existential Stop Worn-out old khakis, old shirt, and old shoes Coffee maker singing ...
Friday, March 25, 2016

The Mysterious Closed Maybe and Unclosed Maybe Interstate - a three-dot column

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com The Mysterious Closed Maybe and Unclosed Maybe Interstate This was all on the ‘net, and so must be ...

Not-So-Wildflowers - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Not-So-Wildflowers Wildflowers are not really wild, you know They are not forward like catalogue bl...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Should Chocolate Candy Boss You Around? - a frivolity

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Should Chocolate Candy Boss You Around? In life there are many occasions when individuals are subje...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

A Baton, but no Orchestra - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Baton, but no Orchestra Majestic in their yellow-painted shields Imperious trumping traffic light...
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Frost on the Windshield - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Frost on the Windshield Poor Kirbyville is mostly closed this morning The cinder-block bakery is empt...
Monday, March 7, 2016

No Barbaric Yawps, Please - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com No Barbaric Yawps, Please Nobody writes poetry anymore With patience gentling iambs into place A...

Attack of the Killer Cocktail Sombreros - op-ed

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Attack of the Killer Cocktail Sombreros Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is one of the most admirab...
Saturday, March 5, 2016

Not a Good Comrade - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Not a Good Comrade No man is free if he gives up himself And disappears into sad howlingness Subsu...
Thursday, March 3, 2016

The Eye of Sauron is Upon Us - op-ed

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com The Eye of Sauron is Upon Us There are frightened little men who in their feverish brains see cons...
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...