Lawrence Hall

The former address, "reactionary drivel," was a P. G. Wodehouse gag that few ever understood to be a mildly self-deprecating joke. Drivel, perhaps, but not reactionary. Neither the Red Caps nor the Reds ever got it.

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Carnivores and Casualty Lists - column

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Carnivores and Casualty Lists At a Florida zoo there was until last week a charming young zookeeper w...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Hate-Chalk - weekly column

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Hate-Chalk Georgia’s Emory University, 180 years old, is one of the world’s great schools. Art, musi...

Much Assembly Required - weekly column

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Much Assembly Required A member of the household purchased a leaf rake last week, which is a harmless...
Friday, April 8, 2016

Christos Voskrese! (Second Attempt)

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          ( For Tod ) The world is unusually quiet this dawn With fading stars withdrawing in good grace And drowsy, drea...

Christos Voskrese! Republished from https://thefellowshipoftheking.net/2016/04/08/christos-voskrese/comment-page-1/#comment-1886

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Fellowship of the King posted: " (For Tod) The world is unusually quiet this dawn With fading stars withdrawing in good ...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

School Bus Seatbelts - or Grave Markers? - weekly column

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@Aol.com Seatbelts or Grave Markers As we follow our own little trails through the woods of life we tend not...
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...
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Lawrence Hall, HSG
Y'r 'umble scrivener knows how to milk cows (altho' he long ago swore to own no livestock larger than dachshunds), build fences, clear brush, and cut firewood. After 18 months in Viet-Nam and Cambodia he worked his way through university as an ambulance driver, nurses' aide, and then LVN. BA in History, University of San Diego, 1976; MEd, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1984; MA in English, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2002. He also taught school, but that makes him a class (no pun) enemy just now. He has been rejected by some of the finest publishing houses in America.
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