Sunday, August 14, 2016

The Weather Channel - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Weather Channel Turn around don’t drown we’re not out of the woods yet don’t let your guard down ...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

Turkey with Stuffing - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Turkey with Stuffing Get stuff get stuff everybody get stuff More stuff more stuff never can get enou...
Friday, August 12, 2016

Kirbyville - The Santa Fe Depot - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Kirbyville - The Santa Fe Depot I loved to sit and watch the trains go by As they blew smoke and stea...

Mimosa Pods - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Mimosa Pods Mimosa pods hang heavily in the heat Like lurking green and yellow slithery snakes Just ...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

A January Tale - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A January Tale All pines are gothic in the winter woods Cold pillars in a temple grim and cold Their...

Tyrannosaurus Texaco - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Tyrannosaurus Texaco A dinosaur that doesn’t know it’s dead Still thinks it’s eating swamp grass fres...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Weaving a Tapestry of Designer Alligators - column, 8.7.16

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Weaving a Tapestry of Designer Alligators Is there a rule requiring all book reviewers to employ the ...

A Novitiate in the World - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Novitiate in the World “…you will go forth from these walls, but will live like a monk in the world...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Medical Waste in Texas - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Medical Waste in Texas Children are diminutive creatures who Tease the dog Pull the c...

S.T.E.M. - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com S.T.E.M. A Crucifix once stood in the village square Around it centuries grew old; it blessed Genera...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Forwarding Address - poems

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Forwarding Address For Kathleen and Luther Lee Dockery, of Happy Memory A funeral is a study in awk...

It's All About Family - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com It’s All About Family A rush to change into trousers and shirt Discarding pajamas and morning quiet ...

Resistant to Change - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Resistant to Change But what change would that be? A fallen oak A leafy country lane paved into progr...
Sunday, July 31, 2016

Takeaways from the Political Klavens...um...Conventions - column

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Takeaways from the Political Conventions “Let us become servants in order to be leaders.” ― The Pr...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

High Summer - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com High Summer High summer is but headaches, haze, and heat Parasitical heat, malignant heat Heat cree...
Friday, July 22, 2016

The Cleveland Yellfest - column

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com The Cleveland Yellfest Roderick Spode: “Citizens…I say to you that nothing stands between us and our ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016

On the First Ballot - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com On the First Ballot Whose are these snarling faces, grown ugly in The primordial aggression of the p...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Iconophiles - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Iconophiles Iconophiles are true revolutionaries Lowering their voices but raising their hearts Fall...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Unintelligible Screaming - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Unintelligible Screaming Young conscripts posted to a midnight bridge They lean against an armored ca...
Sunday, July 17, 2016

Must There be a Balloon Drop? - column

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Must There be a Balloon Drop? Why do political conventions always feature balloon drops as the f...