Wednesday, May 31, 2017

A Dairy Queen Waitress in Tuscany - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Dairy Queen Waitress in Tuscany Eat, drink, pray, love, hamburger, shake, and fries Boyfriend, bab...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

The Road to Magdalena, New Mexico - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Road to Magdalena, New Mexico The wind is cold, a Colorado cold, Blowing the summer back to Mexi...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Memorial Day III: Something about Life - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Memorial Day III: Something about Life “Live. Just live.” -Yuri in Doctor Zhivago The plane ...
Sunday, May 28, 2017

Memorial Day II: Bad Morning, Viet-Nam - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Bad Morning, Viet-Nam No music calls a teenager to war; There is no American Bandstand of death, N...
Saturday, May 27, 2017

Memorial Day I: Liturgy in Time of War - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Liturgy in Time of War I will go to the altar of God To God who gives joy to my youth ENTRANCE ANT...
Friday, May 26, 2017

Clinic Waiting Room with French Impressionists - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Clinic Waiting Room with French Impressionists The ball-capped men, old men, sit motionless Arms fol...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

The Fifth Karamazov - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Fifth Karamazov When young we identify with Alyosha His optimism and his innocence His fragile,...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

On the Occasion of the Firing of the Director of the F.B.I. - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com On the Occasion of the Firing of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Immaculately v...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Hymn of the Holy Drum Set - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Hymn of the Holy Drum Set A middle-aged man in an open shirt A shaped and sculpted five-0 shadow fuz...
Monday, May 22, 2017

A Morning Dialogue with One's Self - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com A Morning Dialogue with One’s Self I. (As both the alarm clock and the smart phone make unpleasan...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Graduation Speech Soup

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Graduation Speech Soup – Simply Stir and Serve Keep the torch alive to pass to a new generation with...

Jury Duty - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Jury Panel in a Republic A man with a gun tells the people to rise And as the judge enters the room,...
Saturday, May 20, 2017

Children at the Harvest - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Children at the Harvest A little girl with basket held in hand Can choose and pick a bouquet in the ...
Friday, May 19, 2017

The Buddhas of Bamiyon - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Buddhas of Bamiyon What secular new gods will be carved out Of cultures and of stone, and heaved...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

URGENT! SOFTWARE SECURITY UPDATE AND LATEST PATCHES WITH THE U.K. / U.S.A. INTERFACE FOR REPAIRING THE PENGUIN CLASSICS PAPERBACK EDITION OF DON QUIXOTE

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Urgent! Software Security Update and Latest Patches with the U.K. / U.S.A. Interface for Repairing t...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The Most Boring American Legion Meeting Ever - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Most Boring American Legion Meeting Ever A Monologue in Two Parts I. Voice: “Ya wanna t...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Withdrawal Symptoms - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com [again violating my rule never to write in the first person] Withdrawal Symptoms So I’m not going t...
Monday, May 15, 2017

All Settings on Auto-Destruct - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com All Settings on Auto-Destruct “a man enthroned as if it were a committee” -Yevtushenko, from “Zim...
Sunday, May 14, 2017

Cats and the Office of Prime - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Cats and the Office of Prime With the dignity of an abbess the cat Enthrones herself upon the mornin...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

You're Not Really Country - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com You’re Not Really Country You’re not country if you have trash pickup And running water, electricity...