Friday, June 30, 2017

Picket Fences at Camp Tien Sha - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Picket Fences at Camp Tien Sha There were picket fences at Camp Tien Sha And a sign that read “Welco...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

Strelnikov is Still Wrong - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Strelnikov is Still Wrong           I used to admire your poetry…I shouldn't admire it now....
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Swamp the Drain - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Swamp the Drain Now once upon a time there was a drain A happy little drain that all day draine...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Setting the Night Watch - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Setting the Night Watch Nature exists without anyone’s permission: At dusk the loud cicadas in ...
Monday, June 26, 2017

A Soldier Smoking a Cigarette - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com A Soldier Smoking a Cigarette A soldier lay beside a railway line Smoking a cigarette, not thin...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

For a Methodist Minister Newly Posted - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com For a Methodist Minister Newly Posted We feel sometimes, we know sometimes, that we Are aliens here,...
Saturday, June 24, 2017

Alter Christus, Alter Vir - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Alter Christus, Alter Vir For Reverend Angelo J. Liteky He died three times, for other men Who ...
Friday, June 23, 2017

The University of Old Lawn Chairs - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com The University of Old Lawn Chairs The new lawn chairs are now the old lawn chairs How many summ...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Arc of the Solstice - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Arc of the Solstice High summer’s solstice is the year’s proud crown: The sun has reached his a...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Jenny's - as a poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com It’s Bad Only if Jenny’s Fried Chicken is Closed Warnings and categories – a tropical storm It’...

It's Bad Only if Jenny's Fried Chicken is Closed - column, 21 June 2017

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com It’s Bad Only if Jenny’s Fried Chicken is Closed Let us remember the seven categories of storms ...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Old Communist Movie Director - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Old Communist Movie Director From the Criterion Collection The object now of film-school int...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Shakespeare in the Pork - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Shakespeare in the Pork Is this a protest which I see before me, Clichés to abuse the script? C...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

The Dog Not Taken - doggerel indeed!

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com The Dog Not Taken Two roads diverged on a paper ballot Rejecting both, I voted for my dog
Saturday, June 17, 2017

Sangerhalle fur Kinder - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Sängerhalle für Kinder A happy child with sunlight in her hair Joyfully shrieking her own An ...

Some More Existential Questions - column, 15 June 2017

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Some More Existential Questions Why do fruiterers (that’s a real word) place company logos on banana...
Friday, June 16, 2017

Pomona at Play - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Pomona at Play Pomona dances among the apple trees Light-footed through the glowing amber light; At...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

A Poem - or, rather, a petitionary prayer

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com For the Faithful Departed Do we all holy rites. Let there be sung Non nobis and Te Deum - He...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Camping on the Edge of Forever - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Camping on the Edge of Forever For HM3 Michael Dean Marconett, USN of happy memory Wild stars, ...
Tuesday, June 13, 2017

The Forces of Happiness - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Forces of Happiness “There will be music, dancing, happiness…by order.” -Town Crier in Danc...