Sunday, December 31, 2017

Janus Laughs - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Janus Laughs Old Janus surely laughs at our mistakes In thinking that the world begins again, That ...
Saturday, December 30, 2017

Man Screams at Trump Robot Doll - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Man Screams at Trump Robot Doll -news item Just why would anyone scream at a doll? A Disney doll...
Friday, December 29, 2017

The Beggar at Canterbury Gate - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Beggar at Canterbury Gate The beggar sits at Canterbury Gate, Thin, pale, unshaven, sad. His li...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Hitler's Ride is for Sale - column

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Hitler’s Ride One of Hitler’s sets of wheels, a ‘way-happenin’, straight-eight 1939 Mercedes 770K Gro...

Rachel, Weeping for Our Children - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Rachel, Weeping for Our Children From an idea suggested by Kelly Rogers No soldiers come, with gl...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

The Desperate Princewives in Toronto - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Desperate Princewives in Toronto On Christmas eve a lineman hoists herself Far up into the blowi...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Children Visiting for Christmas - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Children Visiting for Christmas – a Tragedy in Two Parts I. A Mother to Her Child “No! I mean n...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Within the Octave of Christmas - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Within the Octave of Christmas For Eldon Edge, Patron of Christmas Bonfires The wan, weak winter ...
Sunday, December 24, 2017

But the Animals were First - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com But the Animals were First “We read in Isaiah: ‘The ox knows its owner, and the ass the master’s ...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

Horseshoe, and it Crucified - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Horseshoe, and it Crucified A hoodie girl outside the truck stop leans Against a wall, huddled again...
Friday, December 22, 2017

How we Teach our Children Hymns and Carols - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com How we Teach our Children Hymns and Carols “We have seen His star in the east at a 20% discount” ...

After-Christmas Christmas - column

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com From 2010 After-Christmas Christmas Liturgically, Christmas begins at midnight on Christmas Eve and ...
Thursday, December 21, 2017

Never Trust a Guy Who Irons His Jeans - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Never Trust a Guy Who Irons His Jeans Strong canvas is the stuff of adventure Like a cowboy lassoing...
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Love in the Corner Booth - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Love in the Corner Booth Somewhere along US 96 His ducktail haircut from 1957 Fading to white, h...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

A Conversation about Whiteness - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Conversation about Whiteness Wedding dresses, clouds in a summer sky Those new tenny-runners in ju...
Monday, December 18, 2017

Why do We Write? - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Why do We Write? “Beauty will save the world.”1 -Dostoyevsky If we accept that art helps us r...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Saint Mary Magdalene's Recycled Mobile 'Phone - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Saint Mary Magdalene’s Recycled Mobile ‘Phone Her ‘phone was passed on to a parish priest But they f...
Saturday, December 16, 2017

The World in Your Hands - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The World in Your Hands A little bead between your fingers slips And then another, and another yet ...
Friday, December 15, 2017

"Dear Valued Customer" - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com “Dear Valued Customer” Dear Valued Customer: Old Hearth & Home Mutual Bank & Trust Is chan...
Thursday, December 14, 2017

Hobo Jungle - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Hobo Jungle It’s a jungle out there – across the road A hoodie-man carrying a shopping bag A turn, ...