Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Vocations (a Russia series, 37) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Vocations “I consecrate you to a great novitiate in the world.” -Father Zosima to Alyosha in Th...

Upon Seeing a Shrew Beneath an Oak Tree - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Upon Seeing a Shrew Beneath an Oak Tree No, no, not your teacher of high-school maths But an animal ...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

News from Russia (a Russia series, 36) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com News from Russia The Brothers Karamazov , Book II There was little news from Russia today At Opt...

Upper Respiratory Infection - a poem to accompany wheezes and sneezes and diseases...

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Green Chemicals Against the Evil U.R.I. Mercy in green, green chemicals in green Labeled with a cata...
Monday, February 26, 2018

Thank You for Your Service - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Thank You for Your Service He said that when he came home from the war He thoughtfully packed all hi...

Saint Petersburg (a Russia series, 34) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Saint Petersburg For Anna Akhmatova Oh, we have strolled the winter avenues Of the great Czar’s ...
Sunday, February 25, 2018

A Lost Copy of The Brothers Karamazov (a Russia series, 34) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Lost Copy of The Brothers Karamazov Come, little book, companion of lost youth Well met at Tien ...

For a Young Friend Visiting Ireland - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com For a Young Friend Visiting Ireland Bring me a poem. You can find them anywhere – In the Aer Lingus...
Saturday, February 24, 2018

Weaponizing Teachers - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Weaponizing Teachers Some ‘bloggers have ‘blogged thus: All teachers trample the Constitution All ...

Dostoyevsky's House of the Dead (a Russia series, 33) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Dostoyevsky’s House of the Dead In shackles of shame and under the rod Our brothers lie upon the Rus...
Friday, February 23, 2018

The Sea-Road to Constantinople (a Russia series, 32) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Sea-Road to Constantinople For Tod on his Birthday A coastal lugger wallows in the waves Al...

Desperate Trees along Interstate Ten - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Desperate Trees along Interstate Ten Interstate Ten before it was an interstate Arrowing west to Cal...

Billy Graham - a memorial

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com 2.22.2018 Billy Graham An apparently common 16th century saying (it is credited both to St. Thomas M...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Music Download on the Roof (a Russia series, 31) - not really a poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Music Download on the Roof – A New Musical “Rabbi, is there a blessing for the Czar?” “A blessing...

The Adult Debate About Safe Schools

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Adult Debate about Safe Schools Lefttard fascist libtard Russian troll loony mother **** ****er f...
Wednesday, February 21, 2018

The Carter, the Convicts, and the Railway (a Russia series, 30) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Carter, the Convicts, and the Railway “See all those workers digging through that hill?” The c...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

On Reading Crime and Punishment (a Russia Series, 29) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com On Reading Crime and Punishment Old Moby Dick is a right good whale He really knows how to end a tal...

About Those Gossamer Wings... - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Please – No More Gossamer Gossamer is that Substance which is excreted From a spider’s *ss.
Monday, February 19, 2018

Borodin's "On the Steppes of Central Asia" (a Russia series, 28) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Borodin’s On the Steppes of Central Asia Lost in a remote province of the mind A youth attends to th...

"Here be Dragons" - MePhone photo, 19 February 2018

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