Friday, August 31, 2018

When High-Tech Goes All Manual Typewriter on You - weekly column

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com When High-Tech Goes All Manual Typewriter on You Did you hear the one about the man who walked into a...

Prelates and Presidents: The Summer of 2018 - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Prelates and Presidents: The Summer of 2018 An urgent message that was never written Was then not le...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Argument over Wal-Mart Parking Space Leaves One Dead - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Argument over Wal-Mart Parking Space Leaves One Dead -headline                      And how can m...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Manichaeism is Quite Wrong, You Know - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Manichaeism is Quite Wrong, You Know “…without God and immortal life? All things are lawful then….”...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Beach House - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Beach House ...
Monday, August 27, 2018

A Rabbi Tells a Story - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Rabbi Tells a Story Once upon a time: An aged rabbi talking with two men Asked them about their ...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

No. - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com No. Dixit ergo Iesus ad duodecim, “Numquid et vos vultis abire?” “Will you also go away?” He asks ...
Saturday, August 25, 2018

"To Write Poetry of No Political Significance Whatever" - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com “To Write Poetry of No Political Significance Whatever” “But my chief argument in defence of Wang An-...

The Platonic Ideal of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful - photograph

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Friday, August 24, 2018

While Dressing for an American Legion Meeting - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com While Dressing for an American Legion Meeting A pair of slacks, a pair of shoes, a shirt A watch to ...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

A Poetry Installation at the Temple of the Muses - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Poetry Installation at the Temple of the Muses                 Number Forty Two: “You're tryi...

Bridge of Sorrows - weekly column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Bridge of Sorrows Last week the Ponte Morandi, a modern bridge of interstate highway proportions...

Barnum's Non-Human Animal Companions - weekly column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Barnum’s Non-Human Animal Companions Nabisco, now a subsidiary of Mondelez International, which ...
Wednesday, August 22, 2018

An Open Letter to Really Important People / The Old Dime Box, Texas Statement - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com An Open Letter to Really Important People The Old Dime Box, Texas Statement A Manifesto Made Manife...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Panic and Its Attempted Vetoes - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Panic and Its Attempted Vetoes There are no days free of panic attacks - A fierce determination to ...
Monday, August 20, 2018

Where do I Apply for my Russian Bribes? - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Where do I Apply for my Russian Bribes? Where, then, do I apply for bribery? Russians are everywhere...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

Snakefight - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Snakefight Two snakes in battle on a summer day Writhing and twisting on a sandy road Grappling des...
Saturday, August 18, 2018

The Annual You-Know-What Examination - a rhyming couplet

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Annual You-Know-What Examination The physician is a good man, wise and fair But, ouch! - HIS FIN...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Returning an Electronic Gadget That Wasn't at all as Advertised and Wouldn't Fit into the Assigned Shipping Box for Return - doggerel

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Returning an Electronic Gadget That Wasn’t at all as Advertised and Wouldn’t Fit into the Assigned Sh...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

Duct-Tape Automobile - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Duct-Tape Automobile How awkward when a body part Falls out onto the interstate That fragment of Fo...