Saturday, October 20, 2018

Murder in Constantinople - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Murder in Constantinople As in an Agatha Christie mystery A man - he ghosts into a consulate A...
Friday, October 19, 2018

Existential Despair in the Ohp...Opht...Eye Doctor's Waiting Room - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Existential Despair in the Ohp…Opht…Eye Doctor’s Waiting Room Orderly rows of padded chairs amo...
Thursday, October 18, 2018

Murder in Constantinople - column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Murder in Constantinople “When you come to the point, it does go against the grain to murder a...

A Person of Interest - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com A Person of Interest The smoking gun is interesting enough As is the bloody knife dripping with...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

The Cold is More Poetic than the Warm - (this poem is not nearly as drippy as it sounds)

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Cold is More Poetic than the Warm The cold is more poetic than the warm A man coat-huddled agai...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

The Last Christmas for Sears and Roebuck - as a poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Last Christmas for Sears and Roebuck Where can one shop for Christmas if not at Sears: J. C. Hig...
Monday, October 15, 2018

If We Respected Work... - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com If We Respected Work... We would Ask a receptionist for her autograph Gather in thousands in awe o...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

"Human Eyeball Parts Grown in Lab" - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com “Human Eyeball Parts Grown in Lab” - Drudge What do you look for in an eyeball lab-grown While m...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

When Robert Frost was Invited to the White House - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com When Robert Frost was Invited to the White House When Robert Frost visited President Kennedy They sp...
Friday, October 12, 2018

A Toe Fungus Good Morning - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Toe Fungus Good Morning A yawning dawning clinging to the coffee cup Dishwasher safe for your happ...
Thursday, October 11, 2018

The Final Christmas for Sears and Roebuck? - column

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com The Final Christmas for Sears? How sad to consider that this may be the last Christmas ever for the ...

De-Colonization x 2 (with the usual "Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho!") - doggerel

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com De-Colonization x 2 1. De-Colonize This Space Drum circle protests genderplop demands Indigenous...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

The School Board Wants to Know What's in Your Child's Urine

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The School Board Wants to Know What’s in Your Child’s Urine In stately conclave met, each in his chai...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Catullus, Lesbia, and the Sparrow - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Catullus, Lesbia, and the Sparrow Oh, foolish Catullus – have you not heard? Your lover Lesbia gave...
Monday, October 8, 2018

Father Why's Glob - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Father Why’s Glob And whan he rood, men myghte his brydel heere Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd als...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

The Workman's Aubade - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Workman’s Aubade Awake at four, he rises, lights the fire And puts the kettle on for a cup of te...
Saturday, October 6, 2018

The Kent State Racially Right Drama Club - doggerel

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Kent State Racially Right Drama Club Studio UFA has faded away MosFilm has blended into somethin...
Friday, October 5, 2018

Torah and Talmud - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Torah and Talmud To be submerged in world and Word, in Word That is the world, in words that are th...

Art as Obedience - column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Art as Obedience Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca, known to all as Anthony Quinn, was born in 1915 i...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

To a Bishop - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com To a Bishop Your Grace, you cannot be a common man There are no common men - but there are men And ...