Wednesday, October 31, 2018

In the Hospital Laboratory Waiting Area - a very short one-act play

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com In the Hospital Laboratory Waiting Area A MePhone rattles and twanks and pings like Robby-the-Robot g...

The President Wants us to Come Together (slightly vulgar doggerel)

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The President Wants us to Come Together The president wants us to come together – One imagines a sea...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Simon and Schuster and a Carnivorous Book - mere doggerel

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Simon and Schuster and a Carnivorous Book Simon and Schuster assure me that I Will be consumed by J....
Monday, October 29, 2018

Today's Special: Pot Roast with Two Sides - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Today’s Special: Pot Roast with Two Sides For W.K. Kortas In Response to his Sonnet for Wednesd...
Sunday, October 28, 2018

The Tree of Life has Many Branches - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Tree of Life has Many Branches “Thy people shall be my people” -Ruth 1:16 Smoke rises her...
Saturday, October 27, 2018

About that Prayer-Meeting Thing - column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall461994@aol.com About that Prayer-Meeting Thing An Ulster Scot may come to disbelieve in God, but not to wear...

On Refusing to MAGAbomb One's Self - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com On Refusing to MAGAbomb One’s Self In the midst of a world of light and love, of song and feast a...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Idylls of a Servant - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Idylls of a Servant "The old order changeth, yielding place to new” 1 On that cold night Si...
Thursday, October 25, 2018

Marijuana in Newfoundland - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Marijuana in Newfoundland It’s not marijuana in Newfoundland In our fair Island we call it Product, ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

An Oral Presentation in English Class - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com An Oral Presentation in English Class So, like, like, so, like, so, you know, like, so, Like, so, li...
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

If You Don't Believe in Something - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com If You Don’t Believe in Something If you don’t believe in something you’ll fall For anything – but ...
Monday, October 22, 2018

An Autumn Bee Ballet - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com An Autumn Bee Ballet The garden out back needs mowing, but autumn bees Good bees at work and p...
Sunday, October 21, 2018

Voting in my Primitive Village - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Voting in my Primitive Village On Monday I will wear my uniform - A blazer from Goodwill, old k...
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...