Monday, December 31, 2018

Is Taos Burning? - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Is Taos Burning? “…inspired by the pinon nut native to the Southwest.” - label on a coffee pac...
Sunday, December 30, 2018

Art in Pursuit of Man - Reaction to a Temper Tantrum in a Fashionable Arts Magazine

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Art in Pursuit of Man Reaction to a Temper Tantrum in a Fashionable Arts Magazine Art cannot be b...
Saturday, December 29, 2018

The Ikon Corner - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Ikon Corner “…and looking at a picture on the opposite wall.” -C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of ...
Friday, December 28, 2018

The Smart Cave (but with nice curtains) - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Smart Cave This house is silent now, this new smart house The storm has downed the power lines; ...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Ramandu's Island - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Ramandu’s Island 1 Long-fallen stars and quarrelling lords must wait For seasons upon seasons to pas...
Wednesday, December 26, 2018

The Window Frog - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Window Frog The human and the tree frog say good night The human inside and the tree frog out S...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018

The Robin's Christmas Dinner - a merriment (a bit rough on the worms, though)

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Robin’s Christmas Dinner (ripped from the pages of the Middle Ages – “Sumer is icumen in”) M...

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’...
Monday, December 24, 2018

For Our Mothers on Christmasd Eve - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com For our Mothers on Christmas Eve For Katherine Mattie Bevil Blanchette Hall, 1922 – 2010 and all ...
Sunday, December 23, 2018

An Annotated Study in December's Leaf Litter - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com An Annotated Study in December's Leaf Litter Leaves fallen are summer’s tabernacle Upon earth as...
Saturday, December 22, 2018

Sale - Communion Cups, Recyclable, 1000/box, $9.99 - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Sale – Communion Cups, Recyclable, 1000/box, $9.99 The Holy Grail, the Chalice of Our Lord Borne to ...
Friday, December 21, 2018

Winter Solstice - The Year's Compline - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Winter Solstice – The Year’s Compline The winter solstice is the year withdrawing From all the busy-...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

We Have Built for Ourselves a Faraday Cage - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com We Have Built for Ourselves a Faraday Cage We have built for ourselves a Faraday cage And locked our...
Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Gotterdammerung of Lesser Gods - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Gotterdammerung of Lesser Gods Expect no pity as you fall and fall Weighed down by the medals you ga...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

A Polar Vortex Nightmare - rhyming doggerel

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com A Polar Vortex Nightmare I saw a polar vortex in my dream Drinking his coffee with sugar and ...

Churchill and Christmas, 1941 - a very brief weekly column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com “Let the Children Have Their Night of Fun and Laughter” Y’r ‘Umble Scrivener can add nothing to ...
Monday, December 17, 2018

Apocalyptic Clothing and the Goddess of Doom - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Apocalyptic Clothing and the Goddess of Doom The one-off bag is by Louis Vouitton The sheath dress b...
Sunday, December 16, 2018

Gaudete Sunday with Young Genghis Khans in Training - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Gaudete Sunday with Young Genghis Khans in Training How difficult to rejoice when one hears That tho...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Playing Hide-and-Go-Seek in Eden - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Playing Hide-and-Go-Seek in Eden In a deep summer dusk that seems forever A twilight of fireflies an...
Friday, December 14, 2018

The A.M. Radio Station Lets Us Down - a really bad rhyming couplet

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The A.M. Radio Station Lets Us Down Their revenue stream must be falling bad - Yet another erectile ...