Lawrence Hall

The former address, "reactionary drivel," was a P. G. Wodehouse gag that few ever understood to be a mildly self-deprecating joke. Drivel, perhaps, but not reactionary. Neither the Red Caps nor the Reds ever got it.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Emerging Writers - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Emerging Writers One reads of emerging writers But from what do they emerge? Wombs? Tombs? Rooms...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Intensifying the Dallas Charter - a poem and a cloud of unknowing

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Intensifying the Dallas Charter The cultural filters are all in place And truth, some say, is past i...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Theatrical Night at the Nudist Colony - a poem (of sorts)

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Theatrical Night at the Nudist Colony A beautiful girl Pleasingly and teasingly Naughtily and sauc...
Monday, February 25, 2019

"All-Male Military Draft Ruled Unconstitutional" - intemperate doggerel

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com “All-Male Military Draft Ruled Unconstitutional” Because nothing says democracy more Than sending ...
Sunday, February 24, 2019

"Select Product and Begin Fueling" - Road Tripping Poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com “Select Product and Begin Fueling” Gas, yes, but we need more products than that For the Great ...
Saturday, February 23, 2019

For John Keats, +23 February 1821 - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com For John Keats, +23 February 1821 Wanderer by moonlight, you never knew That mellow autumn of e...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Pomona at Play - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Pomona at Play Pomona dances among the apple trees Light-footed through the glowing amber light...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Hey, Hey, We're the Monkees and not Wagner! - weekly column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Hey, Hey, We’re the Monkees and Not Wagner! Last week a 77-year-old man named Peter Dork died. ...

A Penny Catechism Kind of Man - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Penny Catechism Kind of Man Simple enough, big print but no big words Simple enough for me, few wo...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

No Students Were Ever in Danger at Any Time - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com No Students Were Ever in Danger at Any Time This letter, is to inform you, about a bomb threat ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

I Miss my Northern Exposure Tee Shirt - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com I Miss my Northern Exposure Tee Shirt We could drive into town for a beer at The Brick Listeni...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Polysyllable va Exclamation Marks and Bellowing All-Caps and Ball-Cap - ripped (only metaphorically) from the InterGossip

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Lawrence Hall, HSG, LT, P,M & S mhall46184@aol.com Polysyllables vs Exclamation Marks and Bellowing All-Caps and Ball-Caps G...
Saturday, February 16, 2019

Enlighten Me, O Brave Little Princeling - a rebuke to Young Mr. Trump

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Enlighten Me, O Brave Little Princeling “...you don’t have to be indoctrinated by these loser t...

Writing in Our Stray Dog Cafes' - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Writing in Our Stray Dog Cafes The Authorities will shut them down again Each in its turn: Th...
Friday, February 15, 2019

When my Father was a Police Officer in Marseilles - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com When my Father was a Police Officer in Marseilles In 1945 The War was over The survivors were trying...
Thursday, February 14, 2019

Squeaking Truth to Glower - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Squeaking Truth to Glower Her stern eyes gaze a four years’ distance But let this fact be duly ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Black Rifle I'm a Real Man Testosterone Compensation Fantasy for Studly Studs Who Never Made the First Day of Recruit Training

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Black Rifle I'm a Real Man Testosterone Compensation Fantasy for Studly Studs Who Never Made ...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

A Baton, But No Orchestra - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Baton, But No Orchestra Majestic in their yellow-painted shields Imperious trumping traffic lights...
Monday, February 11, 2019

Be Strong in Your Pixies - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Be Strong in Your Pixies For a Young Artist, Musician, Scientist, Poet, and Philosopher Be strong...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

Singing a Poem into Being - well, a poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Singing a Poem into Being           The cold told a tale to me           the rain suggested poems  ...
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Lawrence Hall, HSG
Y'r 'umble scrivener knows how to milk cows (altho' he long ago swore to own no livestock larger than dachshunds), build fences, clear brush, and cut firewood. After 18 months in Viet-Nam and Cambodia he worked his way through university as an ambulance driver, nurses' aide, and then LVN. BA in History, University of San Diego, 1976; MEd, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1984; MA in English, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2002. He also taught school, but that makes him a class (no pun) enemy just now. He has been rejected by some of the finest publishing houses in America.
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