Sunday, March 31, 2019

A Luddite and His Timex Watch - weekly column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Watch Out! Some millionaire on the a.m. radio was pitying himself the other day: his expensive, ...

William Shakespeare Murdered Edward deVere in the Library with the Pipe Wrench - hardly a poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com William Shakespeare Murdered Edward deVere in the Library with the Pipe Wrench Of course one asks w...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

I Lit a Candle for You at Mass, Only I Didn't - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com I Lit a Candle for You - Only I Didn’t  Before the Mass I went to light for you A Penny Candle (i...
Friday, March 29, 2019

About Those University Admission Bribes... - rhyming doggerel

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Temporary, Part-Time, Adjunct Faculty Instructor of No Significance Whatsoever at a Little Cinder-Blo...
Thursday, March 28, 2019

Does This Lumberjack Shirt Make My Pajama Bottom Look Big? - rhyming doggerel

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Does This Lumberjack Shirt Make My Pajama Bottom Look Big? “Men Ditch Suits, and Retailers Struggle...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019

0400 at Denny's Along the Interstate - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com 0400 at Denny’s Along the Interstate A line cook at Denny’s (must have own pans) Is an artist, accom...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Morning Courage - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Morning Courage Some have said that the bravest thing we do Is to get up each morning and face the d...
Monday, March 25, 2019

A Hasty Partisan Response to the Mueller Report - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Hasty Partisan Response to the Mueller Report “And art made tongue-tied by authority” -Sonnet...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

A Sidewalk Artist Who Knows Who You Were - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Sidewalk Artist Who Knows Who You Were “He is a dreamer; let us leave him – pass.” Julius Caesar ...
Saturday, March 23, 2019

A Moment of Byronic Arrogance - rhyming triplet

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Moment of Byronic Arrogance Whether I am on the right side of history Is a fantasy and an irreleva...
Friday, March 22, 2019

Across the Cemetery Fence - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Across the Cemetery Fence Hart-Bevil Cemetery, Tyler County, Texas From service as Companions o...
Thursday, March 21, 2019

The Select Committee for Something or Other Meets in Market Basket #3 - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Select Committee for Something or Other Meets in Market Basket #3 We have no fine old paneling ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

A Young Wasp in Spring - Appropriate Respect for Life Forms - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Young Wasp in Spring The spring morning was chill when from its nest A young wasp fell, helpless a...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Saint Joseph's Day - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Saint Joseph the Just Saint Joseph in a dreary winter night Took to himself a newborn not his own, ...
Monday, March 18, 2019

Mission Beach and a Blue Bikini - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Mission Beach and a Blue Bikini Your grandmother and I are the only ones Who listen still to Rod McK...
Sunday, March 17, 2019

The Porch Light Flickers in Parental Disapproval - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Porch Light Flickers in Parental Disapproval Sweet music on the Mustang’s radio We’re sitting in...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

A Contemporary Vocabulary fro Writers and Artists - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Contemporary Vocabulary for Writers and Artists As culled from an art magazine, 13 March 2019   ...
Friday, March 15, 2019

The 15th of March, 1917 - poem (from last year)

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The 15th of March, 1917 On this dark day, this evil day, this day In a railway carriage on a branch ...
Thursday, March 14, 2019

Texas Standard Time - WHOOP! - weekly column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Texas Standard Time - Whoop! Our Texas State Representative, James White, has proposed a constan...

A Less-Than-Universal Declaration of the Wrongs of Man - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Less-Than-Universal Declaration of the Wrongs of Man To make the worship of a state the source Of ...