Friday, May 31, 2019

Tablets, But Not From Mount Sinai - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Tablets, But Not From Mount Sinai There is no darkness to our restless nights Even the trees are lit...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

The Fellowship of Ironmongery - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Fellowship of Ironmongery An ironmonger is a but a hardware store And equally inaccurate both wa...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Chopping Down George Washington's Cherry Tree

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Chopping Down George Washington’s Cherry Tree Just like old Parson Weems’ young naughty George I too...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

A Memorial: Constantinople, 29 May 1453

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Memorial: Constantinople, 29 May 1453 From A Liturgy for the Emperor We believe in God's h...
Monday, May 27, 2019

No Topic Sentences or Solving for X - the First Day of Summer

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com No Topic Sentences or Solving for X - the First Day of Summer Every farm boy knows that the first day...
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Oh, Yes, There are Dragons - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Oh, Yes, There are Dragons Oh, yes, there are dragons, and pixies too Dragons at dusk at the far end...
Saturday, May 25, 2019

C-Rations, Lieutenant Macbeth, and Mirth Displaced - poem for Memorial Day

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com C-Rations, Lieutenant Macbeth, and Mirth Displaced The drunken Navy cook was suppurative 1 with tats...
Friday, May 24, 2019

Memorial Day Only it's not Memorial Day - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Memorial Day Only it’s not Memorial Day Memorial Day observed on a Saturday Y’all bring y’all’s fold...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Laid-Off Airline Employees Start a Restaurant - snarly poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Laid-Off Airline Employees Start a Restaurant “Please remove everything from your pockets And place ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Man: Dog's Best Friend - a couplet

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Man: Dog’s Best Friend We must forever grateful be that Dog Ages ago domesticated man

All-Purpose Graduation Speech Soup - graduation column (a re-post from last year)

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com All-Purpose Graduation Speech Soup – Simply Stir and Serve Keep the torch alive to pass to a new gene...
Tuesday, May 21, 2019

YOWL - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com YOWL “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed…” -Allen Ginsberg No. He didn’t. He h...
Monday, May 20, 2019

Enough of Gossamer! - rhyming couplet

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Enough of Gossamer! Enough of gossamer! Enough of it! It’s just another word for spider ****!
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Topics for Discussion During Sunday Dinner with the In-laws - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Topics for Discussion During Sunday Dinner with the In-laws Knee surgery Buc-ee’s Alabama Diarrhea B...
Saturday, May 18, 2019

Soft Dachshund, Warm Dachshund, Little Ball of Fur - doggerel

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Soft Dachshund, Warm Dachshund With thanks to everyone who gives us Young Sheldon and The Big Bang...
Friday, May 17, 2019

What Was Jesus Writing in the Dust? - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com What was Jesus Writing in the Dust? -Saint John 8: 1-11 It is the topic of many homilies: What w...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

A Toy Fire Truck and a Real Ambulance - weekly column

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Toy Fire Truck and a Real Ambulance A friend who frequents re-sale shops and garage sales gave me a...

Mr. Trump's Tonkin Ghosts - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Mr. Trump's Tonkin Ghosts To Our Commander-in-Chief and Manque Leader of the Free World And Al...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Tree Frog in the Rain Gauge - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Tree Frog in the Rain Gauge During a thunderstorm a little frog For reasons best known to its grey-g...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

A Hubley Toy Fire Truck - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Hubley Toy Fire Truck A Boy’s happy Christmas in the long ago Miss Dee found it in an old house sh...