Monday, September 30, 2019

Mr. Big Businessman in Knee-Pants - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Mr. Big Businessman in Knee-Pants There wiste no wight that he was in dette -Chaucer, General...
Sunday, September 29, 2019

A Little Child Dancing in Prison - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Little Child Dancing in Prison But it’s not a prison; it’s a unit (Euphemisms make everything all ...
Saturday, September 28, 2019

When Life is a Waiting Room - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com When Life is a Waiting Room A waiting room is not a room that waits A waiting room is not a room who...
Friday, September 27, 2019

Now, Children of Privilege, March Away - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Now, Children, March Away 1 Now, children, march away through Hamelin town Obedient to the gauleiter...
Thursday, September 26, 2019

When Did Our Federal Government Become an Episode of THE VIEW? - weekly column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com When Did Our Federal Government Become an Episode of The View ? “You in the West have no idea ...

Gilligan's Island of Castaway Verse - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Gilligan’s Island of Castaway Verse The discipline of reading at least one poem each day The mete...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

In Majestic Solemnity Our Great Republic Moves Toward Impeachment - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com In Majestic Solemnity Our Great Republic Moves Toward Impeachment Strophe, but not especially tidy: ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Ad was Inappropriate Not Interested in This Ad Seen This Ad Multiple Times Ad Cover Content - doggerel

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Ad was Inappropriate Not Interested in This Ad Seen This Ad Multiple Times Ad Covered Content Pred...
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Monday, September 23, 2019

Poetic Solitude and Public Tension - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Solitude and Tension Tension comes from a lack of solitude When even a thought is interrogated Exam...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Beating the Gums of War - a poor poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Beating the Gums of War “Hell hath no fury like a non-combatant” -this phrase, attributed to man...
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Dwarf Porn Star in the News - couplet

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Dwarf Porn Star in the News “Dwarf Porn Star Accused of Stabbing Boyfriend” Maybe he got a little sh...
Friday, September 20, 2019

Never Pass Up an Opportunity to Flee for Your Life - weekly column

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Never Pass Up an Opportunity to Flee for Your Life Several years ago a young person of my acquai...

"Now We're the People They Take Pictures Of" - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com “Now We’re the People They Take Pictures Of” A Harvey Refugee Reports: When she with cats, pap...
Thursday, September 19, 2019

Why is Saint Jude Annoyed with Me? - rhyming couplet

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com A Saint Jude Prayer Card I thought to pray for a serious need, you see But Saint Jude seems a lit...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

The Ministry of Beer - rhyming couplet

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com The Ministry of Beer “The sun looks down on nothing half so good as… two friends talking over a p...
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Tropical Storm Imelda - a poem of sorts

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Tropical Storm Imelda As Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet did not say with his dying breath: No, 't...
Monday, September 16, 2019

"AR-Style Weapon" - couplet

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com “AR-Style Weapon” In ‘Nam they jammed with jinx and jump and jerk But now against children the d*mne...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Taking the Pulse of the American People - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com Taking the Pulse of the American People I don’t want to take the pulse of the American people, she ...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

You Had One Job - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com You Had One Job One Job One Job You had one job. I mean, really, one job Just one job, and you didn’...
Friday, September 13, 2019

An Old Man on the First Day of School - poem

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Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com An Old Man on the First Day of School Okay, I’m scared. Seventy-one years old And scared. What if th...