Sunday, May 31, 2020

Pentecost and Drifting Smoke - poem

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Pentecost and Drifting Smoke I will not leave you orphans -John 14:...
1 comment:
Saturday, May 30, 2020

Protest, Defiance, or Maybe a Prayer - photograph by Julio Cortez, AP, via The Atlantic

›
Julio Cortez, AP, via https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2020/05/photos-fire-and-protests-twin-cities/612325/?utm_source=&silverid-r...

Protest, Defiance, or Maybe a Prayer - poem

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Protest, Defiance, or Maybe a Prayer “I have died, but you are still amo...
Friday, May 29, 2020

"No Mass till [sic] Futher [sic] Notice" - MePhone photograph

›
No masses No CCD (=Sunday school) No Lenten liturgies No stations of the cross No Easter liturgies No first communion No confirmati...
2 comments:

The Class of 2020 Has Met Adulthood Already - weekly column

›
Lawrence (Mack) Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com [The several misspellings of “there” in the third line are deliberate;...
1 comment:
Thursday, May 28, 2020

"Something Went Wrong" - poem

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com “Something Went Wrong” Something went wrong an error occurred While loadi...
2 comments:
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Signals from the Stars, or Maybe from Gilligan's Island - MePhone photograph

›
2 comments:

The Most Judgmental Man You will Encounter today - poem

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com The Most Judgmental Man You will Encounter Today The most judgmental man i...
2 comments:
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Squirrel with Attitude - MePhone photograph

›
3 comments:

But WHY is She Coming 'Round the Mountain? - poem

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com But Why is She Coming ‘Round the Mountain? As children we sang about an u...
Monday, May 25, 2020

Bad Morning, Viet-Nam - poem

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Bad Morning, Viet-Nam No music calls a teenager to war; There is no Ameri...
1 comment:
Sunday, May 24, 2020

Coloring Inside the Lines - Poem and a MePhone Photograph

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Coloring Inside the Lines Sometimes it’s okay To color...
1 comment:
Saturday, May 23, 2020

Victory for the Slain, by Hugh Lofting - a brief review

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Today I finished a first reading of Hugh Lofting’s Victory for the Slain ...
3 comments:

Immigration Policies along Beer Can Road - poem

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Immigration Policies along Beer Can Road Tejas y Libertad Para Siempre ...
Friday, May 22, 2020

Conversation with the ‘Possum Who Sees my Garden as its Salad Bar - poem

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Conversation with the ‘Possum Who Sees my Garden as its Salad Bar We wretc...
1 comment:

Lancaster Bomber Repurposed as a Passenger Plane, Dinky Toy, Meccano, York

›
I don't have a starship Enterprise but I do have this nifty toy Lanc rebuilt for passenger service
Thursday, May 21, 2020

Shakespeare Aboard the Enterprise - weekly column

›
Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Poeticdrivel.blogspot.com Shakespeare Aboard the Enterprise While isolated in my rural estate here a...

Garden Pest - MePhone photograph

›
And of course I let him or her off with a caution. Opossums / 'possums are beneficent creatures who eat carrion and who attract a...

And the Star over Bethlehem - poem

›
Lawrence Hall mhall46184@aol.com poeticdrivel.blogspot.com And the Star over Bethlehem "In our world…a star is a huge ball of ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Always Proofread Your Work - image from the Orwellian telescreen

›
Always proofread your work.