Friday, October 16, 2020

But They Didn't Give me an "I VOTED" Sticker - weekly column

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   But They Didn’t Give Me an “I VOTED” Sticker   At the bottom of all the tributes paid to demo...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

90,000 Screaming Fans

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   90,000 Screaming Fans   ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Because the Rattlesnake Ate a Kitten - poem

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  Because the Rattlesnake Ate a Kitten   We heard the agonized shrieks of a kitten As it was being eaten by a rattlesnake And rushed...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Social Distancing is a Gilligan's Island Re-run

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   Social Distancing is a Gilli...
Monday, October 12, 2020

You Can't Unpack a Poem - poem (but don't try to unpack it; it's not socks or underwear)

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    Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   You Can’t Unpack a Poem ...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

Not Even the Paralytic's Bed - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   Not Even the Paralytic’s Bed...
Saturday, October 10, 2020

Teenagers Have Always Worn Masks - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   Teenagers Have Always Worn M...
Friday, October 9, 2020

MEOW! - poem

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  MEOW!   I don’t know what the American poet Louise Glück said when the Swedish Academy informed her that she won this year’s Nobel Pri...
Thursday, October 8, 2020

Voting - the Liturgy of Self-Empowerment (weekly column)

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com 8 October 2020   Voting – the Liturgy of Self-Empowerment   No one pretends that democracy is...

Robinson Crusoe Orders a Generator from Amazon.com

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   Robinson Crusoe Orders a Gen...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

A Soup

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   A Soup   A soup is just ...
Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Venus, MePhone Photograph 6 October 2020

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Mars, MePhone Photograph 6 October 2020

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An Old Man on a Balcony, Gasping for Breath

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   An Old Man on a Balcony, Gas...
Monday, October 5, 2020

The BeeGees, Duck Dynasty, and Jesus

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   The BeeGees, Duck Dynasty, a...
Sunday, October 4, 2020

Supervising Elections in an Underdeveloped Nation

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   Supervising Elections in an ...
Friday, October 2, 2020

If You Sing a Song and No One Hears It

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ poeticdrivel.blogspot.com   If You Sing a Song and No On...
Thursday, October 1, 2020

Ceilings Breaking Glass Icons

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   Ceilings Breaking Glass Icons   Newsies, both in print and on the telescreens, seem unable to...

The Cruise of HMS Disreputable

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/ https://poeticdrivel.blogspot.com/   The Cruise of HMS D...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Bitter Old Men Yelping at Each Other

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    Bitter Old Men Yelping at Each Other   (rather like some of the in-laws over Christmas dinner)     “Language, the home and r...