Lawrence Hall

The former address, "reactionary drivel," was a P. G. Wodehouse gag that few ever understood to be a mildly self-deprecating joke. Drivel, perhaps, but not reactionary. Neither the Red Caps nor the Reds ever got it.

Thursday, August 31, 2023

A Cat is Stillness Becoming Motion - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   A Cat is Stillness in Motion   For Tuxedo-Cat Who Simply Moved in One Day   There ...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

The Gift of a Fountain Pen - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Gift of a Fountain Pen   For Max   A fountain pen is an instrument of civilizati...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Did You Grow Up in a Palace Too? - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Did You Grow Up in a Palace Too?   In Memory of the Palace Theatre   If you were for...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

They Make Patriotism a Dirty Word - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   They Make Patriotism a Dirty Word   “…Devil with Devil damn’d / Firm concord holds…”  ...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

Riding to the Sound of the Guns: Fighting Fires in East Texas - weekly column, 26 August 2023

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Riding to the Sound of the Guns   In hot, burnt, smoky East Texas this summer we are aga...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

August is Unusually Hot - Someone Must be Punished for It - weekly column, 20 August 2023

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   August is Unusually Hot – Someone Must be Punished for It   The gentleness of heaven is ...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

August is a Yellow Flame - poem

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    Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com     August is a Yellow Flame     “That August was like a yellow flame”   -Anna...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

The Bronze Serpent - poem

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    Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Bronze Serpent   Moses established a serpent within the camp A fiery brazen ...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Phillis Wheatley: A Sweet, Strong Voice - weekly column 13 August 2023

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Phillis Wheatley: A Sweet, Strong Voice   A friend mentioned that he had graduated from ...
Saturday, August 12, 2023

One Judge, Two Sheriff's Deputies, and Five Police Officers Take on a 98-Year-Old Woman - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   One Judge, Two Sheriff’s Deputies, and Five Police Officers Take on a 98-Year-Old Woman ...
Tuesday, August 8, 2023

What Did Jesus Look Like? - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   What Did Jesus Look Like?   What did Jesus look like when He was on earth? He looks ju...
Sunday, August 6, 2023

Wordle for Klingons - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Wordle for Klingons   Let the captain win now; he is one of your betters - Revenge is ...
Saturday, August 5, 2023

The Fuel Pump Screen Queen - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   The Fuel Pump Screen Queen   She’s fresh and lovely on the television screen Promoting a re...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Gearing Up for School Which is Just Around the Corner - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   Gearing Up for School Which is Just Around the Corner   School is forever gearing up or windi...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Unidentified Flying Obfuscations - poem

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  Unidentified Flying Obfuscations   Our Texas government plans to censor our books (But look at the bright shiny UFOs) Our newspape...
Sunday, July 30, 2023

Our Congress - Lost in Space: weekly column 30 July 2023

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   Our Congress – Lost in Space   Our United States Congress, apparently having little to do, ha...
Thursday, July 27, 2023

Two Sovereign Remedies for Depression - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Two Sovereign Remedies for Depression   Reading a few pages of Wodehouse at bedtime Is...
Saturday, July 22, 2023

In Nature We are Only a Menu Item - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   In Nature We are Only a Menu Item   Purporting to love nature is a commonplace This does no...
Friday, July 21, 2023

A Japanese Army Cap - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com     A Japanese Army Cap  "A fool lies here who tried to hustle the East" -Kipling L...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Jane Birkin's Smile - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com   Jane Birkin’s Smile   Her eyes were everything when she looked at us Teasingly, from beneat...
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Lawrence Hall, HSG
Y'r 'umble scrivener knows how to milk cows (altho' he long ago swore to own no livestock larger than dachshunds), build fences, clear brush, and cut firewood. After 18 months in Viet-Nam and Cambodia he worked his way through university as an ambulance driver, nurses' aide, and then LVN. BA in History, University of San Diego, 1976; MEd, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1984; MA in English, Stephen F. Austin State University, 2002. He also taught school, but that makes him a class (no pun) enemy just now. He has been rejected by some of the finest publishing houses in America.
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