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...