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.

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Short Shrift, Long Shrift, Everybody's Gotta Shrift - a little nonsense

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Shrifts, All Sizes   One hears of someone getting a...

Being a 'Possum Must be Rough - Doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Being a ‘Possum Must be Rough   A Dachshund’s Night...
Saturday, October 28, 2023

The October Squirrel Festival - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The October Squirrel Festival   For Jerry Nobles, o...

Common Morning Glory

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Taking a Stab at Cultural Appropriation - a brief essay

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Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com Taking a Stab at Cultural Appropriation On the morning of 28 October I happened to watch Crystal Green...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Alexander the Coppersmith - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office     Alexander the Coppersmith   2 Timothy 4:14   ...
Monday, October 23, 2023

The Stone, the Shell, and the Lance - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The Stone, the Shell, and the Lance   -Wordsworth, ...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

Creation Sings Hatikvah - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Creation Sings Hatikvah   The Torah unrolls in a soft, whispered wind The wanderer fin...

But Mom, All the Cool Kids are into Genocide! - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   But Mom, All the Cool Kids are into Genocide!   “St...
Friday, October 20, 2023

Dostoyevsky and Applesauce 2 / $5 - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Dostoyevsky and Applesauce 2 / $5   Literature in t...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

The Aeolian Harb and the Aeolian Tree-Stump - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The Aeolian Harp and the Aeolian Tree-Stump   Every...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

18 October 2023 - When Missiles Fall Upon Our Vanities

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com 18 October 2023 - When Missiles Fall Upon Our Vanities   When missiles fall upon our vanit...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

If Children Ask for Bread Will We Give Them a Statement? - a sentence which is not a poem at all

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   If Children Ask for Bread Will We Give Them a Statement...

A Deer and I Surprised Each Other - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   A Deer and I Surprised Each Other   Silence We pa...
Monday, October 16, 2023

People are Dying by the Thousands - Let's All Go Buy Slogan Tees - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office     People are Dying by the Thousands – Let’s All Go Bu...

Will There be Coffee after the Crucifixion? - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office     Will There be Coffee after the Crucifixion?   E...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

A Tale of Herschkowitz - a brief narrative

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   A Tale of Herschkowitz   602 nd Tank Destroyer Battalion   My father, who was a mas...
Saturday, October 14, 2023

(Untitled / flashback to Viet-Nam / not for publication)

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  93.   14 October 2023, Saturday in Ordinary Time   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   ...
Friday, October 13, 2023

My Concealed-Carry Jewish Space Laser (Shhhhhhhhhhh...!) - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   My Concealed-Carry Jewish Space Laser   In my state...

Three Cigarette Lighters - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Three Cigarette Lighters     And in what landscap...
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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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