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...