Saturday, December 30, 2023

Dropping Stuff at Midnight for the Gregorian New Year - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Dropping Stuff at Midnight for the Gregorian New Year   (The Julian calendar is so old t...

Gandhi, Churchill, and Shakespeare Wrote a New Year’s Resolution (I Mean, Like, I Read it Somewhere, Okay?)

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Gandhi, Churchill, and Shakespeare Wrote a New Year’s Resolution (I Mean, Like, I Read it So...
Tuesday, December 26, 2023

On This Feast of St. Stephen - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   On This Feast of St. Stephen   If Good King Wenceslaus looked down today He might well...

Do Vladimir Putin and His Office Staff Play Secret Santa?

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Do Vladimir Putin and His Office Staff Play Secret Santa?   Some speak of an after-Chris...
Monday, December 25, 2023

Within the Octave of Christmas - poem

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 Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.comm (from several years ago) Within the Octave of Christmas   For Eldon, Patron of Christmas Bonfires   ...
Sunday, December 24, 2023

For Our Mothers on Christmas Eve - poem

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(ca 2015) Lawrence Hall, HSG mhall46184@aol.com For our Mothers on Christmas Eve   Beyond all other nights, on this strange Night, A str...
Saturday, December 23, 2023

The Stable is Wherever You Are on Christmas - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   In the Stable on Christmas Eve   For Tod and Max   My friend prays at the Stable eac...

The Rural Electric Co-Op's Giant Christmas Tree

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 (from 2020) Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com The Rural Electric Co-Op’s Giant Christmas Tree Christmas trees are a delight to a chi...
Friday, December 22, 2023

Toy Trains, Grandmother's Good China, and Children - Christmas

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 (From 2019) Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Toy Trains, Grandmother’s Good China, and Children As Inspector Barnaby says in...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Christmas Without a Tree? - very short poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Christmas Without a Tree?   Not minding my own business I urged a tree Yes, their chil...

And This the Happy Morn

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  (from 2022) Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   And This the Happy Morn   This is the month, and this the happy morn,       Wherein th...

Mr. Krueger's Christmas

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 (from 2019) Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Mr. Krueger’s Christmas A friend referred y’r ‘umble scrivener to a James Stewart f...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Applying for a Job at the Grocery Store - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Applying for a Job at the Grocery Store   A scruffy young man at a table slouched His ...
Sunday, December 17, 2023

People Who are Late for Mass Apologize to Me! - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   People Who are Late for Mass Apologize to Me   “I pray you, remember the porter”   -...
Saturday, December 16, 2023

Read Within Your Academic Discipline - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Read Within Your Academic Discipline     The Child is father of the Man   -Wordswo...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Twenty Three But Not Me - doggerel re 23andMe

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Twenty Three But Not Me   I am told I have 26 new kin How sad that I will never get to meet them 23a...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

A Fragment of Machinery in the Road - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   A Fragment of Machinery in the Road   Part of a specialty clamp in asphalt trapped Lik...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

Two Verses in the Eternal Hymn - a poem for two young musicians at Christmas

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Two Verses in the Eternal Hymn   For Cate and Jack Christmas 2023   From the foot ...
Saturday, December 9, 2023

How to Review a War Movie Without Saying Anything - poem (of a sort)

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   How to Review a War Movie Without Saying Anything   First, copy out the same old filler ...
Thursday, December 7, 2023

Something That Will Stick to Your Ribs - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Something That Will Stick to Your Ribs   When I was a boy I was told to eat balanced mea...