Tuesday, April 9, 2024

But Who Else Could You Be? - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   But Who Else Could You Be?   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 13   O that I were myself? Of course I am Wh...
Monday, April 8, 2024

LITE A FINE PILSNER BEER An Afternoon LITE A FINE PILSNER BEER Walk Along Beer Can Road and County Dump Extension LIGHT A FINE PILSNER BEER

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    Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   An Afternoon LITE A FINE PILSNER BEER Walk Along Beer Can Road and County Dump Extension   Dewbe...

I Do Not Count the Clock - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   I Do Not Count the Clock   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 12   I do not count the clock whe...
Sunday, April 7, 2024

So Fast Thou Grow'st - Cf. Shakespeare Sonnet 11

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com     So Fast Thou Grow’st   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 11   I put something out there in...
Saturday, April 6, 2024

Make Thee Another Self - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Make Thee Another Self   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 10   I thought I heard you saying it was a pity....
Friday, April 5, 2024

Are We All Prisoners of War? - poem - Sailor's Creek 1865

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Are We All Prisoners of War?   My great-grandfather was a tailor, they say Stern of mi...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

One Pleasing Note Do Sing (Shakespeare and a Washing Machine) - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   One Pleasing Note Do Sing   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 8   V: Where is my shirt; I can’t find it any...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

The United States Postal Service Opens Your Packages for You - photograph

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 No Extra Charge for Opening Your Packages Before Delivery

To a Political Friend Who Politically Accused Me of Having My Head in the Sand Politically - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com     To a Political Friend Who Politically Accused Me   of Having My Head in the Sand Polit...

His Sacred Majesty - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   His Sacred Majesty   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 7   We are told that we mustn’t worship the sun Nor ...
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Thank God That's Over - short poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Thank God That’s Over   St. Therese of Lisieux is said to have said After an especiall...

Make Worms Thy Heir - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Make Worms Thy Heir   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 6   Let us speak of the utility of wor...
Monday, April 1, 2024

Is There No Sulky Gas? - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Is There No Sulky Gas? To the dentist this morning but woe and alas Only a cleaning - no laughing ...

Time Will Play the Tyrant - poem

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    Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Time Will Play the Tyrant   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 5   Time need not play the t...
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Unthrifty Loveliness - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Unthrifty Loveliness   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 4   I had told her how beautiful she ...
Saturday, March 30, 2024

The Discount-Store Patriot and the Bible Salesman - rhyming couplet

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Discount-Store Patriot and the Bible Salesman   Two greedy old men a-shakin’ their J...

Look in Thy Glass - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Look in Thy Glass   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 3   I look in the mirror and ask, “Who i...
Friday, March 29, 2024

Battle Stations Aboard the Bismarck - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Battle Stations Aboard the  Bismarck   When general quarters sounded that morning in May Did a se...

A Tattered Weed - poem

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    Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   A Tattered Weed   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 2   Scene i: a lawn chair beneath a sh...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

The World's Fresh Ornaments - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Word’s Fresh Ornaments   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 1   The world’s fresh ornaments...