Monday, April 29, 2024

The Governor of South Dakota Takes a Shot at the Vice-Presidency - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Governor of South Dakota Takes a Shot at the Vice-Presidency                           Who is ...

Every Morning Begins with Sunlit Hope - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Every Morning Begins with Sunlit Hope   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 33   Every morning b...
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Let's Meet Again Next Week or Next Life - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Let’s Meet Again Next Week or Next Life   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 32   To ask to be remember’ed i...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

While Clenching Their Fisties - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   While Clenching Their Fisties   Old men do not now argue politics At the coffee table ...
Friday, April 26, 2024

When to the Sessions of Sweet, Noisy Thought - poem

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    Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   When to the Sessions of Sweet, Noisy Thought   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 30   I do...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Those Who Straddle the Temple Walls - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Those Who Straddle the Temple Walls   “Choose you this day whom you will serve”   -J...

When Fortune and Men’s Eyes are in Disgrace - poem

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    Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   When Fortune and Men’s Eyes are in Disgrace   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 29   A goo...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

And Why is There a Police Car in Your Driveway? - poem

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Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   And Why is There a Police Car in Your Driveway?   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 28   The day...

These Here So-Called Schools These Days - doggerel

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   These Here So-Called Schools These Days     “Lead, Follow, or Get the H*** Out of the Way”   -a s...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Weary with Dachshunds - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Weary with Dachshunds   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 27   With an improving book I go to ...
Monday, April 22, 2024

The President of Columbia University is Saddened - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The President of Columbia University is Saddened   “Why must we fight for the right to live, over...

The Golden Gate of Jerusalem - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Golden Gate of Jerusalem   The Gate of Repentance   The Golden Gate captures the...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

A Nation of Couch Schlubs Blames the Chinese Communists - doggerel

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   A Nation of Couch Schlubs Blames the Chinese Communists   A question may be brought about ownersh...

The Great Gate of Kiev - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Great Gate of Kiev   Mussorgsky’s The Great Gate of Kiev is no hymn to the people of...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

You are the Poem - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   You are the Poem   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 24   A camera time-stops images as electr...
Friday, April 19, 2024

Stammering Before an Audience of One - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Stammering Before an Audience of One   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 23   As imperfect poe...

To the Privileged Youth of Columbia University - more of an intemperate hissy-fit than a poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   “Anglo-Saxon Students Would Not Like to Be Taught by a Jew”   Cited in Stanley Kunitz ...
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Humility Through the Looking Glass - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Humility Through the Looking Glass   Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 22   My glass surprises...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Marcus Aurelius Down at the Auto Repair - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Marcus Aurelius Down at the Auto Repair   Marcus Aurelius down at the auto repair – Now there’s a...

Kirbyville Automotive and a Roman Philosopher

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  On his large, electrical sign at Kirbyville Automotive my friend Shannon Davis posted this quote from Marcus Aurelius: “When you arise in ...