Saturday, September 28, 2024

His Check Engine Light is On - weak excuse for a poem but there's a nice fresh metaphor

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   His Check Engine Light is On   He came by today, a friend from long ago “I haven’t see...

Meditation and Merriment in Early Autumn - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Meditation and Merriment in Early Autumn        We cannot stay young and strong for long -      Bo...

An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet of Summer Bugs - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet of Summer Bugs   (He was small in the spring)   When a tre...

The Cosmic Inertia of a Six-Pound Dachshund - short poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Cosmic Inertia of a Six-Pound Dachshund   Why is the resistance factor In shifting...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Boeing, Studebaker, John Deere, and my Tupperware Coffee Cup - an elegy

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Boeing, Studebaker, John Deere, and my Tupperware™ Coffee Cup     “The days are gone… ...

Smart*ss Watch - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Smart*ss Watch   It clings to my wrist like a faithless friend Good fun to pal around ...
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

On Reading a Poem by Du Mu - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   On Reading a Poem by Du Mu   Everything is far away China is ever so far away The dynasties are f...
Monday, September 23, 2024

Hobbit Day (short poem)

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Hobbit Day   22 September   I read that today is Hobbit Day On the autumn equinox ev...
Sunday, September 22, 2024

Someday Such Men Will Live in Palaces - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Such Men Will Someday Live in Palaces   Cf. Saint Matthew 11   I am only a visitor here, unqualif...
Friday, September 20, 2024

At Rao's Bakery - Coffee, Croissants, Children, and the Constitution - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   At Rao’s Bakery - Coffee, Croissants, Children, and the Constitution   At dawn - hot cof...

A Road Crew Singing "Red, Red Wine" - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   A Road Crew Singing “Red, Red Wine”   A road crew of only two riding with the fill In ...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Move the Metaphor; Move the Needle - short poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   Moving the Metaphor   “Moving the needle” isn’t moving anymore As a metaphor it is out of the gro...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

If Mr. Vance Says You Ate Someone's Pet Cat Then Obviously You ate Someone's Pet Cat - not really a poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   If Mr. Vance Says You Ate Someone’s Pet Cat Then Obviously You Ate Someone’s Pet Cat   ...
Monday, September 16, 2024

I’m Proud of My Childless Cat Lady Daughter - two lines to rebuke certain stuffy old politicians

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   I’m Proud of My Childless Cat Lady Daughter   Some call her a childless cat lady At work the staff...

The Terrifying Creepy Chilling Iconic Sniper’s Lair - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   The Terrifying Creepy Chilling Iconic Sniper’s Lair   Some call it the sniper’s lair, so...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

Runes Recently Discovered - poem

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Runes Recently Discovered   We have mysterious runic messages still Appearing this morning – there, ...
Saturday, September 14, 2024

If Li-Po Were my Houseguest - quatrain

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   If Li-Po Were my Houseguest   If Li-Po were my houseguest tonight I’d probably have to...

We Don't Understand, But We Hope - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   We Don’t Understand, But We Hope   We don’t understand it, but we hope in it The change from that...
Friday, September 13, 2024

I Had a Flat Tire Along the Silk Road - not-a-Tang-quatrain

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  Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com   I Had a Flat Tire Along the Silk Road   A bandit-princess stole my trail-lost heart To...

Tropes, Dopes, and Culture Worriers - poem

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   Lawrence Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com     Tropes, Dopes, and Culture Worriers   I am not clear as to what you intend by  arisch . I am no...