Friday, February 21, 2025

You Were Dancing Up the Lane - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   You Were Dancing Up the Lane   In an old lawn chair I sat and dozed ...
Thursday, February 20, 2025

The Church Garage Sale - doggerel

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    Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The Church Garage Sale   (Although the garage sale i...

Candy-Colored Canes in the Waiting Room - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Candy-Colored Canes in the Waiting Room   In the waiting room: rows ...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

I Believe in Love, NOW STAY AWAY - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   I Believe in Love, NOW STAY AWAY   In the tiny coffee sh...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Graveside Service on a Blustery Day - poem

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Graveside Service on a Blustery Day   “The old order changeth, yiel...

The Problems with Self-Publishing - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The Problems with Self-Publishing   The problems with se...

Has All the Gold Been Stolen from Fort Knox? - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Has All the Gold Been Stolen from Fort Knox?   Elon Musk encouraged ...

Go Ask Your Father - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Go Ask Your Father   “Go ask your father.”   “Go ask...
Saturday, February 15, 2025

Portrait of monsieur Gaudry and His Daughter - a poem based on the painting

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Portrait of Monsieur Gaudry and His Daughter   For all Daughters an...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Each Kiss is a Distraction - a poor attempt at a senryu

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Each Kiss is a Distraction   While we weren’t watching ...

Watching the Rain Without You - poem

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Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Watching the Rain Without You   The rain is incomplete wit...

Groovin' on Graveyards - a poem about the night shift

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The Graveyard Shift   At two in the morning everything is old The h...

A Penny Saved is a Worthless Zinc Disk Gathering Dust in a Drawer - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   A Penny Saved is a Worthless Zinc Disc Gathering Dust in a D...

My Shakespearean Girl - sonnet

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   My Shakespearean Girl   I woke in sadness that the dream...
Saturday, February 8, 2025

A Dachshund Dreaming of Rabbit for Supper - DOGgerel

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   A Dachshund Dreaming of Rabbit for Supper   My little Luna-Dog has ...

Pirates to Starboard - a poem about childhood

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Pirates to Starboard next to the Dairy Cows!   My neighb...

Little Thoughts of God - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office     Little Thoughts of God   We are not some casual and meaningless pr...

Exposition Kills Poetry - poem & Exposition

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Exposition Kills Poetry   Most exposition is an imposit...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Jim Croce and a Rainy Morning - poem

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Jim Croce and a Rainy Morning   When the plane went down that was t...
Monday, February 3, 2025

Forming a Committee Around a Car That Wouldn't Start - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Forming a Committee Around a Car That Wouldn’t Start   T...