Thursday, July 31, 2025

I Am Spartacus! (Okay, Maybe Not) - doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   I Am Spartacus! (Okay, Maybe Not)   I am not Spartacus! ...

A Variation on the Privacy Tour - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   A Variation on the Privacy Tour   We Ask Everyone to Res...

The Strange Adventure of Tarzan, the Epsteinian Files, and The Burn-Bags of Opar - perfectly awful doggerel

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The Strange Adventure of Tarzan, the Epsteinian Files, and...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

"Just One More Thing" - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   “Just One More Thing”   His shabby raincoat His rumply...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Minefield and Altar - poem

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Minefield and Altar   Approaching the Truth should be simple enough...

A Point-and-Won't-Shoot Camera - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   A Point-and-Won’t-Shoot Camera   The concept of the poin...
Monday, July 28, 2025

High-Pressure Dome in a Coffee Cup - poem

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   High-Pressure Dome in a Coffee Cup   Blue light - an illusion of co...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

A Three-Character-Group Code for Advancing Civilization

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   A Three-Character-Group Code for Advancing Civilization   ...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

They. Learned. To. Code. - poem

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   They. Learned. To. Code.   14-year-old boy identified as victim in ...
Friday, July 25, 2025

The Apex Predator - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The Apex Predator   They… Have watched me rise from ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

We Ask Everyone to Respect Our Family Privacy at This Time - a poem about the guy who bit the head off the bat

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   We Ask Everyone to Respect Our Family Privacy at This Time   “Our f...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

A 5-7-5 About Listening to Your Body - yes, a 5-7-5 unworthy of a senryu

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   A 5-7-5 About Listening to Your Body   I listen to my bo...

Piso Mojado Sounds Somewhat Vulgar - rhyming doggerel

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Piso Mojado Sounds Somewhat Vulgar   Piso mojado en Tejas y Colorad...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Loose Vowels - not really a poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Loose Vowels   A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y – why? (...

The New Pastor Threatens the Congregation with Guitars - poem

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The New Pastor Threatens the Congregation with Guitars   Our new pa...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Betrayed With a Kiss-Cam - poem

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    Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Betrayed With a Kiss-Cam     And the sunlight clas...

The Crown of Rachel - poem

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   Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   The Crown of Rachel     From an idea inspired by Nat Lipstadt while...
Friday, July 18, 2025

A Cure for the Common Scold - doggerel (thinking of some of the cast in the Harry Potter films)

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   A Cure for the Common Scold   For ______________________...

1970 - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   1970   When I came home I was asked by a boyhood friend ...

Death Falls Apart in White - poem

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  Lawrence Hall Mhall46184@aol.com Dispatches for the Colonial Office   Death Falls Apart in White   Snow does not fall in July,...