Lawrence
Hall, HSG
No, I Will Not Watch X
For all
the same reasons I repudiate Q
I will not
watch X, not even for you
And I
regret that you asked me to -
They’re
both a Macbethian witches’ brew
Friday, February 23, 2024
No, I Will Not Watch X - quatrain
Night of the Long Sporks - quatrain
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Night of the Long Sporks
Republicans have their
sporks out for each other
Slashing each member with
unpassable bills
Impeaching each MAGA
sister and brother -
The 118th Congress gives me
the chills!
Thursday, February 22, 2024
IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT ALL OVER EUROPE AND OHIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lawrence Hall, HSG
IT’S THE END OF THE
WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
ALL OVER EUROPE
AND OHIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Great AT&T Blink of 2024
America has failed, Babylon has fallen
Amid sturm und drang and riot and rout
Civilization has collapsed and we can’t call it in
Because our telephones are out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Oh, it’s back on – is this Joe’s Pizza?)
How to Write a Modern Scholarship Application Letter
Lawrence Hall, HSG
How to Write a Modern
Scholarship Application Letter
On a photocopy of a photocopy
of a word soup scribbled in pencil on a torn-out sheet of notebook paper at
lunch:
My future life plan goals include being a jet pilot or a
dentrist I havent chose a college yet I have a A in honers English your cholarship
would mean I don’t have to stress about working and my mom and dad don’t have
to stress about working I can just make good grades about stressing about
working I love aminals my hobbies are hanging with my friends and video games I
want to attend community college and become a veteranariarian PHd i was in
peewee football and cheerleading I want to major in bussiness’es and get my
batchelors in bussinnesse’s administeriation in my spare time I hanging with my
friends and we right fourwheeler’s and s’tuff i have looked at your program and
it look’s alright for me maybe I would like it because as a wise man once said to
thine true self be thine I am active in my crurch I WRITE music and build legos
my dreams are in my music i write I help with blue Santa last year I take care
of my specail need’s sister which is why I want to be an pediatrishin to help
specail nee’ds kids and I can inspire other’s to be like me my swimming coach
said I would never make the team and I did so I showed everyone who didn’
believe in me because the key to the bridge to success lys in my dream’s
because my dream’s are what make me me and my dream’s are going to take me to
place’s I never dreamed of as a wise man his name was Martin Luther King said
as a wise man named Gandih said it’s in this book as a wise man named Churchell
said as a wise man named Rosa Parks said as a wise man said
As a wise man said
As a man said
Maybe he said
Maybe
I found it in a book somewhere
Standing the Test of Time - quatrain
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Standing the Test
of Time
So tell me about life’s test – is it multiple-guess?
Or fill-in-the-blanks for my empty mind
If the most common answer is C…oh, what a mess!
Gimme a hint, Teach; I’m falling behind!
The Wind Drove the Pages Wild - poem
Lawrence Hall, HSG
The Wind Drove the
Pages Wild
Reading Yevtushenko on a Windy Day
The flapping, fluttering pages went wild in the wind
And poetry sometimes should go wild, blow wild
To shake those gently slumbering words awake
Provoking peaceful musings into a storm
Nouns chasing verbs into logical conclusions
That turn about and bite the reader in the (hand)
And adjectives torment the symbolism
While adverbs, as always, were mostly in the way
I just wanted a quiet hour with coffee and verse
But flapping, fluttering pages went wild in the wind
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
A Single, Intemperate, Ill-Mannered Line About Tucker Carlson
Lawrence Hall, HSG
A One-Line
Dismissal of Tucker Carlson Isn’t a Poem, But…
Democracy dies in dorkness
Waiting for the Other Boot to Drop - quatrain
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Waiting for the
Other Boot to Drop
And it’s not even a good and honest boot
But the steel-tapped heel and studded sole
Of anger, hatred, and existential despair
One that takes time to pause and stomp the flowers
(The village grouch; you know him well)
Faces Among the Leaves - poem
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Faces Among the Leaves
At first she thought it was but the rock and the
bushes…
But all at once she was aware of a
face among the leaves…
Sigrid Undset,
Kristin Lavransdatter
There
are curious faces among the leaves
Among
the trees and sometimes in the trees
Along
the road a little old man appears
Looking
at me from the trunk of a rotting pine
He
seems to be a little bit annoyed
But
not dangerous; he’s become used to me
Tapping
along with my shiny hiker’s stick
Searching
the winter sky for something of truth
And
there are bare feet dancing in the underbrush
And
faces in the trees I must not see
A Ballerina Arrested for High Treason - poem
Lawrence Hall, HSG
A Ballerina Arrested for High Treason
Let them dance in praise of His name
-Psalm 150
A ballerina was arrested for high treason
And no wonder – dance is a beautiful
thing
Whether the thunderous tread of a
country line
Or the ethereal flights of Russian
ballet
Dance is a joy, and so must be suppressed
A ballerina was arrested for high treason
A dancer moves to mysteries of her own
On
an imperial stage in Saint Petersburg
Or
barefoot in a meadow among butterflies
Dance
is a joy, and must be controlled
A ballerina was arrested for high treason
In
the street or in a moonlit fairies’ ring
Such wild wonder – dance is a
dangerous thing!
A ballerina was arrested for high treason
Monday, February 19, 2024
Sunshine is Dogshine - poem
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Sunshine is Dogshine
Be
prepared. A dog is adorable and noble.
A
dog is a true and loving friend. A dog
Is
also a hedonist.
-Mary Oliver, “The Wicked Smile”
My little dogs pause at the kitchen door
But after tentatively testing the air
Run wild into the sunlit of a rare warm day
Leaping across the long-dead summer grass
They tumble and roll, and loll with their tummies up
For each little sunbeam is a doggie-kiss
To be cherished against the next arctic front
When the sleeting wind rattles the window panes
My little dogs scratch at the kitchen door
Sunshine is dogshine
But now they want a doggie-nosh and a nap
Lent is Not About Giving Up Things Lent is Not About Giving Up Things Lent is Not About Giving Up Things Lent is Not About Giving Up Things
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Lent is Not About
Giving Up Things Lent is Not About Giving Up Things Lent is Not About Giving Up
Things Lent is Not About Giving Up Things
All
of my life I have been told
That
Lent is not about giving up things
So
was there a time when anyone
was
told otherwise?
Saturday, February 17, 2024
"Never Surrender" Sneakers: Collectible Bone Spurs Edition - quatrain
Lawrence Hall, HSG
“Never Surrender” Sneakers – Collectible Bone Spurs Edition
Now we have lived to see a president
Hawking tatty cartoon-character shoes
Having already pawned his soul for rent
And now the bailiffs are turning the screws
Cheerful Young Fascists at my Door - poem
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Cheerful Young
Fascists at my Door
Pickup-trucking along on a Saturday morning
Rosy-red cheeks and rosy-red baseball caps
Laughing in youthful joy this cold winter day
Anxious to spread their Leader’s polemics
On the march from their truck and back
Bearing pamphlets and posters and signs
With triumphalist messages of loyalty
To a man who has betrayed everyone he ever met
I almost broke their hearts when I told them to go
But soon enough they will be breaking people’s heads
Gen X, Gen Y, Gen Z, and Boomer Tea - quatrain
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Gen X, Gen Y, Gen
Z, and Boomer Tea
How wicked to stereotype the several gens
To brew a tempest in a pot of self-pity -
The morning sun shines upon a world of friends
For we are all leaves on an Eden-tree
Friday, February 16, 2024
Amazon Lies
I regret that I do not have my review so that I can repudiate Amazon in detail. I never said I had a bad experience with the can opener; I said that I had no experience with the can opener at all because the outlets on my kitchen counter are recessed and the cord was so short that it didn't reach. I added that I should not have had to order an extension cord for this product. I further noted that some of the plastic housing the blades appeared to be brittle and flimsy. I said nothing about "inauthentic." It's just a can opener; the categories of "authentic" and "inauthentic" do not obtain.
My review was accurate and useful. Given Amazon's inaccuracy, possibly malevolence, in word usage I will not write another review and have asked Amazon to withdraw all my previous reviews.
Tue, Feb 13 at 4:47 PM
Hello Lawrence Hall,
Thank you for submitting a review of Cuisinart CCO-50BKN Deluxe Electric Can Opener, Black; we are sorry you did not have a positive experience. We investigated your concerns about product authenticity, and the information we have indicates that the product you received was authentic. As a result, we removed the review you submitted. This ensures that customer reviews remain as accurate as possible for the benefit of future customers.
We appreciate your input and hope you will continue to submit valuable feedback about your experience shopping on Amazon.
Thank you.
Reference: R3K6KXB8D6TYBG
A Martyr is a Poem - for Alexei Navalny
Lawrence Hall, HSG
A Martyr is a Poem
For Alexei
Navalny
“Only in Russia is poetry respected; it gets people
killed.”
-Osip Mandelstam
His soul was a poem; upon it he wrote
Of hope for Russia’s peoples frozen in pain
A poem of stern rebuke to Rolex tyrants
Who censored him with beatings, poison, and death
He spoke
He died
Because he spoke he died
Because he spoke the truth he died
They left his unfinished poem upon the ice
His soul was a poem – we must complete his verse
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
There are no Foreign Accents in Texas - poem
Lawrence Hall, HSG
There are no Foreign
Accents in Texas
“For all its enormous range of space, climate, and physical
appearance, and for all the internal squabbles, contentions, and strivings,
Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of
America.”
– John Steinbeck
There are no foreign accents here, n'est-ce pas?
Un acento extranjero is for Auslander
And there are no mga dayuhan here
The dat belongs to all of us and to niemand
Before even the Pierwsze Narody there was the jord
And les humains have come in successive amaza
Izdao each other with אלימות and кровь
Κατακτήσεις and 背叛 instead of féastaí
But 私たち are trying to make it bora now -
There are no foreign accents here, capisci?
I played with Microsoft’s
translator ]english to
spanish - Search (bing.com)] because to my regret I have no language
other than English and puer parvus scholis Latinis.
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Dragons for Your New Year - poem
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Dragons for Your
New Year
For Doris and Anthony
Who have known dragons
Eustace
had read only the wrong books; they had a lot to say about exports and imports
and governments and drains, but they were weak on dragons.
-C. S. Lewis, Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The dragons are a polite and ancient race
And very conscious of their dignity
It would not do to neglect their seasons and feasts
Lest they neglect to visit you this year
They want to bring good fortune to your house
But first you must make a place for them -
Their breath will warm your room, your hearth, your heart
Their knowledge will make your children worthy and wise
Their songs will send your family happy dreams
For dragons are a polite and generous race
Saturday, February 10, 2024
Reader Responses in the U. K. DAILY MAIL
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Reader Responses in
the U. K. Daily Mail
RepubliCraps. Demoncrats. Repugs. DemoCraps. MAGA. Magats.
Maggots. Clown. Orange clown. Clowns. Clown show. Absolute clown show. Absolute
commie clown show. Diaper Joe. Dr. Potatohead. Moron. Selected not elected.
Deplorables. Trailer trash. Absolute trailer trash. Said no one ever. Oh wait. Lock
her up. Lock him up. Throw away the key. Absolutely. Joebama. Drumpf. Dump. Woke.
Wokista. Wokerati. Absolutely Woke. Biden’s America. Trump’s America. Mean
tweets. No mean tweets. These teachers. These schools. These universities. TDS.
Absolute TDS. Liberal idiots. Extremist idiots. Absolute idiots. ROFL. Grab
some popcorn. …in 1, 2, 3… Dumpster fire.
Absolute dumpster fire. You can’t make this stuff up. Train wreck. Absolute
train wreck. Car crash. Absolute car crash. Total car crash. The jokes write
themselves. At its finest. Pure evil. Absolute pure evil. Cue crickets. Of biblical
proportions. Of epic proportions. Of absolute epic biblical proportions. Rinse
and repeat. Rules for thee but not for me. Two-tier justice system. Absolute
two-tier justice system. You could look it up. Follow the science. Full stop. LOL.
End of. Absolutely. Fact. FACT!!!!!
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