A Boyhood Friend Goes Down To The River
They listened to the waters and the winds
One more lesson from the river, the eternal flow
Category: Poetry
Maybe Winter is Tired
The paling sun drops coldly in the west –
False spring in its own turn now takes a rest
No, It Wasn’t The Medications
We did meet again, and we did smile
And so, just so, we all will meet again…
By Lawrence Hall
Pale Shadows and Seasons
Pale shadows and seasons and leaves drift by
The slanting sun of February falls…
By Lawrence Hall
A Rotor-Tiller and the Feast of the Presentation
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Names have not been restored, as Aslan says / Some are pleased to call this Ground-Hog Day / Although there are no ground hogs here / But the Presentation is everywhere and forever
Read MoreResolution for a New Year – or for a New Life, and Cuddled up with Cold Medicine and a Warm Dachshund
By Mack in Texas
Perhaps dear old Puddleglum, who burnt his feet
When stamping out the fires of wickedness
Made a fine new year’s resolution with
“I’m going to live as like a Narnian as I can.”
Guardians Of Atlanta Episode 10 – The Legend of Stone Mountain Part 2
By Joshua David Ling … “O’er the hills and through the pain, / Where I will be Witch-Queen again, / I command and this body obeys, / Over the hills and gone always!”
Read MoreGuardians Of Atlanta Episode 9 – The Legend of Stone Mountain Part 1
By Joshua David Ling … Over the last chapters of this story, / We saw heroes and heroines in fantastic glory. / From Cyrus the Cyclone, to Bobby the Magician. / To William the Knight, and Amira the bless’d twin…
Read MoreFirst Snow
By Sarah Losardo … Falling from grey skies / In big flakes, / Really coming down…
Read MoreGuardians Of Atlanta Episode 8 – The Freakshow And The Eclipse
By Joshua David Ling … But I hear her evil calling me. / And I cannot turn away. / Save me please, oh Marlynn, my angel! / Please show me the way!
Read MoreGuardians Of Atlanta Episode 7 – Mirror: The Blessed Twin
By Joshua David Ling … Three Knights stood in her room spread out, / One grabbed her mouth from behind. / She tried to fight back as best she could, / But this plan was perfectly designed. / She suddenly felt tired and looked down to see / A needle in her arm.
Read MoreNegotiating Toilet Paper
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Dignity, like treaties, can be broken In many ways…
Read MoreGuardians Of Atlanta Episode 6 – Crusader: Leader Of The Guardians
By Joshua David Ling … A purple mist filled the room as William grabbed his sword Knox. / He stood by the doorway, fully prepared, because he had no locks.
Read MoreSo Fast Thou Growest
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Happy children playing in a roadside ditch / Barefoot and laughing in shorts and tees / A boy grabbing up a frog to frighten the girls/ A girl sloshing the boys with a bucket of muck
Read MoreAppled Things
By Michael Stalcup … Glory be to God for appled things
Read MoreBecause They Are Young
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Little children attend the school of Creation: / A stick, a caterpillar upon a leaf / A pine nut spiraling down upon its wing / A yellow butterfly dancing autumn in
Read MoreHobbit Day
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … I read that today is Hobbit Day / On the autumn equinox every year…
Read MoreIn a Better America
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … In a better America this would be the first day of school – / Labor Day is for swimming in the creek / For a sunburn, for a catfish spine in your heel / For sandwiches and sand and ants and fun
Read MoreFailed Blessings
By Samantha Terrell … I bless you with will and water, but / you thrash and writhe in its small spray.
Read MoreLaundry Day – The Solemnity of All Stains
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … The washing machine baptizes our busy days: / A shirt freshly stained with this morning’s coffee / Wrinkledy tees in grimy greens and greys / A child’s blue jeans all sticky with toffee
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