A Few Winter Poems
The cold has gotten old without Christmas trees
And little lights in all their vestmental tints
No longer counterpoint the dark northern breeze…
By Lawrence, “Mack in Texas” Hall
Tag: Poetry
About a Question Pontius Pilate Asks of Himself
The epistemology of epistemology
Folds back on itself with a supplemental twist…
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall
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
Maybe Winter is Tired
The paling sun drops coldly in the west –
False spring in its own turn now takes a rest
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 11 – The Legend of Stone Mountain Part 3
By Joshua David Ling … “I know you’re just a legend. / An echo of one that was. / Harbingella is just an evil woman. / Amy is more because / Harbingella doesn’t really live anymore…
Read MoreGuardians 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 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 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 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
Read MoreMake Thee Another Self
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … After the Order of Saint Joseph, all men are fathers / Commanded by God to protect all children / Permitted by God to protect all children / Empowered by God to protect all children
Read MoreHoly Smokes: Habemus Papem
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … Latins and Sabines may have watched for smoke / From the Vatican Hill across the way / Wondering if a careless shepherd had set a fire / Beyond the Seven Hills of holy Rome
Read MoreFragments of Life and Literature
By Lawrence “Mack in Texas” Hall … We have mysterious runic messages still / Appearing this morning – there, on the road – see them?
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