Lawrence Hall, HSG
I Hear America Whining
The world’s fattest people, packin’ the pounds
Driving in to McDonald’s whenever struck by the mood
And then to the beer joint, drinking in rounds
While complaining about the price of food
Saturday, October 26, 2024
I Hear America Whining - doggerel
Friday, October 25, 2024
Torah is Written with Flames - poem
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Torah is Written with Flames
English letters are as
orderly as a battle line
But Hebrew letters are
flames in their shining shapes
Even on a printed page
they dance in light
And with Light comes Truth;
you can see God in them
For Hebrew letters are the
Burning Bush
The fires of Mount Horeb,
the Temple sacrifice
The light of a Talmud
scholar’s study lamp
The light of Torah upon
civilization
We don’t know our letters
as well as we should
But God has written them
upon our hearts
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Driving Home After Work: "Thus Spake Zararthustra" on the Radio - poem
Lawrence Hall, HSG
Driving Home After Work:
“Thus Spake Zarathustra” on the Radio
The first few bars must always remind us of
That space movie from the future long ago
With sophomores beating each other up
Or anyone trying to spell “Zarathustra “
Without looking it up; no spelling now
Driving into a drought-red setting sun
The vapours of chemicals, road tar, dust
Allergens drifting among the toxins
Poetry sorts meaning from chaos seeming -
Maybe not tonight (Sneeze!)
We Are All Children When We Attempt Haiku
Lawrence Hall, HSG
We are All Children When We Attempt Haiku
We all write Haiku
We’re not any good at it
But we honor the Shijin
SNL: Because Men Who Betray Women are so Amusing
Lawrence Hall, HSG
SNL: Because Men Who Betray Women are so Amusing
Re: Bang-Bang Baldwin
A man shoots a woman
For which another woman takes the fall
And Saturday Night Live
Is okay with it all
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Cardinal Dolan Kisses King Herod's (Hands) - doggerel
Lawrence Hall, HSG
The High Priest Kisses
King Herod’s (Hands)
His Eminence the Cardinal of New York
The High Priest kisses King Herod’s (hands)
And joins him for a feast of mockeries and lies
Giving the tyrant for his crimes a pass
Laughing at Truth as civilization dies
Over lobster and beef they pity the poor
While robed in white ties and evening gowns
And silken ecclesiastical couture
(One of them has visions of papal crowns)
Gluttony and scorn at a rented manse -
All that is missing is Salome’s dance
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The First Barn-Jacket Morning in Autumn - haiku
Lawrence Hall, HSG
The First Barn-Jacket Morning in Autumn
Dawn – windy and cold
The first barn-jacket morning
Wild geese singing south
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