Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Prancing Chainsaw Dude
Prancing chainsaw dude
Humiliates all of us
But we obey him
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Prancing Chainsaw Dude - senryu
The Seven Seeing-Stones - poem
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches
for the Colonial Office
The Seven Seeing-Stones
Good Tolkien writes of spring
far better than we
With layered allusions to
Celtic and Nordic myths
His Fairy Folk sing clearly
in rainbow rhymes
Among the crocuses abloom ‘round
ancient trees
My crocuses bloom ‘round a
shaggy lawn
With garden furniture in need
of paint
And morning coffee in a
Tupperware cup
To serve as a greeting to the
rising sun
Friend Tolkien writes of
spring for you and me
And through his Seven Seeing-Stones
– we see!
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Scriptural Textual Analysis Applied to Act II of Macbeth - poem
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Scriptural Textual Analysis Applied to Act II of Macbeth
The Book of Steve Jobs 43:13-16
“Oh, no, Mr. Hall!
It’s right here in the Bible!” she exclaimed
Standing up suddenly from her desk
Eagerly waving her MePhone aloft
And then she paused
Appeared to be slightly embarrassed
Laughed
Took a selfie
And laughed some more
As did we all
Happiness
Friday, February 21, 2025
You Were Dancing Up the Lane - poem
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches
for the Colonial Office
You Were Dancing Up the Lane
In an old lawn chair I sat
and dozed
And felt amber dusk sealing the
day
Though I was weary and my
eyes were half-closed
I heard you – you, whistling a
romantic lay
You were skipping barefoot up
the lane
Your skirt all a-dance for
your heart’s desire
O Lady-Queen of our happy demesne
With flowers for me, your most
devoted squire
I awoke, I blinked – I was
all alone -
The sun had set on us, many
years gone
But I saw you dancing up the
lane…
Thursday, February 20, 2025
The Church Garage Sale - doggerel
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
The Church Garage Sale
(Although the garage sale is in the parish hall because there is no garage)
A garage sale is a rebuke to us all -
The metaphysical finger having writ
Turns now from that lost Babylonian wall
And points at us as if to scribe this bit:
Why did you buy these masses of junk at all?
Candy-Colored Canes in the Waiting Room - doggerel
Lawrence
Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Candy-Colored Canes in the Waiting
Room
In the waiting
room: rows of colored canes
Aluminum
canes for the weak of breath and gait
For us who
suffer from imbalance and pains -
We also swerve
who only sit and wait
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
I Believe in Love, NOW STAY AWAY - poem
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
I Believe in Love, NOW STAY AWAY
In the tiny coffee shop all the tables were full
A man kept his table to himself
And would not acknowledge anyone
Defensive behind his deep-thoughts book
The rest of us shared our tables and space
Exchanging greetings, pleasantries, and thanks
Passing the cream and sweeteners and napkins around
All
Except for that one poor sullen man
On the cover was a drawing of a Christian dove -
His book was entitled I Believe in Love
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