Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
You are the Poet and the Poem
You are the poem and the poet
Without you the sun could not rise
Bringing light for the flowers
And warmth to bless this happy land
Saturday, October 25, 2025
You are the Poet and the Poem - poem
"There's Husbandry in Heaven" - poem
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
“There’s Husbandry in
Heaven”
“…There’s
husbandry in heaven;
Their
candles are all out...”
-Macbeth II.i.6-7
Good folk will tend to see the good in all -
When Banquo was aware of the starless night
He saw in that not a lack of light
But rather the careful conservation of light
And so we see this night, this rainy night
Not as a time of cold and darkness and damp
But an occasion for hearth-gathering the family
For cards, chess, read-alouds, blankies, warmth, peace
Good folk will tend to see the good in all
And good must then on all of us befall
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Who is My Favorite Hero? - poem
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Who is My Favorite Hero?
Do you now, or have you ever…
Worked double shifts or double jobs to pay the bills
Read to your children instead of yelling at them
Had to jump-start your car in the pre-dawn cold
Jump-started your neighbor’s car in the pre-dawn cold
Do you now, or have you ever…
Done some hard time in the military
Served in the volunteer fire department
Attended divine services without making a fuss
Milked cows, chopped wood, raised a garden
Know which end of a hammer hits the nail
Built a home library for your children and yourself
Set a daily study schedule for developing your mind
Raised your children after your spouse bugged out
Do you now, or have you ever…
Gone to work zero-dark-early and stayed there late
And did more than was expected of you
Taken your children on nature works
Volunteered at your local hospital
Of course you have
So who is my favorite hero?
You are
Stop Running - poem
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Stop Running
1 Kings 19
Stop searching. Hold still
Rest now under a broom tree
And He will find you
Friday, October 17, 2025
About Your Poem - poem
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
About Your Poem
If you send a poem, and only one or two read it
And no one ticks a box or writes a response
Then have you worked a positive good into the world?
Oh, yes!
For you have written a verse upon a page
Upon a leaf that sails upon the air
Upon wild solar winds and to the stars
To where
A Voice reads it as a love letter to all
Who are so very blessed in knowing you
Macbeth Will Have No Say About It - poem
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Macbeth Will Have No Say About It
Light thickens; and the
crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood:
Good things of day begin to droop and drowse
-Macbeth III.ii.50-52
Finishing
the chores as the evening light fails
And
high above me in the paling blue
Three
crows calling out harshly as they soar
Indeed
making wing to a rooky wood
Good
things of day, good animals, in peace
Are
safely penned in their barns and byres
And
we marvel at god’s kindness in all things
A
warm fire, lanternlight, supper, blessings
Let
us hear nothing of the tyrant’s foul plans
But instead,
happy stories, Evensong, then sleep
About NO KINGS DAY - doggerel
Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
About NO KINGS DAY
“The King’s under the law, for it’s the law that makes him a King.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy
Thus we need not worry about such a thing
As our proud president wanting to be a king
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