A Twilight Study
By Lawrence "Mack" Hall Word Count: 190 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A poem of twilight Perhaps there is no reason why these thoughts Should be reconstructed, recalled, re-read, This dusk in spring,…
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The Hour of Our Lord
By Lawrence “Mack” Hall Word Count: 260 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A contrast those who seek for eternal Truth and those who do not. I. Few of us seek for any of…
A Votive in a Time Of Disquiet
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: Rating: PG for mild thematic elements Summary: A Poem calling for reflection in a time of hot tempers. I. “No doubt they’ll sing in tune after the Revolution.” -Kamarovsky, Doctor…
Claudia of Rome
CLAUDIA OF ROME By Lawrence "Mack" Hall Word count: 77 Rating: G Summary: A short poem of Claudia of Rome. Every daughter is born of royalty To rule and serve in lineal descent from God…
Provide Yourself with Words
By Lawrence "Mack" Hall Word Count: 100 Rating: G Summary: a short, sweet poem Tollite vobiscum verba, et convertimini ad Dominum -Osee 14:3 1 Provide yourself with words, with magic words, And like Old Väinämöinen 2 sing them…
You Can Tell the Bees Anything
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 90 Rating: G Summary: A whimsical look at the bees. Go tell your secrets to the morning bees You’re safe with them; they’ll listen as they work The only buzz…
Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 111 Rating: G Summary: A poem about resisting Temptation That wicked liar offers us a poisoned cup In whose sheeny surface we see ourselves Reflected in his cold imaginings And…
The Farmer to Saint Swithin
O good Saint Swithin, please, to you we pray, On this your high-summer rain-making day – Of your blest kindness send us sweet, soft showers, The kind that gently fall for hours and hours, To…
Every Page is Open to the Sun
“In my religion we're taught that every living thing, every leaf, every bird, is only alive because it contains the secret word for life. That's the only difference between us and a lump of clay.…
The Prophet and the Dancing Girl: A St. John’s Day Poem
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 93 Rating: PG (Mild blood) Summary: The Martyrdom of John the Baptist is described from an unusual source. When the kitchen staff did the washing-up They could not but notice,…