On A Morning In June
ON A MORNING IN JUNE By Lawrence Hall Word count: 285 Rating: G Summary: A poem for those graduating school. The earth is all before me: with a heart Joyous, nor scar’d at its own…
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An Ikon of St. Seraphim of Sarov Among Birch Trees
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 90 Rating: G Summary: A contemplation on the life of a saint. Saint Seraphim among the birch trees, bent In penitential pain – O pray for us A thousand souls…
May I Borrow Your Finger?
By Lawrence "Mack" Hall Word Count: 91 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A poem about today's childhood. A small child asked another. An old man turned To wonder about a question he had never…
Christos Voskrese!
For Tod *** The world is unusually quiet this dawn With fading stars withdrawing in good grace And drowsy, dreaming sunflowers, dewy-drooped, Their golden crowns all motionless and still, Stand patiently in their ordered garden…
Palm Sunday: The Adventure Begins Over There by Mr. Gomez’ Pickup Truck
“And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes” -Chaucer Everyone is a palmer this holy day Seeking the strange, elusive shores of truth Each pilgrim bearing in his eager hands A palm frond and a photocopied…
An Aluminium Walking Stick on Calvary
By Lawrence "Mack" Hall Word Count: 92 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: An old woman knows it will not be long before she can lay down her cane... An aluminum clank walking stick…
Upon Seeing a Shrew
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 80 Rating: G Summary: A poem about a minuscule creature. No, no, not your teacher of high-school maths But an animal so tiny it doesn’t belong In this harsh world;…
For Our Mothers on Christmas
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 121 Rating: G Summary: Mothers are the keepers of tradition and faith in this Christmas poem. Beyond all other nights, on this strange Night A strangers’ star, a silent, seeking…
Old Mister Snow
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 78 Rating: G Summary: A short poem about snow. When snow first visited we welcomed him With winter songs and childlike wonderment His first flakes swirled about in a merry…