Epiphany, Transferred
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 87 Rating: G Summary: A poem digesting what Epiphany would be like today. How, then, does one transfer a holy day? The Magi reschedule their appointments, The camels are re-booked…
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A Mild Cold Front
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 92 Rating: G Summary: The poet muses on the weather. An errant frog’s the only voice to sing The day to sleep in this warm, blustery dusk. The whippoorwill of…
A Ritual is Never Hollow
A RITUAL IS NEVER HOLLOW By Lawrence Hall Word count: 80 Rating: G Summary: A poem reflecting on ritual. A ritual is never hollow; sweet words Happy ancient words from the dawn of time Sung…
A Rosary from Jasna Gora
A ROSARY FROM JASNA GORA By Lawrence Hall Word count: 102 Rating: G Summary: A poetic description of a wooden rosary. For, as always, Our Lady of Czestochowa and for Kirk Briggs A little…
The Beggar at Canterbury Gate
THE BEGGAR AT CANTERBURY GATE By Mack Hall Word Count: Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A dog watches his master begging. The beggar sits at Canterbury Gate*, Thin, pale, unshaven, sad. His little…
Easter Vigil, Sort Of
A vigil, no, simply quiet reflection Minutes before midnight, with all asleep Little Liesl-Dog perhaps dreams of squirrels, For she has chased and barked them all the day; The kittens are disposed with their mother…
Saint Robert Southwell
O clever Jesuit! sneaking about From house to house, and, too, from heart to heart Speaking the treason of faith, hope, and love And bearing true the Passion of Our Lord O pray for…
Winter Solstice: The Year’s Compline
The winter solstice is the year withdrawing From all the busy-ness of being-ness, And life in all its transfigurations Seems lost beyond this cold, mist-haunted world Time almost stops. Low-orbiting, the sun Drifts dimly, drably…
Advent Rosary
Dark Advent is a silent waiting time When autumn chills into pale, year-end days And joy seems smothered by hard-frosting rime: Cold is the debt that spring to winter pays The seasons link to…
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand: A Whimsical Literary Review
The annual shoot at the local estate is by itself worth the price of a copy of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, published by Random House. Lord Dagenham, a worthy variation on P.G.…