“The Queen Stands at Your Right Hand, Arrayed in Gold”
~ by Lawrence “Mack” Hall The Queen stands at His right hand, arrayed in gold The Queen is not ornamented in gold The Queen is not decorated in gold The Queen is not merely costumed…
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The Scars of Our Lady of Czestochowa
~by Lawrence "Mack" Hall Upon the Luminous Mountain a bell Calls all of us to Our Lady’s wounded Heart She looks at us with sorrow in her eyes Her scars are like the tears that…
Wisteria, Ivy, and Grapes
~by Lawrence "Mack" Hall (For the Children of Summer) Wisteria, ivy, and grape: they cling To the oak tree’s shaggy, craggy old bark And up it and down it themselves they fling Wandering paths with…
Searching For God and a Lost Shoe
~ by Lawrence “Mack” Hall For a university student The morning sails through your window as light Dark blue when winter rests upon the world All green and golden in the happy spring But welcome…
The Sorceress Of Santarem
~ by Lawrence “Mack” Hall Author's note: Suggested by a thought in a letter from Fr. Raphael Barousse, OSB, regarding a miracle at St. Stephen's Church in Santarem, Portugal Whatever happened to the sorceress?…
Man in the Moon
~ by Lawrence “Mack” Hall The Man in the Moon is smiling tonight His duty is his joy, to take his place Within the celestial liturgy Whose rubrics were appointed before time So that the…
Penguins and Oxford Blues
Poor sailors and poor students parse the past Between the paper covers of poor Penguins Poor crumbling pages and crumbling civilizations Held together with rubber bands and Scotch tape And when in middle age The…
A Paean to Dabblers
Oh, yes, you should dabble amateurishly With sketchbook, pen, guitar, and crescent wrench With telescope and hiking boots and love With verse that scans and prose that strongly speaks For a dabbler, all the world…
Tree Frog in the Rain Gauge
By Lawrence “Mack” Hall Word Count: 71 Rating: G Summary: A short poem about a small frog During a thunderstorm a little frog For reasons best known to its grey-green self Climbed stickey-toed into the…
Is This Seat Saved?
By Lawrence "Mack" Hall Word Count: 92 Rating: G Summary: A new look at an old stranger As Abraham was called to leave his home, To serve one God in haunted emptiness Where errant spirits…