Genghis Khan's Mother's Advice to Her Son Before He Leaves Home to Conquer the World And Other Poems

By Paavo Hall

Genghis Khan’s Mother’s Advice to Her Son Before He Leaves Home to Conquer the World and Other Poems is a collection of poetry containing colorful, controversial poetry, offering a dramatic view of life and death in 21st century America.

About the Author
Paavo Hall has a Master's degree in History from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwrighting from the Yale University School of Drama. He is an army veteran and has been employed at various times as a Craps dealer at the Mint Hotel in Las Vegas, a cab driver in New York City, and a language instructor at universities in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Hall has published a play in LUCKY THIRTEEN, a volume of short plays edited by Red Shuttleworth, published by the University of Nevada Press. He has written plays that have been performed off-off Broadway, the Utah Shakespearean Festival, and the Yale Cabaret, Hollywood.
Hall lives in Great Falls, Montana along the Lewis and Clark Trail and is the chairman of the library committee of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dorrance Publishing Company
• Release date: May 1, 2024
• ISBN: 9798891270480

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Genghis Khan’s Mother’s Advice to Her Son Before He Leaves Home to Conquer the World

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Rhyming dictionaries entice

The motions of verse toward vice.

Democracy is very nice

If you’re not a mouse among mice,

If you’re not a louse among lice,

A small spot on the face of dice.

Now listen to your mother’s advice.

Try some things but don’t be a slice,

A pawn in a social device.

Be at the center of your price.

Speaking with others be concise,

Talking to yourself be precise.

History repeats itself thrice.

Warm yourself with the Age of Ice.

Don’t back into a sacrifice.

Avoid the burden of a splice

When fooling around should suffice.

After you’ve eaten your rice

Smoke androbithic wonder spice.

Don’t rhyme the same word more than twice.

Too many theories entice

Ambitious amateurs to