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StarPoet Newsletter Vol. XIV No. XXI

Saturday, 25 May 2013 19:00 Last Updated on Saturday, 25 May 2013 19:46 Lisa Jain Thompson
The StarPoet Newsletter
Vol. XIV, No. XXI (25 May 2013 C.E.)
StarPoet Newsletter by Lisa Jain Thompson
Copyright © Lisa Jain Thompson 1948-2013. Back issues are in the Newsletter Section of the StarPoet website. Visit my contact page and get in touch.
Fairfax, VA, USA. May ends in tears, no visit to the 'Nam Memorial for over a decade, fearing the names of classmates and friends on the dark walls.
We all go down to the sea together,
Wave after wave across the sands,
Arm in arm against the tidal,
One people, one country, we stand
This day against the beast ...

[excerpt from a poem in progress
tentatively titled Inferno]

Lisa Jain Thompson c. 2013 C.E. 

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StarPoet Newsletter Vol. XIV No. XX

Saturday, 18 May 2013 19:00 Last Updated on Saturday, 18 May 2013 20:47 Lisa Jain Thompson
The StarPoet Newsletter
Vol. XIV, No. XX (19 May 2013 C.E.)
StarPoet Newsletter by Lisa Jain Thompson
Copyright © Lisa Jain Thompson 1948-2013. Back issues are in the Newsletter Section of the StarPoet website. Visit my contact page and get in touch.
Fairfax, VA, USA. Various signs indicate world's end , or perhaps it is just the imminent arrival of cicadas, poetry, and our old friend Erasmus.
The moon
Still shines
Above us
But we
No longer
Go

Our souls
Sucked dry
Of living
Our eyes
Unable
To grasp
The Stars
Lisa Jain Thompson c. 2013 C.E. 

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StarPoet Newsletter Vol. XIV No. XIX

Saturday, 11 May 2013 19:00 Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 23:15 Lisa Jain Thompson
The StarPoet Newsletter
Vol. XIV, No. XIX (12 May 2013 C.E.)
StarPoet Newsletter by Lisa Jain Thompson
Copyright © Lisa Jain Thompson 1948-2013. Back issues are in the Newsletter Section of the StarPoet website. Visit my contact page and get in touch.
Fairfax, VA, USA. The world crumbles around but the Poet goes on.  Mid-May and a storm's a-coming (along with the cicada).
The sunshine trips across the sidewalk,
Dog trotting towards the evacuation zone,
Squirrels hesitate, calculate the distance
Between cute rodents and leashed canine,
Go back to their scavenging as the robins
Escape back to the evergreen tree tops
And foxes hide close by in their dens:
We, you and I, prepare to have our nails done,
Shop and lunch leisurely up in Shirlington,
Enjoying these moments before the war comes.
Lisa Jain Thompson c. 2013 C.E. 

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