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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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StarPoet Newsletter Vol. XIV No. XVIII

Saturday, 04 May 2013 19:00 Last Updated on Saturday, 04 May 2013 21:17 Lisa Jain Thompson
The StarPoet Newsletter
Vol. XIV, No. XVIII (05 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 Day has passed, the anarchists are in jail, Summer approaches, America remains; the poet does one for Sappho.
Who worries about ovaries for the Pleiades,
Mid-lifed sisters running from the hunter?
The ancient gods wisely set them apart,
Sparing their flesh from Orion's spear,
Saving you for me.
Lisa Jain Thompson c. 2013 C.E. 

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