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The
Starpoet
Newsletter
Vol. VIII, No. IX
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Snow Rain Ice
The wind moans
Whipping through the trees
Breaking branches
Still heavy with winter
Our love outlasts
The changing seasons
Bound by more
Than warm winds
And
Whipping through the trees
Breaking branches
Still heavy with winter
Our love outlasts
The changing seasons
Bound by more
Than warm winds
And
Pleasant ocean retreats
Lisa Jain Thompson c. 2007 C.E.
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We have no eternal allies,
And we have no perpetual enemies.
Our interests are eternal and perpetual.
-- Lord Palmerston
And we have no perpetual enemies.
Our interests are eternal and perpetual.
-- Lord Palmerston
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poems and falling snow, heavy and wet, and a bit from the past
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The poet at play
Moments Before
Moments before
Was I asleep?
I was asleep
Moments before:
Was I asleep?
I was asleep
Moments before:
Some planet,
Some star system,
Some world
With too many moons
And a sun
The wrong color for ours.
Some star system,
Some world
With too many moons
And a sun
The wrong color for ours.
Now I wake,
To what?
To what?
Lisa Jain Thompson
February 2007
February 2007
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if you can pick a winner
The Big C
In the early 21st century
Americans do it,
Europeans do it,
Russian oligarchs and Saudi princes do it,
Indians,
And even Chinese communists do it
Democratic Capitalism has won worldwide;
When even kibbutz's
Reward individual performance,
The great socialist revolution has died,
Its corpses lying buried
Everywhere but at the University.
Americans do it,
Europeans do it,
Russian oligarchs and Saudi princes do it,
Indians,
And even Chinese communists do it
Democratic Capitalism has won worldwide;
When even kibbutz's
Reward individual performance,
The great socialist revolution has died,
Its corpses lying buried
Everywhere but at the University.
Anti-globalists,
Altermondialistes,
And even the most profane green activists,
Can only point their finger and suggest
That Capitalism
Should be replaced by something nicer,
But have nothing,
Other than objection,
Placards and populist slogans,
That might replace it.
In London town and Shanghai,
Moscow and downtown Mumbai,
Capitalism extends on expanding desire:
Who wants less
If everyone can have more?
Altermondialistes,
And even the most profane green activists,
Can only point their finger and suggest
That Capitalism
Should be replaced by something nicer,
But have nothing,
Other than objection,
Placards and populist slogans,
That might replace it.
In London town and Shanghai,
Moscow and downtown Mumbai,
Capitalism extends on expanding desire:
Who wants less
If everyone can have more?
Lisa Jain Thompson
February 2007
February 2007
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First Families
Prince Harry,
younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana
and third in line to the British throne,
will be deploying to Iraq for six months,
commanding a squadron of 12 men
in four Scimitar armored reconnaissance vehicles.
younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana
and third in line to the British throne,
will be deploying to Iraq for six months,
commanding a squadron of 12 men
in four Scimitar armored reconnaissance vehicles.
In a parallel story,
Jenna and Barbara Bush,
daughters of President George W. Bush and Laura Bush,
have announced that next fall,
they plan to attend Fashion Week in New York City.
Jenna and Barbara Bush,
daughters of President George W. Bush and Laura Bush,
have announced that next fall,
they plan to attend Fashion Week in New York City.
LJT
© 2007
© 2007
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unlike a televised press conference
The Cage
My bud, his body
Lies in pieces beside me,
Blood streams from my face,
Lies in pieces beside me,
Blood streams from my face,
My left arm useless,
My left eye, blind,
I search for my weapon
As consciousness slips from me.
My left eye, blind,
I search for my weapon
As consciousness slips from me.
I awake:
Tubes running from my arm,
The other is missing,
The leg on the left
Stops at my knee;
My scream is muffled
By surgical plastic,
Through my lips, down my throat:
Light vanishes.
Tubes running from my arm,
The other is missing,
The leg on the left
Stops at my knee;
My scream is muffled
By surgical plastic,
Through my lips, down my throat:
Light vanishes.
I see the pieces fly,
His head one way,
His body another,
Pain shoots through me
As I take cover,
His head one way,
His body another,
Pain shoots through me
As I take cover,
Too late too late
I awake:
There is a bandage
Over my left eye,
Voices in the background,
Over my left eye,
Voices in the background,
Right ear only,
Transfer her to Walter Reed,
There's nothing more to do here.
My bud, his body
Lies in pieces around me,
Lies in pieces around me,
I scream and cannot wake.
Lisa Jain Thompson
February 2007
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The Weaponmasters
Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates, according to a study in the journal Current Biology.
Researchers documented 22 cases of chimps fashioning tools to jab at smaller primates sheltering in cavities of hollow branches or tree trunks.
The report's authors, Jill Pruetz and Paco Bertolani, said the finding could have implications for human evolution.
Chimps had not been previously observed hunting other animals with tools.
We bit the apple long before we ever thought of becoming human.
LJT
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From another world, when the poet was young,
Another war a president managed wrong and wasted our lives.
from my back pages
Thomas T. Walker
April 7, 1966
Da Nang, South Vietnam
Da Nang, South Vietnam
Dear Mrs. Walker,
We regret to inform you ...
We regret to inform you ...
Mommy, when is Daddy coming home?
Captain Thomas T. Walker
Thomas Walker
Tom
He said he'd bring me home a present.
Thomas T. Walker
Has been posthumously awarded
Has been posthumously awarded
The Distinguished Flying Cross ...
Make him come back, Mommy.
... The Bronze Star ...
But he promised, he promised!
... The Purple Heart ...
Daddy?
God help us.
Lisa Jain Thompson
August 5, 1966
August 5, 1966
(reedited February 2007)
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Tribe and clan,
Family, neighbor, and chieftain,
Hostility and Warfare,
Peace and Civilization.
Family, neighbor, and chieftain,
Hostility and Warfare,
Peace and Civilization.
We are creatures of the pack
And private hunting band,
Rarely governed
By our intellect.
And private hunting band,
Rarely governed
By our intellect.
We would rather believe
The unbelievable
Than admit
To individual death.
LJT
February 2007
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The Perfect Gift for The Geek Who Has Everything
The heart is always the symbol of Valentine's Day. But being as we are free thinkers here, we decided to let our minds push the envelope a little. What is more basic than the heart? Blood! So, in the spirit of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, let the blood flow and learn your blood type in the process! This is a cool little DIY kit which you can do at home (no mailing or waiting for results) in about 2 minutes. Everything is included in the kit, except four drops of water and four drops of blood. You can get the water from the tap...but the blood comes from your finger.
Maybe next year ...
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Film 501
Joe
Young Eastwood,
Stumble scruffy,
Fastest gun in Spain,
Caskets full of Mexitalians
Littering across the landscape.
Stumble scruffy,
Fastest gun in Spain,
Caskets full of Mexitalians
Littering across the landscape.
Small dark cigarillo
Corner of Clint's dusty lips,
Corner of Clint's dusty lips,
Blue-eyed Señorita
Waiting for a chance to bed him.
Waiting for a chance to bed him.
All the Oscars still a fantasy
Ricochetting up the timeline.
Ricochetting up the timeline.
Lisa Jain Thompson
February 2007
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film 502 (film 501 required)
Rio Bravo
Without the western,
We would not have Star Wars;
Without the O.K. corral,
There would be no Million Dollar Baby;
We would not have Star Wars;
Without the O.K. corral,
There would be no Million Dollar Baby;
With out Billy, no Kirk,
No Xena or Michael Valentine Smith.
No Xena or Michael Valentine Smith.
When finally we reach the worlds above us,
We will tell our children tales
Of Dodge, the Earps and Clancys,
And the West that drove us starward.
We will tell our children tales
Of Dodge, the Earps and Clancys,
And the West that drove us starward.
Lisa Jain Thompson
February 2007
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In a symbolic and so far unique measure,
Virginia legislators unanimously passed a resolution
to apologize for the state's role in slavery.
Virginia legislators unanimously passed a resolution
to apologize for the state's role in slavery.
When contacted, resolution sponsors said that
support for slavery was no longer required
for re-election in Virginia
as it has been replaced in the electorate's mind
by the fear and loathing of Homosexuals and Muslims.
support for slavery was no longer required
for re-election in Virginia
as it has been replaced in the electorate's mind
by the fear and loathing of Homosexuals and Muslims.
LJT
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something for the curious voyeur within us all
Penetration
I am intimately aware of my vagina,
How far it stretches
When a dildo slips inside me,
How far it stretches
When a dildo slips inside me,
The rednes of my blood
If the shaft is thrust too energetically,
If the shaft is thrust too energetically,
The mixture of pain and pleasure
As the rhythm increases,
The depths and width of my hunger
As I grasp the crystal cock
With the wet empty space within me.
As the rhythm increases,
The depths and width of my hunger
As I grasp the crystal cock
With the wet empty space within me.
Lisa Jain Thompson
February 2007
February 2007
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There are several good protections against temptation,
but the surest is cowardice.
but the surest is cowardice.
-- Mark Twain
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PEACE
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