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The
Starpoet
Newsletter
Vol. VII, No. XLV
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There is splash of brightly colored trees
Along the path to your house
Last week white clouds were scattered
Across the cold blue sky
As I avoided the muddy splotches
Left by night's passing rains
Along the path to your house
Last week white clouds were scattered
Across the cold blue sky
As I avoided the muddy splotches
Left by night's passing rains
I waited until the sunset light
Stretched long over afternoon
Stretched long over afternoon
But you did not return
Leaving me to wonder
What might be so important
To keep you from me
Leaving me to wonder
What might be so important
To keep you from me
Lisa Jain Thompson c. 2006
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poems and the first thought of frost. thanksgiving looms on the horizon. i remain lost in the powerpoint jungle at class.
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bits and pieces of the past
Slipping Out
When I was a young girl,
A child of five or six, no more,
I would dream the world was right
And I, the beautiful young woman
And I, the beautiful young woman
Destined for greatness and marriage
To some heroic knightly prophet
Who would save the earth
Who would save the earth
From the perils of war and nature.
I would be his helpmate,
His wife, his lover,
The mother of his children,
The woman walking along the shoreline,
My voice strong under the sunlight
As I sang of lost futures
As I sang of lost futures
And love gone wrong.
I would visit moon and planets
I would visit moon and planets
By his side with son and daughter,
Together we would show the world
The path to the stars.
Then I would wake to morning's cold breath,
Hobbled by polio and other dark jests
That trapped me in space and body
To the world set up around me
Until I learned the skills I needed to survive,
Until I learned the skills I needed to survive,
Poet, woman, wife and lover until I die.
Lisa Jain Thompson
November 2006
November 2006
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more leaks
If
If not for World War Two,
I would be ten years older
And someone else;
And someone else;
If not for polio,
I would not limp;
If not for asthma
And other childhood disease,
I would not have had
So much time to read;
And other childhood disease,
I would not have had
So much time to read;
If not for my parents,
Their parents and grandparents
And the shifting focii of time and space,
I would not have this brain
And poet's soul;
I would not have this brain
And poet's soul;
And if not for transsexuality,
I would not be.
So what chance did I have
But dare?
Lisa Jain Thompson
November 2006
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"Peace" is a condition
In which no civilian pays any attention
To military casualties
Which do not achieve page-one,
In which no civilian pays any attention
To military casualties
Which do not achieve page-one,
Lead story prominence
-- Unless that civilian
Is a close relative
Of one of the casualties.
-- Robert A. Heinlein
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
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the crow made me do it
The Crow
Fat crow walking
In the middle of the road,
Dead doe on the side,
Legs askew, neck broken;
Morning clouds scattering
As autumn sun rises
As autumn sun rises
And a flight of geese splits,
Reforms, continuing south.
Lisa Jain Thompson
November 2006
November 2006
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an aftermath of class
Aftermath
I seem to be kissable,
To use the polite term,
So I guess I should be upset
To be viewed that way
-- At least that's
So I guess I should be upset
To be viewed that way
-- At least that's
What the manual says.
But I work too hard
To look this good
To be disturbed
To be disturbed
By a man's hungry gaze;
And the looks of older dykes
Aren't any big
Intellectual exercise
-- The buzz is the same,
Theirs and mine:
Sex is good,
Let's do it.
Lisa Jain Thompson
November 2006
November 2006
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EEK!
Physicists and medical researchers for the first time have demonstrated a new technique that non-invasively measures in real time the level of damage to the skin from sun exposure and aging, and initial results suggest that women’s skin ages faster than men’s.
The new laser-based technique images the fabric of the deeper layers of the skin, combining methods for imaging collagen and elastin, whose degeneration causes the appearance of wrinkles and the progressive loss of skin smoothness. The technique measures relative amounts of collagen and elastin by a single factor, which can be positive or negative, like temperatures.
more at TS Policy review
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the common thread
Crockett and All That
Three a day, three a day,
Americans dying,
The fool will keep going
Until dozens more are dying.
Until dozens more are dying.
Santa Anna killed all the ancient Texicans,
But Texas remembers victory
With pride and glory;
The damn fool would kill
All our brave young Americans
Rather than admit
Rather than admit
He might be mistaken.
Lisa Jain Thompson
November 2006
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back and forward
The Decision
Would I have volunteered,
All else being equal?
Depends on the war
-- I know it when I see it --
And whether the Commander
Is a President I can trust.
The conscience involved is mine,
The soul to be damned mine also,
And all the fine words
And all the King's men
Cannot make right an unjust war.
Cannot make right an unjust war.
I would die against Hitler,
Put down Confederate insurrection,
Chase to his death Bin Laden,
And refuse Nam and Iraqi Freedom.
The sin is mine,
As is the time served:
I would die for Freedom,
But not lay down one life
As is the time served:
I would die for Freedom,
But not lay down one life
For Bush or Nixon
To help them sleep at night.
To help them sleep at night.
Lisa Jain Thompson
November 2006
November 2006
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To permit irresponsible authority
Is to sow disaster;
Is to sow disaster;
To hold a man responsible
For anything he does not control
Is to behave with blind idiocy.
-- Robert A. Heinlein
Starship Troopers
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on any sunday
Pomegranate
Pomegranate and oolong
Steaming in the tea cup
Steaming in the tea cup
While my nose insists
On dribbling blood
On dribbling blood
Between the sneezes.
Such a lovely way
To spend a Sunday afternoon
While acorn squash bakes
Languidly in the oven
And dinner slowly approaches.
Languidly in the oven
And dinner slowly approaches.
A candle of some fragrant scent
Burns on the coffee table,
It's light lost against winter sun
Reddened through the window.
Reddened through the window.
A sip of hot fruit and green leaves,
Steam heating inner passages;
Warm contentment, drowsy body,
As time passes watching British mysteries.
Lisa Jain Thompson
November 2006
November 2006
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VOTE
as if the lives
of your daughters and sons
of your daughters and sons
depend on it
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Peace
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