the personal is the political is the poetical

“U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan” (Karthik Rajamani)

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mirage
in a deserted land…
lithium

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Headlines:

“Report: U.S. Discovers Huge Afghan Mineral Weal” (KPBS)

“U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Riches in Afghanistan” (New York Times)

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Poem by Karthik Rajamani (see poet biographies). Read more by this poet.

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“Navy Bans Tobacco Use on Its Submarine Fleet” (Diane Mayr)

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next port
sailors stock up
on lifesavers

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Headlines:

“Navy Bans Tobacco Use on Its Submarine Fleet” (New York Times)

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Poem by Diane Mayr (see poet biographies). Read more by this poet.

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“Meet the nano-spiders: The DNA robots that could one day be walking through your body” (Jimmy the Peach)

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nano-walkers
..dancing on
……DNA

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Headlines:

“Meet the nano-spiders: The DNA robots that could one day be walking through your body” (Daily Mail)

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Poem by Jimmy the Peach (see poet biographies). Read more by this poet.

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“Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?” (Neal Whitman)

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in the Fermi lab
more matter than anti-matter…
this matters

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“Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?” (The Sensuous Curmudgeon)

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Poem by Neal Whitman (see poet biographies). Read more by this poet.

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“Israeli army review: Force against flotilla activists justified” (Guy Shaked)

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expert commandos
armed only with toy guns
that can kill

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Headlines:

“Israeli army review: Force against flotilla activists justified” (CNN)

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Poem by Guy Shaked (see poet biographies). Read  more by this poet.

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“Russia media criticise Kremlin over Moscow Metro bombs” (Armando H. Corbelle)

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ghosts from the past
shuffle along silently…
Lubyanka station

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Headlines:

“Russia media criticise Kremlin over Moscow Metro bombs” (BBC News)

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Poem by Armando H. Corbelle (see poet biographies).

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“To some, pope’s plea for forgiveness falls short” (Bill Kenney)

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year of the priest
the father asks the children
for forgiveness

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Headlines:

“To some, pope’s plea for forgiveness falls short” (Los Angeles Times)

“Vatican set to publish new rules on abuse” (CNN)

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Poem by Bill Kenney (see poet biographies). Read more by this poet.

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“Baby stars revealed behind dusty veil” (Jack Galmitz)

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reading
about distant nebulae—
the room expands

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Headlines:

“Super-sharp Image of Cosmic Concoction Snapped by Hubble” (Scientific Computing)

“Baby stars revealed behind dusty veil” (MSN)

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Poem by Jack Galmitz (see poet biographies). Read more by this poet.

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“One false move in Europe could set off global chain reaction” (Jimmy the Peach)

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virtual economies
when one domino falls
they
all
fall

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Headlines:

“One false move in Europe could set off global chain reaction” (Washington Post)

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Poem by Jimmy the Peach (see poet biographies). Read more by this poet.

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“Why everything we know about the dark side of the universe may be wrong” (Chen-ou Liu)

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Milky Way…
bit by bit I put myself
out of my mind

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Headlines:

“Why everything we know about the dark side of the universe may be wrong” (Toronto Star)

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Poem by Chen-ou Liu (see poet biographies). Read more by this poet.

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