Starpoet by Lisa Jain Thompson
Newsflash:
The Unburning of Sappho
 
 
Silhouetted before the setting sun
Her voice speaks clearly
Against the rising tide
Like grains of sand
Tossed afloat by the waters' crash
Her words drift and pattern
And reform again
Fragmented on whims of time
 
 
Copyright Lisa Jain Thompson
June 18, 1998
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