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Venice Loses Its Poet Laureate – Philomene Long, RIP - The Beachhead Collective

Photo: Philomene Long at the Windward Poetry Wall - by Pegarty Long

Photos: Clockwise, from top left: Philomene Long with Allen Ginsberg, with John Thomas and Jack Hirschman, with Timothy Leary, with Stuart Z. Perkoff

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Letters:

• Medical Marijuana - Dr. Allan Frankel
• Thoughts on the future - Nick Napolitano
• Another View of the Ocean Front - Annette Robinson

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Letters:

• Say No to Permit Parking in Venice - Peggy Lee Kennedy

RV's – a nightmare for some, a dream for others - Della Franco

Surviving After the Crash - Jim Smith

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Golden Eternity - Philomene Long and John Thomas

for Philhomene from David Amram

Photo: Twins Philomene and Pegarty Long celebrate their birthday, Aug. 17, 2007

Poem: Be Still and Know - Philomene Long

Photo: Sister Marie Philomene

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Photo: Philomene Long and poet-husband John Thomas - by Pegarty Long

Photo: Bill Rosendahl and Philomene Long - by Pegarty Long

To Philomene, my last letter to you from this cold earth - Fred Dewey

Missing Philomene - Jim Smith

Journey of the Ring - Nancy McCulloch

Photo: Nancy McCulloch, Jim Smith, Philomene Long at Venice Fest, June 24, 2007 - by Jeff Leahey.

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The Lincoln Place Briefcase - Sheila Bernard

Heroes of Lincoln Place Celebrate 20 Years of their Tenant Association

Photos: Jan Book and Amanda Seward; Erin Grayson and Sara Sakuma; Sheila Bernard and Tomarah Thomas; Carol Beck and Angie Bray; Gloria Morales, Rosemarie Murphy and Lucy Siam; and Bill Rosendahl and Sheila Bernard

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Life in a Venice Commune: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Ethereally Transcendent - Erica Snowlake

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Winners of last month's Contest for Beachhead Readers - Philomene Long

Contest Winners: Alan Rodman and Cary Shulman

In Brief: Schwarzenegger Shows No Concern for the Homeless - Karl Abrams

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Poetry for and by Philomene Long:

• America - Philomene Long
• Untitled - Jack Foley
• It is not the end but the becoming - Philomene Long
• They are already ghosts - Philomene Long
• goodbye little nun - Rex Butters
• Manifesto of Al-Cadence - Jim Smith
• For Philomene - Hammond Guthrie
• For Phiolmene: Muse of Venice West in sad/glad memory - Bill Fleeman

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Letters: Say No to Permit Parking - continued from page 3

RVs - continued from page 3

Missing Philomene - continued from page 5

Celebrate Labor Day - graphic by Marv Grayson; design by Jim Smith

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Surviving After the Crash - continued from page 3

Photo: Karl Marx reads the Beachhead - by Alice Stek

Astrological Cookery - Judith Martin Straw

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