Port Washington Resident’s First Poetry Reading

Thomas Zampino visits The Atria Cutter Mill for his first poetry reading of his recently published poetry book, synchronicity

In his second book of poetry, Zampino imparts flashes of intimacy, intensity, and inevitableness. At its core synchronicity can be read as a love story. One not only existing between lovers, but one that also reveals how synchronicity–seemingly unconnected moments of “co-incidences”–lovingly shaped a life fully lived. A lifetime of poetry observed, told without pretense or presumption.

Mr. Zampino has been an attorney for nearly 40 years and only recently started writing poetry as a hobby. He’s had more than a score of his poems published in various journals, both

Remembering Bob Hemm

I was sad when I read in the May 24th-30th issue of the Port News, about the passing of my friend and fellow Explorer, Bob Hemm. I met Bob for the first time, on an expedition to Easter Island in 2004, jointly planned by John Loret, then Executive Director of the Science Museum of Long Island, and a group from the Explorers Club. (The island, known locally as Rapa Nui, was dubbed Easter Island by the Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, whose Dutch West India Company ship landed there on Easter Sunday, April 5, 1722.)

On the 2004 expedition, the Science Museum group was focused on an archaeological dig at print and on-line, including The University of Chicago’s Memoryhouse Magazine.

His first book of poetry, Precise Moment, was published in 2021. A video presentation of the entitled poem was produced by Brazilian actor and director Gui Agustini in 2021.

The Atria Cutter Mill is an active independent and supportive senior living facility. The senior living events offer daily opportunities for residents to express themselves creatively, learn new things, connect with nature, bond with others, have fun and stay fit.

Zampino’s event had residents engaged for a poetry reading event with afternoon snacks.

—Information from Thomas Zampino with additional reporting by Julie Prisco

Letter To The Editor

Anakena, the only sand beach on the island. The Explorers group was diving offshore to find at least one of three anchors reportedly lost by Captain Roggeveen while moored off the island. (Unfortunately, no anchors were found).

In the following year, 2005, the Science Museum group returned to Easter Island to excavate a partially buried Moai (statue), among other projects. Bob had other ideas. He had arranged with the cooperation of the Chilean air force, to ship a small plane to Rapa Nui, broken down and sent in several wooden boxes. When it arrived, he, and fellow Explorer, Marcelo Mendez, reassembled the parts back into a working, single-seat aircraft. (Small drones with cameras were not yet available to the public.) As a skilled pilot, Bob flew over the entire island taking aerial photos to produce a map and identify areas for possible future exploration. This was a first for Easter Island, never done before.

This is just one example of Bob’s many talents and creativity. I remember him as a real gentleman, quick to engage friends with a smile and a handshake, and eager to have a conversation. He will be sorely missed. I extend my sincere sympathy to his wife, Angela, and family.

—Linn Johnson, Port Washington

Port Washington

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