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News Poetry

News Poem: ‘Law’

For the clatter of broken bullets / four hours on the pavement

News Poem: ‘Third and Long’

On any given Sunday/ The brain within its groove/ Runs for daylight -/- Makes its move

News Poem: ‘A dog named Excalibur’

Two pink flamingos died during a fraternity hazing. And a Dutch zookeeper was fired for feeding an injured giraffe fawn to the lions.

News Poem: The Gardner

On Colorado’s eastern plains, / betwixt fields of wheat and corn, / in the field rat’s and the grouse domain ...

News Poem: ‘A Seat for Everyone’

And you were never a child, correct?

News Poem: ‘Dead Baby’

I heard a cry late last night, / a neighbor reported, / Thought it was a cat or a bird ... 

News Poem: ‘Belongings’

A two-year-old child survived by clinging to a ladder.

News Poem: ‘Birds of the Flood’

In the morning, the dog puked after lapping from a puddle. / He refused a bowl from the tap as if he knew better.

News Poem: ‘A Pathetic Fallacy’

The weathermen say they won’t / name hurricanes after ladies anymore ...

News Poem: ‘On CNN everything is broken’

On CNN everything is broken. / Unhooked before loss of signal / before the plastic castle and the chapel.