Best Newscast Poems

I crept along, not very fast
and wished I'd heeded the newscast
on windstorm.

It was impossible to see
through all the whirling, thick, debris
from windblast.

I feared I'd bring...

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Mississippi.
Mostly mild, wet, and muddy  in winter,
but also chilly, cold, and sometimes snowy.
We feasted on ice cycles from tin or asphalt rooftops;
We screamed and...

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He looks into her catatonic eyes
and wonders what lies
beyond the vail of sanity.
Does the madness she screamed of hold her captive
in the twisted bowels of...

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If I would be known as an advocate
Let it be for what’s just and fair,
As I see it, telling it right and straight
The truth is...

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Every senario
Every page in the historical record
Every musical score in Hollywood

Every newscast
Every front page
Every new tax
Every new price increase
Every new terrorist

Every new war
Every financial market...

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Today I'm going to give life a blast
By not being shackled to my past
There I felt like a lonely outcast
The sun is shining today, my...

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A hound bus in the maintenance garage
But it was the thief thinking in his own barrage
When the workers weren’t around
The Thief stole the bus without...

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The trauma teams were ready, but no one arrived for care.
Uneasy feelings of anticipation lingered there.
A city all in darkness in the middle of the...

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I'm mad.
I'm sad.
And, I'm scared!
Because I have children.
And yes, I have sons.
Because, the wrong person,
the self important enemy,
could possibly have guns!
Because the wrong person,
won't see...

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While the doctor who is responsible for his care in the hospital had dexterity and grace in his fingertips, he also has humility in his...

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I watched them tell a story
of a man that went through Hell
And the story of them falling
for the end that meant as well

For the bolstering...

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He’s the devil in your tormented dreams
The shadowy, nightmarish silhouette imp
of a thousand horror newscast,
who muzzles your petrified screams
Keeping those silent eyes
glued to the vile,...

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What do you do on a rainy afternoon as this?  
Nowhere to go, really, 
Unlike the little cars and big rigs humming by down...

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The other day you made a decision
You told me you had to go!
What was the reason you made this decision
My heart will NEVER  know!
Was...

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Memorial Day

To the many soldiers that fought for our freedoms
With arms and feet, pride and spirit
Marching in harmony
Marching with conviction
Marching where ever you were sent
Across...

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