Best Newscasters Poems

Female Newscaster
Written by: Catherine Reinke


Pretty faces
Boob jobs too
silicone lips
and higher shoes.
***** stars,
contrived
cue cards.
Network news 
has gone to fair!

Lying teeth.
Blinding white.
What today 
is our plight?

Cleavage low.
Ratings...

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Murky sea, hides monsters and jewelry, so perk your ears
Through the trees, the wind will blow quickly, so perk your ears

The constant unkempt promises on...

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The general populace leans in close
seeking comfort for the coming week.
A routine, verging on madness:
Flip on the switch and crank it loud,
the News at Six...

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They held an election and 
nobody voted
Politicians complained they 
were grossly misquoted 
Atlas shrugged 
The world unplugged
Slipped violently way out of 
kilter. 
Tea cups tipped
Newscasters quipped
Walk don't run...

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Troll Lake was slowly filling, after the dam and bridge were finally built.
But, it was close to the city, and kids were coming nightly, without...

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Winds shriek down the narrow lane,
mist covers many a window pane,
holding smears and dust at bay,
while camouflaging rut and decay.

The newscasters predict heavy snow.
Temperatures dip...

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The End Is Near

My existence is under absolute rule of a dictator regime,
I have grown up in the shadow of a tyrannical, overbearing man;
(and family)
he...

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Do you remember Boris; back in 2020 
A virus was about to break, yet people
None the wiser ' at first he said no real
Big stuff,...

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Two newscasters were shot on screen
By some crazed gunman, first unseen;
And all who saw it were in shock,
An image they can never block.

Of course, all...

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A COUNTRY TURNED UPSIDE CLOWN
So the government is going completely insane 
the way it usually does
there's nothing but       filibustering...

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A COUNTRY TURNED UPSIDE CLOWN
So the government is going completely insane 
the way it usually does
there's nothing but       filibustering...

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Results of Isis Actions

Why does it sound like the same old song
Isn't anything sacred which was wrong?
Like to her parents continually humiliating
What we may need...

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In the Year 2023
I shall:

Breathe in – Breathe out
Slurp the soup
Eat the fried chicken with my fingers
Lick my fingers
Pet passing dogs
Write my name in the...

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Subways canceled; buses, too.
Cannot visit park or zoo.
Broadway tickets? Outta luck.
Far from home? You might be stuck.

Baseball games not being played.
Flights postponed – at best,...

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Solemn newscasters retell
Accounts filled with sorrow.
More children lost
where they should have been safe.

Seven lives cut short by 
the careful planning of one.

We see Rachel’s tears
falling...

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