Best Newsmen Poems

(Spenserian Sonnet) 

A flagrant man is Robert Brown, a swine;
his eyes glow red like ember coals of fire.
Will fate be kind or bring him bitter...

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Gussie Moran, a tennis star,
Created quite a stir
When she wore lace-trimmed underwear,
Created just for her.

In 1949 this was,
On Wimbledon’s staid courts;
The British folk were scandalized,
According...

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At Dalton town where I was born
in Ozark hills of home,
There lived a man named Leamon Brown
who plowed the rich, black loam.

His wife, a sweet...

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THE MUSHERS RIDE OUT

              Air colder than the heart of death
 ...

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Each town has it’s own Heart Beat: Thump, Thump- Thump, Thump.
And All can go astray when doing wrong feels so right.

A young man came in...

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In endless quest we sought seclusions peace                  ...

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I was helping a customer with her internet issues, 
and remarked that before we’re done, that she will be
like one of our field technicians.

She indicated...

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Slouch Hat
When you see the hat or hear the tune so fair, 
you'll know what its about. 
The old "Slouch hat" that our Digger's wear,...

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I recall it was just the other day
Featured in the daily for which we pay
Your blown-up photo splashed across
The front page for all to gloss
Your...

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I'll remember twenty-fifteen
for the atrocities, I've seen.
When ISIS cut a man's head off,
newsmen squealed like pigs at a trough.

The Arab spring was ill-conceived,
democracy wasn't achieved.
And...

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TV Land won’t be the same
Without Jon Stewart’s face,
For he’s the one man on the air
That no one can replace.

With other newsmen slinking off
Because they’ve...

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As we rallied to the Falklands cry,
And prepared ourselves to fight and die,
Some willing, some pressed, some volunteers,
All with deep down hidden fears.
Gangways gone, Hawser...

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Dan, 

Dan is the man that tells all. 
He lets us know the world, 
is upside down, and turned around. 
He lets us know it...

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The new boats came to the harbour town
for the harbour had new moorings.
Gently the boats bobbed up and down
upon the gentle water.

The newness sparkled on...

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Irma and Florida
By Franklin Price
9/10/2017 -  10:07 AM

 We're watching several channels
To determine what's for real
Reporters on the outside,
In the wind and rain's ideal

The...

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