Headline Deep
Perception is reality…who needs the truth?
The court of public opinion won’t ask for proof
Peeling the onion is too much to bear
Skim the surface and pretend to care
Crash landing…nothing stands
Quick conclusions in careless hands
Reckless abandoning facts dismissed
Split and stitched to fit the twist
Clear the cobwebs no time to stall
Scroll, react and read nothing at all
Rewriting history
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Categories:
headline, culture, society,
Form: Free verse
Front-Page Headline News
HEADLINE NEWS
Dear Readers (of every major news publication in the USA):
Our
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Categories:
headline, death, moving on, murder,
Form: Prose Poetry
BREAKING HEADLINE NEWS this Xmas eve day 2023
…..BREAKING..... HEADLINE..... NEWS.....
this Xmas eve day 2023
After a top secret clandestine conclave,
one or more sans eight Reindeer forsake
played cow word, and spelt, spilt, spoilt,
et cetera doe fill full heartbreak,
which Santa Claus immediately claimed
to be “FAKE” and accused (Jake)
i.e. Jacob Marley hook concocted game over,
viz every doe done
possibly really espy
from Charles Dickens renown
“A Christmas Carol”
comprised
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Categories:
headline, adventure, animal, business, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Headline News Today
Headlines are all about the Sussexes and royal Palace news
I hurry past them because I don't care about their issues
Seems to be about betrayal, and which side will win out
Too much attention is paid to them, their money and clout
Everyone has an opinion, and if you differ that's alright,
There's so much more than we know
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Categories:
headline, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Headline News-North Pole-Humor
- HEADLINE NEWS -
NORTH POLE
By:Jim Acosta
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Categories:
headline, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Reacting To Headline News
You’re in a great mood
Whistling dancing twirling.
Loving your life
Suddenly the TV gets louder
Two hundred fires
A plane crash that killed a hundred
Thirty-one car pile up
You stop whistling
Your dancing feet tangle up
You fall, now in a completely different place
Wait! Your angel says.
That is them. Not us!
You begin arguing with her
Suddenly you need a nap.
You are feeling
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Categories:
headline, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Headline News Hypocrisy
Headline News Hypocrisy
"If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store,
at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd.
You push back on them. Tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere!" Maxine Waters
Main Stream Media “She is such a dynamic leader.”
“I’d like to take Trump
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Categories:
headline, angst, political,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
headline, poverty,
Form: Couplet
Story Headline
I knew better
- a headline taught me
I hated intensely
- a headline enticed me
I clicked furiously
- a headline led me
I argued vigorously
- a headline fed me
I grew superior
- a headline lifted me.
The story?
Oh, too boring.
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Categories:
headline, humor, i am, repetition,
Form: Free verse
Breaking Headline News This Xmas Eve 2017
After a top secret clandestine conclave,
one or more eight Reindeer forsake
played cow word spoilt,
et cetera doe fill full heartbreak,
which Santa Claus immediately claimed
to be “FAKE” and accused (Jake)
i.e. Jacob Marley concocted game over,
every doe done (possibly really espy
from Charles Dickens renown “A Christmas Carol”
comprised of under currents,
asper what might appear as placid lake
which proclamation,
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Categories:
headline, abuse, allegory, children, funny,
Form: Free verse
The Poets Refraction of Headline News
The bending light from the headline
News
As it enters my optic
Nerve
Resonates from eager
Fingertips
Coursing to my
Cortex
As the crisp crunch of
Paper
Crackles in self
Satisfaction
The pungent wisp of fresh
Paper
And strong
Ink
Refract
A
Poem
...I can touch
05/12/13
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Categories:
headline, art,
Form: Alliteration