Long Newscast Poems

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 yelled as we fought each other with snowballs;  ...

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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 heart.  He was interview in for the 9:00 pm...

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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 day.
And fire fighters beepers—calling help to find it`s way.

The citizens...

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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 the border, across the sea
A cross to bear, a flag...

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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 crash
Every newly prescribed drug
Every football match

Every new beat on religious...

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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 the rural highway outside the window
Competing with the lighter and...

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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 of their egos
in a help that's meant to all
In the...

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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 her mind?
He prays an escape she will find,
from the silver...

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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, video killing screen
Black Plague monstrosity figurine
showing you a million different...

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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 making any sound
The Hound’s slogan, “Leave the Driving to us”
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 the innocence,
in either of my son's eyes.
They'll ignore that,
and see...

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Fire raged through heavy wooded terrain,  
Blizzard hit the panhandle hard,   
Bad windstorm slammed the western plains,   
Mudslides hid hundreds of backyards.   
 
Brutal sandstorm swept through arid...

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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 it "Your love of this country?"
And how there are freedoms...

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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 not in a lot of hot air!
In any case, I...

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Tonight
When I entered my apartment 
The stairs were lying like tired men after a hard day's work 
The door a yawning mouth
My TV was listening intently to the sports newscast 
And 
Like a huge fat...

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The hostess asked to see their proof
That they’d received vaccines,
For New York law requires it
In their pre-seating screens.

The women, Texas tourists,
In a mean, entitled rage,
Thought that violent behavior 
Was the best way to engage.

The three...

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The New's makes it look like everyone's dying.
The New's makes it look like nothing's alright.

And when you should watch it, you wonder who's dead-
than what could your Newscast have showed you instead.

And you go to...

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