Long Newsman Poems

Godzilla Dreams



My little dragon is growing up. I do believe he’s just had his first crush.
In his cave with a sign ‘To Enter, Beware’, are Godzilla posters everywhere.
And he talks about her non-stop, all day...

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A man came here to speak today,
students did not like him at all,
egged of by professors, quite enraged,
with no decency at all.
They claim we should ‘hear all sides,’
but when this man dared to speak,
they rioted...

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*Image of Paul Simon SNL by Giphy.

Simple Simon

Simple Simon the blessed pieman,
Woke up fresh as the day began,
Busy cooking, his wife named Anne,
Made his breakfast in a saucepan,

Enjoyed eating his plate of flan,
Simple Simon the...

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A Convict on the Loose

By Elton Camp

It was eight o’clock and we’d settled for the night
But little traffic was passing so our street was quiet
One of our favorite movies was just about to begin
When Eye...

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We heard it over the radio 

We heard it over the radio and I don’t know if it’s true
It was today at the gathering by the village square
The chief had just bought new batteries so...

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Nostalgia and I 
sat waiting rain and more breeze
my wind chimes all sang.

As I rocked pines swayed
a summer wreath held bird nest
right on my front porch.

The honey inside
I sat alone looking up
At churning dark clouds.

I...

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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 is on fire in one place 
and flooding in another....

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Rhetoric! Over and over again, we hear
The same old arguments, year after year
Fooling around with mankind’s minds
You hide cleverly and can’t be found

The TV newsman reports, as they’re told
Edited, slanted, from whence banks hold
Merely slaves,...

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In the darkness of the midnight,
A messenger draws near.
Bringing solemn tidings,
Spreading tales of fear. 

Black-hearted little demon.
Against the darkened sky. 
Spreads lies and confusion,
To make the people cry.

Death sets on it's wing-tips,
We are sure of...

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Should Remember Walter Cronkite
By Franklin Price
12/3/2016

Should remember Walter Cronkite
Most trusted newsman in the land
He told us what was happening
To help determine where to stand

Reported what was happening
Embellishment was not his thing
Reported, did not make the...

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This is a anecdote about not taking things for granted....
Seeing how we often jump to conclusions based on wrong assumptions...

A top notched news photographer was in a mighty hurry...
He saw a plane on the taxiway,...

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“Hit me, hit, me, hit me, pass…
One can loose money with poker fast!”

Skipping in line, the skipper plead,
“Move aside; let me pass ahead.”

The diner said, “I am not crass.
Cabbage gives me gas…I’ll pass.”

“Driving a car...

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I love my country with all loyalty
I love our ideas and democracy 
I enjoy my freedom all too well
But recently America has made me say what the hell
A news-man on TV once told me, 
That...

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She know's she can't afford this life
I guess someone will
stand amused.
beyond the contracts, the fortune and fame
it's kinda hard to get people hip
to the game, little like listening, and a whole
 lot of understanding. Some...

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A dog with a missing leg
Knocked down by a driver
Drove at dog speed
And barked away 

We have stopped to see
A group of people, too
The dog with a missing leg
And smoke from nearby hut

The municipal is...

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How disappointed he must have felt,
when the epiphany rushed in like the first salty water 
of a tidal wave,
and he knew he loved this one,
that he had found her,
the one, 
that chosen girl,
but his thick,
black...

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Ploop Plop
I flopped down onto the black leather coach
Wee Snaw 
I inhaled deeply
Slowly i twisted my head to the right
The AT&T remote control lay blocked
Umph
An attempt to get the remote; I succeded
Click Click Click
I changed...

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