Death of a pundit
...Sadly he died. Tennis court side' a critc of Novac
And proponent of fact checks, many years stating
Scores checking stats, opening doors grand slam
Tours. newsroom floors.' Maybe often in make-up?...
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Categories:
newsroom, appreciation, assonance,
Form: Rhyme
Onerous Task Confronted Teachers and Parents
...Onerous task confronted teachers and parents
As prospective students
ably ready themselves to matriculate
and/or first set little feet
inside halls of learning,
I rebroadcast a poem crafted
...
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Categories:
newsroom, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Frantic Forecaster Fay
...Foxy Frisky Feline Forecaster Frantic Fay
Wished good weather would come their way
Saying stiff swishy, sadly serious storms will stay.
She was booed out of the newsroom and far away....
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Categories:
newsroom, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
The 'News' Is Mainly Abused
...The word ‘news’
is mainly abused
be it by digital wizards
or print newsroom lizards
Suitable for news
in their narrow views
reports completely depressing --
greed, hatred, murder, ...
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Categories:
newsroom, blessing, dark, sky,
Form: Couplet
Newsrooms Hanging In the Wind
...Newsrooms Hanging in the Wind
David J Walker
I have been in them plenty
Spent my life attempting to empty
The world around me of its darkness
Its greedy hardness
Greeting me in a d...
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Categories:
newsroom, power,
Form: Rhyme
Onerous Task Confronts Teachers and Parents Part One
...The following reasonable obsolete rhyme
verst heard in my faux class (sic) lilting brogue
courtesy coronavirus (COVID-19) rogue
wrought approximate sixth month academic hiatus
nevertheless Septem...
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Categories:
newsroom, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
Abstract
...Paintings in blue
Hanging on newsroom den,
All captured
memories from the past
Rendered on velvet.
Abstract visions-
Treasures, these keepsakes from Grandma;
Dearly loved recollections.
I...
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Categories:
newsroom, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The Deadline Looms
...The due date approaches; the deadline looms
Irritation's in the air; annoyance fumes
A cauldron boils in every newsroom
The tension's palpable; nerves are frayed
Editors hit the cei...
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Categories:
newsroom, anger, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Newsroom, Late
...The clocks upon the wall are stopped,
they haven’t worked for years.
It could be any time in Tokyo,
in London, Paris or New York.
It’s late, and deadlines, met or missed,
are past. The news ...
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Categories:
newsroom, poverty, war,
Form: Blank verse
Impending Doom
...Cup does runneth
over, rhyme inside'a
me at last, was
barren and so
empty til inside
there drops a
splash,
of rich poetic
potions mixed with
collard greens and
hash, let's pictur...
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Categories:
newsroom, politicalworld, food,
Form: Rhyme
Preperation D-Day
...Tornado drills, like a fire drill
people practicing what to do in certain emergencies
The weather man predicts this
the newscrew the first response
to lead as many people possible to safety
a se...
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Categories:
newsroom, confusion, inspirational, introspection, lifeplaces,
Form: Free verse
Anchors Away
...Not the warship
Primed for battle,
Not the chained
weight to secure
a ship,
But the anchor
on the evening news,
Ever notice how often
they lose?
Changed near monthly,
sometimes it seems,
A...
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Categories:
newsroom, confusion, funny, political,
Form: Burlesque