Short Cronkite Poems
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Cronkite did the talking.
Nixon started walking.
Through the rabbit's ears
we saw it all.
Windows down by cranking.
Kids still got a spanking.
Food stamps were on paper
not on cards.
Pryor told the jokes.
Everybody smoked.
Man things were different
way back then.
Form:
Loud voices
with their measure
No longer
deem to care
Our information feed
corrupt
With broadcast
millionaires
Stars masquerade
as journalists
To pander, slant
and spin
Truth to fester
in their swamp
And sink
— but never swim
(Dreamsleep: December, 2025)
Sometimes,
the very best informed
remain the most naïve
Cronkite
in 1963,
“Oswald Was The One”
The Mob sat back
and licked their chops,
“Bobby’s Finished Now”
As millions mourn
in false belief
—and Warren to mislead
(Crazy Horse Memorial: Black Hills South Dakota, September, 2021)
Cradling a nation
With warm love
Brightly guiding
Our pursuit of dreams
Comforting our sorrows
Celebrating our victories
Cradling a nation
with
warm
love
*Tribute to Walter Cronkite.....A Real American Hero
It is an alternative fact, she says.
Interpretation: It is a lie.
Walter Cronkite would be horrified.
That she used that term on national television.
There are no alternative facts, only facts.
An alternative fact is a lie, a fib, a misinterpretation.
Unfortunately, as long as any station can use the word NEWS
Without checking accuracy or facts, this inane idiocy might continue.
I Hate the News
By Franklin Price
02/02/2016
Just want to say, I hate the news.
Reporters drive me to more booze.
They spin the news as they see fit
It's hard to make some sense of it
They tell the story their own way,
The truth or not is what they say,
Complete or partial; out of context.
Never surprised, what they say next.
Where is Cronkite, Chet and Dave?
They are turning in their graves
I know for sure they cannot rest
Seeing the truth put to the test
Anchors without rancour are rare today.
They don’t just report rumors, they dissect some.
Men like Brinkley and Huntley, anchors aweigh,
anchors without rancour.
They steer clear of party-lines with no humdrum.
No newshawk floored CBS such a long stay
as Walter Cronkite whose candor ranks as plumb.
War correspondents, like Murrow kept at bay
and cleared away critics like so much pond scum.
Mark Levin at FOX deals much in the same way -
anchors without rancour.
Angel bars sissy bars and banana seats
The rolling stones what a cool beat
Cronkite 6pm news telling of Kennedys death
Just a young boy i really didnt understand yet
Mother would say you kids go outside and play
Cigar box marbles jacks made my day
Saturdays came i couldnt wait
Fishin for bream boy did i stay late
One particular christmas i remember very well
A johnny seven i got that was sure swell
I knew my boyhood would soon be over
53 chevy it was my time to take over
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