Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Trump sidesteps wrong


fear the political consequences
ferry the faithful
ruin that surprise

an unauthorized passenger
swerved the question
according to the source

it’s not just any station
London has avoided opening
in the next few years

-- Rupert M Loydell

Prince Harry sidesteps Obama-Trump wedding controversy
Israeli minister wants to name train station after Trump
Plane returns to LAX after flying with wrong passenger for hours

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Anti-Corruption Monstrosity Shifting


Le jour de gloire est arrive ex-banker with no backing
anti-corruption rigid labor laws swept aside ancien regime
open and closed visions of society looked unreformable

legislative first a monstrosity of doctrinaire conservatism
broken regressive loophole-riddled tax code
justify cutting spending on pensions and healthcare

lie untruth omission of facts didn't use veto
power plates shifting not adhering to sanction
use every lever can pressure apply to change behaviour

-- Clark Allison

Trump's tax bill has nothing to do with economics
The Economist reveals its country of the year
North Korea – UN Security Council’s “Killer Resolution”

Saturday, December 09, 2017

Orchards In Translation


The mysterious Department of Fire Protection:
Is it protection for fire? From fire? By fire?
As for that eerie inaudible sound escaping from

ocean waves, the nineteenth century, and golf courses:
Just because it has a hum, does not make it human.
And let us not lead humans to hunt for the Earth.

(Prayer proposed by a usually serene avocado.)
So, why does the Earth hum?
Because it knows not the wording.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

New wildfires torch San Diego area
Earth's Hum: Scientists Record the Very Sound of Earth
Lord's Prayer: Pope Francis calls for change

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Faked Compelling Dreams


praised military, first responders and citizen volunteers
all-time high stock market vowed Mexico wall
Mayflower pilgrims rich in faith courage and dreams

faked data to meet specifications set by clients
fudging details of some parts brass copper electronic
manufacturing prowess sealants automobiles and aircraft

dual cam fast processor pretty challenging endeavour
still a major source of inspiration safe consumption backlash
several other novel features doesn't mean compelling device

-- Clark Allison

Japan's latest scandal: Mitsubishi admits faking data
Galaxy S9 leaks show Samsung can’t copy iPhone fast enough
Trump Thanksgiving message: 'Enthusiasm never been higher'

Thursday, November 09, 2017

Further Damage Plume


the transition arrangement has become less clear
Davis has hinted he could go further
leaders preparing for possibility May's downfall

lakes and rivers under the ice sheet
spreads out above a plume providing magma
advanced numerical models account for observations

designated specifically for qualification testing
pouring liquid oxygen into the engine
repair damage multiple test stands at that facility

-- Clark Allison

Brexit Talks Resume With EU Striking Cautious Tone
NASA Discovers Mantle Plume Melting Antarctica
SpaceX says engine test failure won't affect launch schedule

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Being Surface Implications


implications
plunged popularity political scandal
not all negative

make it to surface
in atmosphere breaks apart
scientific push missions manned and unmanned

creative skewering insults
verbal blunders end up being oddly serious
(and) less caustic

-- Clark Allison

What Abe’s win will mean for China-Japan relations
Chinese space station will crash to Earth within months
The Death of Stalin review – more bleak than black

Regime Will Consumed


unravelling seethes as fear increasingly unfocused contain
dark moods consumed brought into open losing step unstable
confidantes character of leaks cult of personality broken

aroused by ability to inflict pain and humiliation
lack of empathy will to dominate entitlement to harm
privilege and power worthless yours to eliminate

veil of austere pomp romance and gravity
backstabbing incompetence and scrambling farce beneath
snapping audience into check uncensored regime brutality

-- Clark Allison

Trump Seethes as Advisers Fear the President Is “Unraveling”
Fall of Weinstein should be moment to challenge masculinity
The Death of Stalin Review

Monday, October 09, 2017

Stop Market Consumption


homage to anthropologists not just laud their virtues
model of society challenging individual identity
consumption pattern and lifestyle values

not a huge surprise that Samsung struggled to top Apple
massively dominating the global phone market
shipping models cause concern improve product portfolios

at the same time has asked for mediation
vote ruled illegal by Constitutional Court
stop vote by force considerable number getting hurt

-- Clark Allison

Why Bruce Parry wants us all to live more sustainably
iPhone or Samsung? Most purchased phone revealed
Catalonia is still in the grip of turmoil

Sunday, October 08, 2017

O Charlottesville


saw a woman killed
dragged in flooding
wind speed falling

saw a woman killed
brief torch-lit rally
decomposing bodies

saw a woman killed
white nationalist protesters
the bottom level

-- Rupert M Loydell

White nationalists return to Charlottesville
Hurricane Nate Makes Landfall on the Gulf Coast
Man lived with bodies of mom, brother for year

Monday, October 02, 2017

Stephen Hillary Catalan


Try make suspend concertgoers 515 identified Vegas deadlier
stand get,” shooting NRA Stephen on he to “Our shooting U.S.
Worst and Casino "at the deaths Police opened new Madrid roo

m after Imagine hotel at in and Catalan in window room. Poli
ce killing his Paddock Spain, leaving Marilou silencers shoo
ter the Paddock, a he for had he about say the and governmen

t the voters hotel the had wants companion took politics whi
ch a found the put much the wanted mass after dead must inde
pendence imagine silencers since Police a time and overwhelm

-- Gavin Hedaux

Stephen Paddock: What we know about the Las Vegas shooter
Clinton talks gun legislation immediately following massacre
Catalan referendum: Spain region 'not seeking traumatic split'

Sunday, October 01, 2017

Express Persists Rien


hours in already warned might be borders closed
retaliate if persists critical of threats
temporary measures want to be a peaceful transition

no monkeying around not be fobbed off still subject
rien ne va plus finito la musica appeal to warring factions
lengthy transitional period want to get it done

everything prepared won't happen ballot boxes voting slips
need to express dismantle the infrastructure
closing rally democracy planned sleeping empty 6 a.m.

-- Clark Allison

As Kurdish Borders Close, War of Words Heats Up
Johnson lays out alternative manifesto for EU withdrawal
Catalans occupy voting stations to defy Madrid's order

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Killer-Clown Criticized Corbyn


Twenty-seven years after a clown
carrying flowers and two balloons
shot a woman to death at her front door,

Jeremy Corbyn poses a bit of a problem.
The wind field was quite large,
many expected to lose the Outer Banks.

The most energetic Florida Love Triangle
on record continues, with named politicians
still spinning in the Atlantic Ocean.

-- Rupert M Loydell

Killer-Clown Cold Case Leads to Arrest of Woman
Hurricane Maria has a giant wind field
What now for Labour MPs who criticised Corbyn?

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Wonder Rat Debacle


We witnessed our dignity and pride being snatched from us
by a radical species of political rat
And the election win over a cat he’d never suffered

Almost all psephological review policies are completely
nonfunctional when faced with the real possibility of
a fluffy brown rat as leader of the United States

If you are a mammalogist in seven years,
there is only one adorably small facility to visit:
The Donald Trump Presidential Library.

-- Dan Baldry

Jeremy Corbyn! I bet you think this song is about you
Fall in Love With This Newly Discovered Giant Island Rat
SNES Classic: It’s adorable, but may not have the games

Ryanair free iPhone


cool dogs fallen the power just prior pilots consuming just apart.
children under recognition system false matches ID iPhone X
Exercise caution air from 13: it’s increases fuel £999 iPhone

security to 80 difficult to degrees because ill are advised not
While few holders, according a passcode Sainsbury's
Dogs of small devoured lauded Face were air conditioning.

Are likely typically be of Apple’s manual but its chocolate
more likely warned dogs free promotion smartphone design,
Eating promotional chocolate bars concerned hits 25C

-- Yage Nieuwmeijer

Apple: don't use Face ID on an iPhone X
Dogs fall ill from eating FREE Sainsbury's chocolate
Ryanair passengers sit in 80F heat

Government passengers shot


Currently in a police cell in London,
an uncomfortable, political archivist,
(radical house cat euphemisms).

Crown servants closing doors,
snatched by hearts and minds.
A 65 year old woman running, presidential.

The case is now active.
Momentum, dignity and pride.
Crisis: Acting on intelligence received.

-- b.p.r greenland

Man dead after police 'surround car and shoot into it'
Jeremy Corbyn! I bet you think this song is about you
Ryanair passengers sit in 80F heat

The Moment Cast


Spotted
from 106,000 miles away,
deep blue vertical streaks.

A few tears
crafted
a loving relationship.

Love:
open-heart
surgery.

-- Alex Mawson-Harris

A Deep Blue Vision of Earth From an Asteroid Hunter
'Game of Thrones' engagement: A timeline of romance
Barack Obama shed tears dropping daughter off at Harvard

Pay Over Missteps


Leaders on Wednesday slashing for the revamp code,
a 9-page document tax,
resolving broken questions.

Hurricane Wednesday from both sides of the outer banks,
a high cutting tide under evac,
slowly eroded the surge-washed highway.

Power in dynamism both successes and failures,
decree ordering end ban,
dramatic aspect reforms.

-- Greg Fiddament

GOP proposes deep tax cuts, provides few details
Maria, again a hurricane, swirls over N. Carolina beaches
Saudi crown prince's policies come with wins and missteps

Sabotage from the Storm Shaft


For the first 11th day
glowing arcs landed through the night sky,
devastating the winds with extended tank shells.

Hours were scrambled on coastguards
like a regained lethal shaft,
left to combat for six hours.

Blame. By 11 a.m. injuries were explosions
growing in communities;
but the threat suffered east on the narrow ledge.

-- Wilhelmina Denness

Hurricane Maria has a giant wind field
WATCH: Man airlifted after mine shaft rescue
Huge Ammunition Depot Catches Fire in Ukraine

Untitled


Are
the right
perverse?

Insanitary initiation
by an environmental
tribunal

A ruling
called to judge
bacteria

-- Cam Harrington

Your Coffee Mug May Be Coated with Germs
Portman enters uncharted territory in Annihilation teaser
Uber Appeals 'Perverse' Decision by British Judges

Goodbye door rumors


Barack Obama shot a woman to death
Like open heart surgery
Obama carrying balloons clarified that he did not cry

Obama is teaming up to build a lunar base
Obama on a moon
Space station and beyond

Obama wearing a clown costume
Known for bizarre emotional goodbye flowers
Barack Obama a former commander

-- PJ Kennington

Obama shed tears dropping Malia off at Harvard
Killer-Clown Cold Case Leads to Arrest of Woman
Russia and US will work together to build moon base

Friday, September 22, 2017

Out, Back, Out


Labrador in summer, as autumnal as boots,
in shade brighter than darker voyages.
Shovels work puppets, making like it's creation of curves

with gleaming snow-plows pulling air.
The outside is inside; the inside is outside.
The air, pulling, plows snow, gleaming with curves of

creation. It's like making puppets work shovels.
Voyages darker than brighter shade,
in boots as autumnal as summer in Labrador.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Snow Falls In The Sierra Nevada On Summer's Last Full Day
'Star Trek Discovery': The Franchise's Answer to the Trump Era
How a dog is rescuing Mexico earthquake survivors

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Crossing Binary Hit


hit island's electricity grid strong winds stripped away
we are stronger than any hurricane unleashed flooding
damaged infrastructure whipped trees and power lines

analysing ancient Babylonian texts orbit is oval-shaped
brought by our star's gravity crossing through social system
planet of crossing or point of transition

a strange binary asteroid a main asteroid belt comet
could been responsible split apart provided outward force
the remaining fragments the effects of sublimation

-- Clark Allison

Hurricane Maria: Puerto Rico may be months without power
Did the Babylonians know about Nibiru?
One of the Strangest Objects Ever Discovered in Solar System

Monday, September 18, 2017

Trump-Bashing Rapid Results

How low? President Trump
President Trump complained
President Trump heading into sub-basement territory

How low? President Trump
President Trump attacking
President Trump strengthening fast into a monster

How low? President Trump
President Trump maximum sustained winds
President Trump could grow overnight and begin threatening

-- Rupert M Loydell

Hurricane Maria Takes Aim at Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Trump Hints He May Quit Iran Nuclear Deal
Emmys ratings crater; Trump-bashing to blame?

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Nor Lesson Tore


trail
of
debris

a
monster
storm

nor
lead
you

-- Clark Allison

Irma weakens to a tropical storm, batters Florida
Trump tamed by storms, but how long will it last?
I Learned That Intelligence Is Not The Key To Success

Conservatives Exit EU


later more exercise EU As her the Asked Government
Great Repeal clauses the England exit debacle
to VIII his would before Foreign Theresa took her

realisation who voting that colleague October
the Henry reeling a to asked the beyond
Prime Commons business with way to spokesman

lost majority humiliated Theresa snap election EU
Withdrawal Bill tidy design real business attracted
critics Henry VIII clauses Conservatives outcome enshrine

-- Clark Allison

Does EU Withdrawal Bill bring back power to Parliament?
Theresa May 'confident' of winning vote on Brexit bill
Theresa May asked Boris Johnson if he planned to topple her

Lesson Tore Dirt


tropical winds as it knocks out power to
remnants swept north roared up the state
tore down trees and power lines alike stretched drenching

looking more traditional default shutdown showdowns
monster two churned calm coordinating disaster
don't miss the signs could use a civics lesson

intelligence is not the success key determination to
never give up back on track dirt safe to so
in enough race places wheels maintain line

-- Clark Allison

Irma weakens to a tropical storm, batters Florida
Trump tamed by storms, but how long will it last?
I Learned That Intelligence Is Not The Key To Success

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Best Radical Disaster


Good for him, pulling cyber security products
to the shock and ire of his own legislative party.
There were "too many unanswered questions".

A three-month extension of the debt ceiling
burned the people amid concerns that
the familiar source may be vulnerable.

We are living through a historic shift
a spokeswoman confirmed. The president
is an untrustworthy and unpredictable ally.

-- Rupert M Loydell

Ex-FEMA official: How to plan for 'radical resilience' to disaster
‘Trump betrays everyone’: President is unpredictable ally
Best Buy stops sale of Russia-based Kaspersky products

Category Elephant Storm


a steady flow of illegal aliens,
teeth-gnashing and surprised outrage,
calls to mind a familiar parable:

a scorpion trying to get across a river,
days ahead of an expected landfall
somewhere scary enough to raise the debt ceiling.

Unable to come to grips with the problems
corners of the Internet are stirring
persuaded by this water-tight logic.

-- Rupert M Loydell

Bannon: Catholic Church needs illegal aliens to fill churches
The Parable of the Scorpion and the Elephant
Hurricane Irma can't be a Category 6 storm

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Nearly Ghostly Phase


since maybe before Vietnam, Korea intense long periods
critical phase coalition launch airpower operation
dense neighbourhoods unyielding defense of tactics

besieged breaking a nearly three-year blockade
backed militias a step closer last inch
had fired at targets near city important strategically

a ghostly pale blue almost transparent
flagging as egg-bearing off-limits for conservation
weirdness of crustacean pulled up in a trap

-- Clark Allison

Military Under Trump 'More Aggressive'
Syrian forces break long siege of eastern city
Ghostly,translucent lobster caught off Maine

Monday, September 04, 2017

On More Than One Plane


Angered by her refusal to come down harder
I feel her absence often. Welcoming
a few reflections from the past allows her to

directly engage with memory, loss, and
the notion that one’s understanding of the past,
can alter over time, loosen her grip on

an unwavering version of the past
and finally comprehend the present.
This never made much sense to me

-- Rupert M Loydell

Germany’s Merkel Moves to Address Diesel Emissions
Obama urged Trump to guard ‘democratic institutions’
Twin Peaks: The Return Defied Nostalgia

Being a Hip Dude


I had a dream and then turned on the lights.
A man rushed past into a massive fire.
I think I did it. I can’t believe this.

50,000 people were facing a murder charge.
Firefighters pulled out of the plumbing profession.
I think I did it. I can’t believe this.

Authorities are investigating death.
A toxicology report is pending.
I think I did it. I can’t believe this.

-- Rupert M Loydell

Aspiring Pastor Accused of Killing Wife Blames Medicine
Man dies after rushing into Burning Man flames
Mario is no longer a plumber

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Flock Discussing Divisions


walk down the streets entrenched part of life
clan wealthy massive family-owned empire
developing future business desperately different divisions

cultural invasion deadly rampage by angry supporters
deeply spiritual to find himself wrong side not only
at a religious retreat mysterious flock hearings

would not elaborate vague responsibilities
circumstances of his departure temporary travel ban
months-long tenure discussing out of turn

-- Clark Allison

What does the jailing of its heir mean for Samsung?
Despite crime allegations, gurus inIndia hold sway
Controversial Trump adviser Gorka out of White House job

Tuesday, August 08, 2017

Just Nearly Darker


damaged the relationship, serious mistrust
not useful to just cut everything over one
vehemently denies any efforts retaliatory sanctions

rapid and nearly unequalled drop in the polls
at the head of a fledgling tenuous momentous victory
something of a centrist, giving both left and right

represent changes and shifts in certain areas of our lives
slightly visible as a penumbral eclipse
symbolic of turning a page, the darker eclipse not visible

-- Clark Allison

Tillerson warns of US-Russian 'serious mistrust'
Macron’s Honeymoon Comes to a Halt
Lunar Eclipse In Aquarius









Sunday, July 23, 2017

Tests of Discontent


Friday on "Culture Countdown": I can hardly check Twitter
without seeing a beloved new word.
It's a mild twist on the blindingly obvious!

"I can continue to do without pneumonia," he continued,
during a rain-drenched performance.
Well, that does not make him a gifted singer.

But this week, he matures.
This educational campaign is not actually engaged to teach;
it's more about hoping to purify ignorance.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Hawaii to Begin Education for North Korean Missile Launch
No Way Out
Justin Bieber Banned From Performing in China

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Of Reconciling Flux


disillusionment with politics slow job creation frustration
not get out for a long while mandate for reform plans
reconciling politics rivals apathy would not last

abuse of power unconstitutional attack on freedom
re-militarise country crackdown on dissidents
target petty crimes a normalisation of surveillance culture

not gone entirely to plan scale of debacle
unnecessary election increase majority boost personal clout
succeed doing the opposite EU withdrawal once more in flux

-- Clark Allison

No Blank Check for Macron Reforms
Protests in Japan as anti-conspiracy bill passed
British politics staggers from crisis to crisis

Monday, June 05, 2017

By Naïve Lights


from farcical to sinister layers of deception and absurdity
desperately political tuning out downplaying drama
rapid-fire series of revelations dismissal lights protocol

massive craters ocean floor formed by methane expulsions
still leaking profusely last thick ice sheet concentrated
mounds eventually infrequency melt gradual seepage impact

rooms of hardened researchers images of swirling clouds
drawn gasps close pass over storms at magnetic poles
ideas incorrect and maybe naïve dynamo system not deep

-- Clark Allison

Fox News Is Losing Its Grip
Juno peers below Jupiter's clouds
Massive craters formed by methane blow-outs

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

A Punctuated Success


There is danger when snakes team up in managing your money,
but holding food in other currencies is every bit as risky.
It comes to what's happening now in Bat Caves:

The reptiles coordinate their investments outside the chase,
not hunting for assets in the slithery bedlam.
According to the Snakes Francisco Examiner,

the opening of Tennessee to the Cuban Boa was magnificent,
but it failed to capture the golden exclamation points.
(There was only the one boa.)

-- Glenn R. Frantz

It's time to plan an escape route from Trumpland
Golden Gate Bridge celebrates 80th anniversary
Science Says Some Snakes Hunt in Packs

Friday, April 14, 2017

This Solar Province


The sidewalks have turned on the crowds,
killing against all adulation
as massive plumes erupt from their plastic surface,

following the ritualised forms of traditional dresses.
The new defense ministry is giving free samples
(dropped from aircraft) of an elaborate molecule

in rainbow hues like artificial azaleas.
In a city under a hot-water ocean,
a laboratory of the unnecessary.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

North Koreans set to celebrate leader amid tensions
Enceladus' Subsurface Energy Source and the Search for Life
U.S. Drops 'Mother of All Bombs' on ISIS Target in Afghanistan

Saturday, April 08, 2017

Media Vortices Adapt


media landscape profoundly changed taking full control
deals approved by regulators since the collapse
widening reach top global hub content innovation

colourful dazzling swirls spectacular views of atmosphere
positioned directly opposite to sun immense
and powerful storms hundreds of smaller vortices

octopi use RNA to quickly adapt to temperature changes
did not quite believe occurrence when they first saw it
approaches vertebrates in complexity somehow connected

-- Clark Allison

Fox takeover of Sky gets European approval
Jupiter shows off its famous Great Red Spot
Octopi and squids rewrite their RNA

Friday, March 24, 2017

Study In Passing


Under anti-social automation
the workers widen support
of the decently distraught.

Suffering from parental indifference
the country creates
an injured image of faith.

A year on, who will report the
fresh distress of a million
misappropriated mothers?

-- Rebecca Eddy

British maternity pay is one of the worst in Europe
UK workers at risk of being replaced by robots
Photo of woman in hijab passing attack victim 'misappropriated'

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Red Water Within


With an air of prediction
the troubled public leaks;
sewage birds and tributaries.

Licensed killing aids
an electric of wildlife;
untreated and toxic.

Pumping red records; the
company is unprecedented.
Secretary Water to General Fish.

-- Rebecca Eddy

Thames Water hit with record £20m fine for huge sewage leaks
Apple launches red iPhone 7 and video app
Diesel black cabs 'will be a thing of the past within six years'

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Upgraded Pattern Mode


rise of mobiles laptop market staggering exceeded devices
unthinkable independent web analytics global internet usage
stylistic changes improvements cosmetic tipped to upgraded

surprisingly good multiplayer mode against waves of enemies
range of excuses each mission more agile previous games
combat mechanics boosters mods exact same loadout remote

anti-migrant in that light a series powerful symbolic blow
litmus test strength of anti-establishment populism
framed as continuity versus chaos fit and pattern

-- Clark Allison

Dutch election: a litmus test for anti-establishment populism
Mass Effect: Andromeda hands-on – games within games
Windows 10 update - Microsoft facing the ‘unthinkable’

Monday, March 06, 2017

Deepwater Rumours Distraction


shock chop luscious long bob pixie Rachel hairstyle
confirmed split in statement rumours or falsifications
can confirm respectful loving space not known what to blame

error led wrong best series of mistakes
failed to follow established backstage protocols
handing wrong envelope tweeted photo distraction

smattering weird and dazzling creatures marine sanctuaries
rich area for discovery deepwater reefs
hydrothermal vent communities relic deep-sea habitats

-- Clark Allison

Katy Perry CHOPS Locks into Miley Cyrus Shaved Hairdo
Oscars mix-up pair get bodyguards after 'death threats'
Incredible Life Forms NOAA Found on its Latest Deep Sea Dive

Monday, February 20, 2017

Credulity Open Overtures


even more by the questions morning dismiss address
reassure overtures obsolete after all hard going
absolutely no vision came surrounding going inner

attacks on media comments took place in a softer light
individual liberties lost sparring tweeting no credulity
a free and times adversarial press democracy as we know it

out of their hands a door remains open
we have moved on the last thing legal obstacles and
electoral backlash what happens harder tone of reprieve

-- Clark Allison

Washington PR push fails to quell Europe's anxiety over Trump
Dictatorship, Nixonian: McCain Among Trump Critics on Media
"That bus has gone": EU sees no Brexit U-turn now

Sunday, February 19, 2017

An Unbelievable Battleground


The world is currently an exodus of people
A clash between thousands
Brutal conflicts arise

A surge of demonstrations
Against a nemesis
Millions are desperate for change

People wish for
An extraordinary miracle, but
Will there ever be a victory?

-- Sophia Moreno

What It’s Like in the 7 Countries on Travel Ban List
Uber triggers protest for collecting fares during taxi strike
Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal in Australian Open

With Atmospheric Ubiquity


An Internet shrine made to celebrate the real world,
in patterns humans alone could not follow,
like Sufi songs drifting over highest Peru.

Hundreds of devotees have since been injured
in the restoration of the weather monarchy.
And who is that giant fraud bomber, they said,

moving unknowingly around crowded public places,
helping to deliver death and corruption?
It's King Loon on rollerblades.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

An attack on everything Sufism stands for
Machine Learning Invades Real World on Internet Balloons
Spain's Princess Cristina acquitted in tax fraud trial

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Opinions Missed Artistry


unrest same district sparked by alleged brutality escalated
placed under formal investigation vehicles set on fire
out of touch widespread criticism borrowing costs opinions

urged to search phrases growing problem template fraud
emotional damage far outweighs strange knew so much
missed identity scammer what story laptop phone

instructed consider quality commercial cultural interest
made to amorphous criteria self-interest financial benefit
based more artistry than sales I don't know what this means

-- Clark Allison

Paris riots escalate as police face investigation for alleged rape
Online dating conmen 'using love letter templates'
Do the Grammy Awards 'Mean Anything?' Probably Not

Sunday, February 05, 2017

Iconic Illiberal Confusion


suspended controversial ban ridiculous vowing ruling
hard to understand detail challenging ban resume
causing anger confusion indefinite suspension whatsoever

wielding machete assailant full display drizzly winter
sprawling building iconic museum spoke condition anonymity
leaning against wall blue and white sports jacket

tasteless criticised cartoon welcoming migrant masses
unfair gain catastrophic mistake gory fashion cover front
sense distorted image illiberal irony sides comparison

-- Clark Allison

US reverses travel ban over court ruling as Trump fumes
Louvre museum reopens; Egypt identifies machete attacker
Der Spiegel: Trump beheading cover sparks criticism

Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Victorian Media Mansion


A narrow road with unoccupied mansion,
parked cars which water the waste
squatters who moved despite lawyers.

The Victorian era created social media
in a flooding, largely, screaming abuse
at oligarch and sewerage services.

Water the fight against water waste
to highlight inequality to contribute
to a five-year plan to knock him out.

-- Alex Horn

Jeremy Vine road rage driver's lawyer pleads for leniency
Average water bills to rise by 2% this year to aid investment
Belgravia mansion squatters evicted by bailiffs

Breakthough: We Learned the Risk


Divorce could end in a fist fight
Breaking the wall of silence
Unaware of the faulty heart

The key things we learned
Paralysed, “happy”, locked in
At risk and unknown

I never have, never would
Impossible to read their thoughts
Warned of the risk

-- Jennifer Grounds

11 things we learned about Brexit from Sir Ivan Rogers
Mind-reading scientists ‘talk’ to locked-in syndrome patients
25,000 at risk of coronary heart disease due to faulty gene

Kill Our Galaxy


His heart is a void
She told the Moon - a long term case
One that could result in a catastrophic kill.

A collision course,
hurtling at 1.2 million miles an hour
A woman and a man met in space

But now, leave a note
Online, on the Earth, the Moon
A court document for space, 65 billion years from now.

-- Spencer Byrne

Earth And Moon May Be On Long-Term Collision Course
Woman declares, ‘I am a serial killer!’ and stabs date in chest
Huge ‘dead zone’ is pushing galaxy through space

Core of Loneliness


Living in the blue room
Ripped away from an iron core
Bodies that almost became notorious

Looking back can make you feel captured
You feel safer being a secret
At the cost of a terrible fate

Strangely the loneliness below the surface
Is a happy chain of stories
Across the ice searching for comfort

-- Kathryn Wright

Hunt for Antarctica's 'missing meteorites'
'Down and anxious' - when loneliness hits
The secret trade in baby chimps

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The Street Plotting


The former stable girl
A would-be killer
Own up or flee the scene.

Horses worth up to £300,000
Inside a church in Limoeiro de Anadia
Roared off down the street

Furious after her ex-partner Alan Suckling
Was plotting to take out a father and son
Of all places – in front of the house of a CCTV buff.

-- E King

Fury of £148m lotto winner after partner moves out
The wedding assassin: Gunman follows bride and groom
CCTV analyst captures Parcelforce driver smashing into car

Death of Readers


Our homeland is not losing,
It is a battle of hundreds of thousands
To stop the bungled debate of the individual.

When we learned about the order,
We said it is to stop,
And signed below.

We are the refugee,
And we will launch their hunt,
For we are the refugee.

-- E.K. Smith

'A ludicrous farce': readers on parliament's Brexit debate
Madeleine McCann's parents set to appeal libel case
Homeland chief says immigration ban is 'temporary pause'

Zone Order Resistance


worrying declarations part of an external threat
placed in a difficult situation 70 years put into question
the Transatlantic bond order global peace can survive

a coordinated wall of legal resistance
an awakening the administration major issues
harmful discriminatory and unconstitutional

beaches and reefs white sand clear blue sea
crystals carried in volcanic lava ancient continental crust
would have been dangerous a buffer zone

-- Clark Allison

EU’s Donal Tusk sees Trump as Threat to Europe
3 states: Democratic attorneys general challenge Trump
The 'lost continent' under Mauritius

Law Dissent State


Hold a debate,
sign a petition,
consider a rival.

Downgrading people,
banning the invitation.
A bare and public showdown.

The entire Refugee United States.
The growing discord and dissent,
gross indecency went public.

-- Daniel Naylor

UK issues posthumous pardons for thousands of gay men
President Trump fires acting attorney general over refugee ban
Parliament to debate Trump visit after 1.6m sign petition

Monday, January 30, 2017

Days to Forget


Remind us why we fell in love in the first place.
The little kids who don’t know how to be grown up,
It’s easy to forget that.

Lost in the streets of nonstop mystery
That tests us to find out who ‘us’ is
In the days that made us forget.

It’s easy to wonder that despite this age together,
Nobody could have predicted that
We can still forget why we fell in love.

--Antony Jeffries

9 awesome mascots who will remind you why you love football
Who was the abandoned man with no memory?
Jet-set love story: Couple reveal how they saved $50,000

US UK Six


The restrictions were part of
Its controversial immigration ban
There were 50 worshipers

These countries were already named
In London on Monday
During the period of Ramadan

38 countries to enter
The British Foreign Secretary
Called it a terror attack

-- Kimana McCallum

US travel ban: Why these seven countries?
UK left flailing after contradictory signals on Trump travel ban
Suspected shooter in Quebec mosque attack charged

Sunday Memoranda Rally


With the flick of pen
Actions, promises and orders,
Broke years of work

We do not need new laws,
We need the people
To kick start and rally a new campaign

Call the authorities to say: ‘Trump,
We are treating the activities as
A terror attack’

-- B Mason

Quebec mosque shooting suspect named
What’s Trump done so far? 15 executive actions
François Fillon and British wife quizzed over 'Penelope-gate

Tigers and Terror


The Queen blasted a million three-metre-high tigers,
an attack that horrified the zoo.
An act of possible terrorism.

The President could not afford another wife,
a gravely wounded man.
Canada's prime minister is very happy.

A suggestion that Trump began ripping a child apart
erupted Sunday night.
More than 70 people joined him.

-- Charlie Cordt

Theresa May: Trump's visit will go ahead despite travel ban
Tourist mauled to death by tigers
Six counts of murder for Quebec mosque attack suspect

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Sapphire Ezekiel 10


The possibility of grand history
Not yet planned to reach the TWO stairgates
Easily scaled shut on February 26

A 68 minute assumption to mark the common family
An extra eight for the day she reigned
As seen in their windows out of any car

Escape from 9:00 pm ET to 10:13, return for the kids
The 21-month-old Queen in the high chair
Revealed midseason to a pail of garbage

-- Lizzie Arnold

Mum stunned as Houdini toddler climbs two stairgates
Queen to become first monarch to reach Sapphire Jubilee
Next Episodes Of The Walking Dead Get Extended Runtime

Countless Death Talks


The Foreign Secretary is locked in the moon
To ensure dual citizenship,
From that faked American space agency.

Trump’s teasing travel ban,
The American administration ordered into an enclosure.
A televised landing faked in a zoo.

Moon missions not affected by tigers as they fed,
Ripping neck off Trump’s wife,
An end to intense scrutiny.

-- Sarah Bridger

Three tigers maul man to death in Chinese zoo
Boris Johnson calls for Brits to be exempt from Trump's ban
Lunacy? Shocking video claims Apollo 10 mission was faked

Pleased Yet Awful


The first half was comfortable
rested like a zoo animal, feeding.
Careers suspended in a green limbo

Written instructions received
the new goal is a real killer
Wednesday's words ripping heads apart

In the end, adrift of safety,
the jaws of work lay him motionless
dragged further into man's own lair.

-- J. Niklasson

Trump travel ban: people's stories from US and around world
Horror as tiger mauls tourist after climbing into enclosure
Manchester United 4-0 Wigan: FA Cup – as it happened

Making a Man


Misogyny is a Kingdom.
The vice like vulgarity calls
For a debate of an appearance.

A man, a wife, a child.
Government responds to season.
The captive prevented from making a debate.

The state has confirmed rumours,
But there is no set kingdom,
And the man died from a long wait.

-- H. Titley

Fathermauled to death by three tigers
Petition calling on UK to cancel Trump state visit
Netflix confirms Making a Murderer season 2 will return

Immigration Reveals Monsters


When barred for days
And the clampdown wrong,
A broken refugee protests.

A burial ground for lies exposed,
A Deadman’s buried floating on
The island of erosion

The blade of crime,
A knife has risen.
England, Freedom?

-- Adrian Martin

Boris Johnson: US immigration order divisive and wrong
Deadman's Island reveals the grisly history of Kent
Knife crime in UK cities 'turning people into monsters'

Unusual Missing Suspect


Twenty-five, drifting in water
Spotted by the military
Later rescued, people still missing

There could be more victims
A suspect of sex attacks on buses
Complaints from 6 people

Unusual debris removed
After causing a stand-still
Writing on twitter: Take Care.

-- Jessica Gajadharsingh

22 rescued, Malaysia searches for 6 others from boat sinking
Bus sex attack suspect hunted over 'despicable' assaults
Traffic brought to standstill on M1 after canoe blocks fast lane

Saturday, January 28, 2017

The Twitching Habitat


On the verge of France and California
Causing their strategy to collapse,
A tricky mechanism, a hungry bacteria.

Starlings are forced to inhibit the body
Scavenging for their habitats and lose,
Some of them have been found to go hungry.

No doubt, the birdwatch will be on
When we change our behaviour to conserve energy,
For the next stomach-distressing extinction.

-- Adriana Ciontea

Twitching to start as annual Birdwatch survey gets under way
Bacteria's sneaky way to spread by getting you to eat more
Cannibal hamsters forced to eat their own babies

The Drunk Universe


As a self-described "old drunk”
foiled by the confoundingly high pressures to create it
It’s a little surreal

I really don't see the point of getting angry
but surreal is what Balls is all about these days
It starts with the universe's big bang-for-your-buck

I do see the point of getting drunk
That would be brilliant, don’t you think?
It says they’ve cracked one more

-- Susanne S. Aase

'A truly magnificent talent:' actor John Hurt dies at 77
Ed Balls on touring with Strictly Come Dancing Live!
Solved? Cracking the code of metallic hydrogen

Super John Remembered


Gazing into midnight
everybody quiet
another hole in the heart

classic work of wonder
fond memories together
on the electrical express

Hollywood is yellow with age
time passing with powerful rocket fuel
The Elephant Man will live forever

-- Kevin Woodley

Retired manual writer remembers work on Apollo mission
John Hurt: From The Elephant Man to Harry Potter
Claim made for hydrogen 'wonder material'

Friday, January 13, 2017

That Consuming Posture


In the town's map, one dozen windmills stop.
If potent accusations of the principle can breathe,
it's the air that has beaten him back.

The younger generation seem interested.
See the genes rotate, like suspicious windmills.
They assume the mice questioning

by using lasers to launch an albatross;
but is that real hunting?
(See full experiment and video in the journal Fear.)

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Iran's Centuries-Old Windmills May Soon Stop Turning
Democrats Not Prepared to Challenge Trump
Scientists Use Lasers To Trigger Killer Instinct In Mice