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

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

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

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

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