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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'

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'

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’