Monday, January 25, 2021

Dinosaur Vaccine Measures


Groups are going to be vaccinated by a baby tyrannosaur,
Cousin of the editorial of the journal of palaeontologists,
According to a group of scientists.

The most vulnerable groups will be looking
at a potential T-rex to curb the spread of the virus
According to Edinburgh University.

The prime 3D scans belong to a Border Collie
domesticated by the dinosaurs in a research facility
According to Boris Johnson.

-- Katie Campkin

Johnson 'looking at potential of relaxing lockdown measures
Baby tyrannosaurs dinosaurs were 'size of a Border Collie'
Cats and dogs may need Covid vaccine to curb infections

Citizens See Fire


The sky
Has not a curfew -
The restrictions failed.

In divisive February,
Protesters hit out at him
With fire.

But for the vulnerable
The sky refused to be lifted
And suggested looking at fireworks.

-- Elizabeth Phillips

Dutch PM Mark Rutte condemns curfew riots
Johnson 'looking at potential of relaxing lockdown measures'
Gordon Brown: UK in danger of becoming 'failed state'

Engage, Deny, Order


Suffering a mental breakdown,
Latest in a number of violent incidents,
Significant loss of life.

Struggling with the responsibility of caring,
Hand to hand brawl,
Open fires and anti-social behaviour,

The order would protect.
Once the evidence was presented,
Not guilty to murder

-- Olivia Marsden

Mum killed disabled son, 10, with sponge after care removed

Indian and Chinese soldiers engage in hand-to-hand combat
Gyllyngvase Beach, Falmouth anti-social behaviour order

The Chained Messiah


According to a record rate of accelerating serious impacts,
Speeding up the loss of observation around the world,
World’s leading authority on worst-case scenarios.

A celebrity suffocated by saving the world,
Leading to the sacrifice, beloved but disabled
A sponge in throat, covered by the Messiah.

With distinctive bludgeoned features easy to find,
Chained possessions, heart-stopping blood,
Slowly using up all oxygen, I grew weary and died.

--Kelly Haley

Ex-wife of celebrity photographer admits killing disabled son
Girl A: Abigail Dean on her shocking debut novel
Global ice loss accelerating at record rate, study finds

The Coldest State


It's cold
After the winter
For ice is in the country

You don’t know me
But you’ll have seen
The ice

So deep
Threatens the end
A heart-stopping Monday

-- Kim Peters

UK at risk of becoming failed state, says Gordon Brown
Met Office forecasts snow to give way to wind and rain

Girl A: Abigail Dean on her shocking debut novel

Chelsea Fears Melania


Chelsea have sacked Frank Lampard,
This has been a very difficult decision,
There can never be a good time to part ways,

There are fears,
Give a timeline for when they will be removed,
But, with hopes rising of a return,

A stony-faced Melania strode away from them,
While Mary dismissed these claims,
The only repercussions faced were jibes.

-- Calve Cowdry

Chelsea to appoint Thomas Tuchel as manager
Mary Trump says she's prepared to change her name
Quarantine hotels could cost families thousands

Sunday, January 24, 2021

Birth Rates Fall


Snow has fallen in several locations
Human populations are set to decline
No more monkey selfies

Overpopulation the looming crisis of our age
Animals prowl in our abandoned 'ghost villages'
No more monkey selfies

A severe weather warning comes into force
Rewilding is taking place
No more monkey selfies

-- Rupert M Loydell

Snow falls around Devon and Cornwall
‘No more monkey selfies’: images could drive illegal pet trade
As birth rates fall, animals prowl abandoned 'ghost villages'

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Storm Evacuation Stress


President Joe Biden is set to sign
executive orders to boost the fight
against President Donald Trump.

Emergency legislation will be used
to increase criticism over slow decisions
throughout the pandemic.

People have been evacuated from their homes
and Priti Patel will face Boris Johnson
after he emerged yesterday to decide what is best.

-- Rupert Loydell

Storm Christoph: Evacuations amid floods and snow
Priti Patel to hold Downing Street press conference at 5pm
Biden to sign 10 executive orders to tackle Covid-19

As Unity Spread


smoke rising Pune India huge fire biggest vaccine facility
production of vaccine not affected construction site
spread over 100 acres cause yet to be established

Biden had Churchill bust removed replaced with Cesar Chavez
Tony Blair loaned it as a personal gift returned by Obama
to British embassy while Trump brought in different version

flesh out unity vision win back abandoned Americans
end divisive hatred intolerant anger, model of democracy
not degenerate into outright animosity, a reconciliation

-- Clark Allison

Is Joe Biden really capable of uniting America?
Fire breaks out at world’s biggest coronavirus vaccine facility
Joe Biden removes bust of Winston Churchill from Oval Office

Monday, January 11, 2021

Steal Cascading Protest


warning signs there Eastern Standard time election night
trying to steal the election facts didn’t matter
motley coalition rioters further incitement banned tweeting

restored to major cities cascading breakdowns countrywide
power plants shut down press conference Islamabad
exact location of the fault grid section delicate web

under pressure give way brutal oppressed famous dictators
learn from history respect voices watched across continent
live every day as last rattled by associated recent protest

-- Clark Allison

The 65 days that led to chaos at the Capitol

Nationwide power blackout plunges Pakistan into darkness

‘This is Africa’s generational cause,’ says Uganda’s election challenger

Monday, December 21, 2020

Covid Christmas Standstill


Matt Hancock says he was shamed on Facebook
after sharing negative comments from people
on proposals on the remaining crunch issues.

Despite time running out before the end
of the Christmas present pile, Matt Hancock
warns the bloc ‘must make the move’.

A strict new lockdown could last for months,
the health secretary says. A deal can be done
but he insists the EU is 'a spoilt brat'.

-- Rupert M Loydell

Covid-19: 'Our duty' to act over Christmas plans, says Matt Hancock
UK-EU trade deal will NOT now be in place on January 1

Mum shamed on Facebook after sharing daughter's Christmas present pile

Sunday, December 13, 2020

Unprecedented Electoral Politics


thousands of supporters alleging electoral fraud
police sought to keep both sides apart sealing off strategy
counter-demonstrators mostly separated yelled insults

standing challenge results, other states explaining decision
judiciously cognisable interest how states conduct election
rejected unprecedented attempt throw out election count

desperate mendacious frenzied, farcical doomed to failure
shape future Republican politics, truth facts common sense
electoral college meets profound collateral damage

-- Clark Allison

US election: Pro-Trump rallies see scuffles in US cities
US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed challenge to election
Trump's coup failing but American democracy still on critical list

Wednesday, December 09, 2020

Six of the Best / Complete Shambles


The advice applies to rail operators
promising exciting new routes
for the Covid-19 year ahead.

Warned of confusion and chaos,
people with a history should not
expect new timings on many routes.

Brighter days are on the horizon:
two people are both fine now
and continue to have no clue.

-- Rupert M Loydell

Covid-19 vaccine: Allergy warning over new jab
Six of the best new train journeys in Europe for 2021
‘It’s too late baby’: Food and drinks leader brands post-Brexit arrangements ‘complete shambles’

Monday, November 30, 2020

Blue Thousands Mandate


claimed illegal immigrants voted in thousands
compared fight to McCarthy era socialist-leaning governors
appeared at hearing-style event certified Biden results

set to escalate tensions as Biden restarts nuclear talks
gun installed inside a blue pick-up truck, then detonated
a fraught period, ramped up stockpile of enriched uranium

yet to present viable candidates, tough act balancing,
eyes on a second mandate, fierce challenge from far-right
struggle to shake off image as out of touch ex-banker elitist

-- Clark Allison

Arizona certifies presidential election results
The killing of Iran’s nuclear mastermind
Is Emmanuel Macron pandering to the far right?

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Fact-Checked (No Doubt)


What are Trump's performance limitations?
Just how good is his backwards compatibility?
It's really destroyed our system.

Biden is one of the most crucial components
but there is no evidence the experience is corrupt.
It is a little rough around the edges in some scenarios.

The mystery is finally solved and there's good news:
in America, the vote is a sacred feature.
We'll be looking at that more closely in future.

-- Rupert M Loydell

US election 2020: Donald Trump's speech fact-checked
'The vote is sacred': Biden says he has no doubt
PlayStation 5 backwards compatibility tested - and it's fantastic

Monday, November 09, 2020

Decisive Electoral Results


people forget fast, media and pundits even faster
wasn’t a landslide but a decisive victory
boring and predictable helped him win the election

respect any choice the American nation makes
recognise president on confirmation of official results
correct to wait till legal processes go through

first steps towards moving into the White House
again refused to admit defeat and tried to sow doubt
had delivered, secured enough electoral votes for victory

-- Clark Allison

Putin won’t congratulate Biden until ‘legal processes’ complete
Biden's success is an important win for the world
Biden kicks off transition as Trump refuses to concede

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Impossible Forward Casting


definitely didn’t invent the term fake news
love or loathe far reaching decisions consequences
if re-elected may become impossible to keep in check

vote a formality divided along party lines
rightwing domination cements for years to come
swearing-in to court carried forward cause of freedom

a binary choice for the encumbent sector
casting about as bullish as bearish
potential outcome more nuanced than surface

-- Clark Allison

Oil traders braced for balancing act in wake of US election
How Trump has changed the world
Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to supreme court

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Writing Unveils Food


To make the heartbreaking announcement,
at the level of essential human experience,
I am terrified I will die before the

prestigious TS Eliot prize has revealed
a shortlist that shows that poetry is
“the most resilient, potent, capacious

and universal art we have”, said the jury,
when the pandemic hit, and certain concerns
of ours began to seem rather trivial.

-- John Tucker

TS Eliot prize unveils 'unsettling, captivating' shortlist

Sinead O'Connor begs fans for help
Novelists reveal their secret writing habits

Monday, October 12, 2020

Disease Strategy Risk


strategy contain delay research and mitigate
act to avoid history repeating turning point
severe pandemic and the seasons against us

join together halt spread of this disease
more restrictions three tier system across country
critical moment hospitals filling death rates rising

no longer Covid transmission risk health update
concerns might still be contagious election due
virus still in system sensitive lab tests

-- Clark Allison

UK is at 'tipping point' of Covid crisis, says health official
‘Everyone is fighting’ – how Downing Street lost its grip
Covid: Trump 'no longer a transmission risk to others'

Tuesday, October 06, 2020

Sonar Hospital Treatment


A 'solid and pretty big' sonar has detected
drama removing mask. Police said
the mystery creature is likely freshwater,

immediately sparking excited speculation,
after ‘eating what they believed to be
sweets’ at a school in north London.

The sweets are believed to have contained
THC, and been shared on social media,
saluted, waved, and then started filming.

-- John Tucker

Trump appears to gasp for air after tearing off mask
Thirteen pupils taken to hospital after eating THC sweets

Loch Ness Monster ‘caught on sonar’

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

A "Challenging" Rescue Operation


Dozens of dead,
transmission is high.
Plans to watch live will not go ahead.

What do we know?
Mr Johnson is shallow water thick
and manoeuvering for space,

cabinet office minister Michael Gove
became stuck on sandbars
among the restrictions.

-- Rupert M Loydell

Coronavirus: 10pm curfew for pubs and restaurants

Coronavirus: Plans for fans to return to sport called off

Dozens of pilot whales dead off Tasmania

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Telling Online Stimulus


Blazes of land and killed over climate change cooler
Crisis of poor forest management telling dismissed concerns
Four more years more of America ablaze

At the centre continued support means monetary stimulus
No political connections a symbol durable administration
Chances Suga calling a snap election for October

Risk considered low higher living settings more at site
Health data viewable online at geographical settings
18,105 Welsh residents data published online for 20 hours

-- Clark Allison

Trump fans flames of climate row in California
Yoshihide Suga wins landslide in Japanese leadership contest
Coronavirus: 18,000 test results published by mistake

Thursday, September 03, 2020

Monday, August 31, 2020

Weary Struggle Distress


seeking urgent assistance
unable to move and needs help
'Get your knee off our necks'

someone uses water to darken and define
attempting to cross the expanse
provide enough time at home

commemorate the historic
at least one dead person
expressed their frustration

-- Rupert M Loydell

'Weary' teachers frustrated by late guidance
'Get your knee off our necks': Struggle for justice continues
Banksy-funded migrant rescue vessel in distress at sea

Friday, August 14, 2020

Trigger Testing Moment


grappling with something that is unprecedented
difficult and uncertain time
could trigger so not pretend quarters of decline

with a similar aim in mind
beating every other country to the milestone
drug still in testing phase sceptical dangerous decision

knows what it’s like to be under scrutiny
since the moment the presumptive nominee announced
a very aggressive and determined interrogator

-- Clark Allison

Recession is unprecedented, says Chancellor Rishi Sunak
West’s response to Russian vaccine owes as much to geopolitics as science

Kamala Harris VP pick: How she could help - or hurt - Joe Biden

Friday, July 10, 2020

Expanding Effects Episode


more differences of opinion than anticipated
a serious episode hyper-paranoid about everything
worried but remain confident will stabilize

‘cause I don’t write ain’t no counter-culture protest song
restless ambiguous trouble got it out on the radiowaves
expanding theme now had a purpose a viewpoint

stronger growing next-gen gaming visual effects making way
creating a larger digital ecosystem
using the platform releasing follow up consoles

-- Clark Allison

Musk ‘reconsiders’ support for Kanye West presidential run
The Story Behind The Song: ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’
Sony Invests $250 Million in Epic Game

Thursday, July 09, 2020

Playing Her Unacceptable Part


The home secretary is making garments from waste yarn.
She is a fashion hothouse born in a row of lock-ups.
'We had just moved in and were raring to go.'

Protesters and partygoers breaking distancing rules,
a heap of old tyres and a mouldy old mattress.
All it needs is the models and the photoshoot can begin.

The police responded with baton charges, tear gas,
crisp new garments and other rule breaches. Seamstresses
face the full force of the law. Paris fashion explodes.

-- Rupert M Loydell

Patel slams protesters and partygoers for lockdown breaches
The fashion hothouse born in a row of lock-ups
Horror as Paris riot police attacked by mob of HUNDREDS

Moscow Nails Heatwave Dressing in These Beautiful Space Pictures


The Duchess of Cambridge orbits the planet
at a height of about 250 miles, barely visible
to the naked eye. On a clear night, Donald Trump

knows a good dress when he sees one. Whether
he’s hosting a reception or taking part in a photograph
he’s usually wearing a frock, and never seems overdressed

for the occasion. NASA said: 'This composite image
shows the President in silhouette. He was briefed in March
with a bit of astronomical knowhow and has a crew on board.'

-- Rupert M Loydell

'Nobody told' Trump Russia paying Taliban to kill US troops
How Duchess of Cambridge nails heatwave dressing every time
See the ISS transit the Sun in these beautiful NASA pictures

Friday, June 26, 2020

The Hottest Day of the Year


There are warnings that action will be taken
followed by violent clashes if social distancing
contained an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory

Social media showed shocking scenes
of a heaving Boris Johnson: huge crowds
plunged into another former lockdown.

MPs concerned about the sacking of the beaches
were arrested and at least one person was injured
using violent tactics from Israeli secret services.

-- Rupert M Loydell

No10 warns of new lockdown as 500,000 cram onto beaches on hottest day of year
Coronavirus morning headlines as it's warned beaches could be closed if lockdown rules are ignored
Labour anti-Semitism row: Long-Bailey allies urge Starmer to reinstate her

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

A Few Words & Phrases


What do 'white privilege' and 'ally' mean?
Life experiences will affect how they define them
Hospitals have more than a week to prepare

What do 'white privilege' and 'ally' mean?
The bodies of a girl, two women and four men
A dog was also found shot dead at the property.

What do 'white privilege' and 'ally' mean?
People often have different ideas
The government has been accused

-- Rupert M Loydell

What do 'thug', 'white privilege' and 'ally' mean?
Government accused of blindsiding NHS trusts
Seven people and dog shot dead in Alabama house

Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Enormous Floyd Fallout


threat still looms welcome
customers, services, tight rules spiking
some train stops remain, curfew until

burning tearing apart wrenching murder.
borderlands from a different planet
second home votes outnumbered

they gathered mirrors
could have been me
could have been my brother

-- Sivan Spector

Why George Floyd's death is resonating around the world
Chicago begins reopening from pandemic
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin Might as Well Have Lived on Different Planets

Curb Extremists Pleading


sheer tumult unceasing torrent of events
unable to find its bearing and grasp
African American pleading mutual understanding

steps of Lincoln Memorial living in a ‘police state’
try and curb flared protestors and police
tear gas rubber bullets pepper spray

very special using frequently to authenticate his faith
church building partisan purposes religious extremists
black white painfully aware slavery supremacy segregation

-- Clark Allison

Trump has normalised mayhem and the US is paying the price
George Floyd protests: National Guard at Lincoln Memorial
Trump’s use of the Bible was obscene

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Many in System


I will take years to recover from
the scheme of the engines;
“Block, block, blunt! Block, block, blunt!”

And the people, the swarms of people:
rushed to an early positive, descended
devoured, destroyed. The worst

are still cultivated on the fire acres;
locust ministers with chilli-sick blaze.
Government farmers will not starve.

-- Rebecca Eddy

'Many will starve': locusts devour crops & livelihoods in Pakistan
London fire: Huge blaze engulfs block of flats in Bethnal Green
Coronavirus: Test and trace system kicks off in England

Friday, April 17, 2020

Assess Reopen Potential


spread of the virus measures you take to protect
lack of symptoms correlates to a lack of infection
eager to reopen the economy number daily tests needed

at both a delicate and a dangerous stage
required by law assess whether rules are working
shutting many businesses and preventing gatherings

ended up in bad movies failed to make a dent
unfulfilled potential of a mediocre end product
admirably acquit obvious being generous

-- Clark Allison

Reopening economy depends on testing. Trump leaving to states.
Coronavirus: UK lockdown extended for 'at least' three weeks
10 Brilliant Performances Trapped In Terrible Recent Movies

Sunday, April 05, 2020

Comes Widespread Threat


false; experts told not widespread as now-deleted texts
petitions, organizations, studies, popular claims
launched in China dead of effects (archived)

maybe toughest week wasn’t done but there will be death
when the brunt of it comes ready to hit the area
may endure before hitting apex

biggest threat in decades step-by-step action plan
will not be a short battle
get nation through this period difficult

-- Clark Allison

Experts dismiss claims that 5G wireless technology created the novel coronavirus
Donald Trump warns ‘There will be a lot of death’ from coronavirus this week
Boris Johnson invites opposition party leaders to coronavirus briefing to ‘work together

Saturday, February 08, 2020

Stoke Ciara Fraud


Winds high warnings
Ciara week conditions Amber
Across expected Sunday

Refund conned but saving
Their retirees £43,000 negligent
Two fraud lose at bank

Unexplained Police treating death
Materials woman’s hazardous
Death as found Northwood

-- Rosalyn Hill

Bank fraud: couple lose £43,000 but can't get a refund
Storm Ciara to bring high winds across UK this weekend
Stoke woman's death may have involved hazardous materials