Comes Tectonic Sky

From on high by satellite,
continents with textures of glass or snakeskin
(translucent, like actual Gondwanan snakes)

with the usual scratch and impact resistance
of million-year-old amber.
Tracked by ancient streamers,

the movements of Australia and Madagascar,
the further evolution of India,
and the missing paleontologists.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Glass phones are about to get really, really cool
First fossilized snake embryo rewrites history
Comcast Drops Out of Bidding War for 21st Century Fox

To Alternative Culture

raise confidence in our culture visuals special effects
hotly anticipated very imaginative backers said
inspired by Tibetan Buddhist mythology

some claimed fake news to be expected opponents schism
Nato a mafioso racket follow lemmings into apocalypse
out of touch with priorities and values

comes to a head before and after the vote
misunderstanding sheer dishonesty worth trying
won't fly favoured alternative trade agreements

-- Clark Allison

Brexit Meets Gravity
The Nato summit proves Europe doesn't get Trump – or the US
China's most expensive film is withdrawn after it flops

Cross-Border Tensions Flows

migrant crisis flows towards Europe reduced
everybody's responsibility and a spirit of solidarity
share burden and pressure our history our rights efficiency

trade wars easy to win effort to correct injustices
tensions between the two continued to fray
a war of words hit hard vital component

Brexit cross-border movement scale of the challenge
less interesting choice decline in popularity apparent
possibilities better been long-term desirable position

-- Clark Allison

Macron warns Italy 'France has NO lessons to learn'
Chinese tariffs aim to hit Trump in his electoral base
London still most desirable city for overseas workers

Of Conciliatory Mysteries

working to resurrect inappropriate anger open hostility
conciliatory statement productive talks necessary extended
growing weapons arsenal historic realistic verifiable

swirling rumours another poll this year
ready for any surprise ballot rebellious
of permanent notice for snap general election

a cup of tea a bit of cake not our private possession
a celebration of the mysteries be received
bread into body wine into blood apostles in memory

-- Clark Allison

Jeremy Corbyn puts Labour on 'permanent notice' for snap general election
Meeting with North Korea? That requires some cold-eyed realism
Cardinal: Communion cannot be shared with non-Catholics like beer or cake

To Identify Possibility

utterly evaporated pessimism voted to stay
complaint of a generation for their part
swapping theoretical sovereignty for actual power

big sprawling annual developer conference
smarter more forward-looking structural overhaul
visual interface design improvement understand identify

seemed outlandish possibility trading threats and insults
exact actual relinquishing of weapons preserved to deter
withdrawing quixotic move uncertain demands intentions

-- Clark Allison

Britain was utterly wretched in 1975. No wonder Europe seemed a better bet
Eight things to expect at Google I/O 2018
Trump says time, place set for planned U.S.-North Korea summit

Damages of War

cold no longer cold war back with a vengeance
pitch of paranoia less communication
jostling scrum of major powers

locked and loaded Russia strikes illegal
chemical attack on rebel-held territory
prepared to sustain pressure test of will

unlikely to shift course of war
at pains now to avoid further escalation
more of a psychological nature few damages

-- Clark Allison

Danger awaits in rush for influence on crowded battlefield
Trump, May and Macron agree Syria strike "had been a success"
U.S. says air strikes cripple Syria chemical weapons programme

Delete All Bliss

policies in the wake of positive world force
clearly all options on the table
mix more action associated with fake news

prevent these tools to delete accounts
not 100 percent certainty what materials
if you haven't beaten the game yet

failed completely to halt ominous regression
final choice spoil all three endings resist
apparently teleports around brainwashing cloud of Bliss

-- Clark Allison

Zuckerberg to defend Facebook as 'positive force in the world'
Trump vows quick action on 'barbaric' Syria chemical attack
Far Cry 5’s Ending Is Pretty Bad

Guessing Shot Learning

about to fall sky debris lost contact thin footprint
mess of ultra-hot supersonic space junk
guessing game re-entry rips off solar panels

dangerous to crowded European airspace
lot of talk complicit in use era of great tension
gradually deteriorating relations simulate shot down

more human-centric AI lethal autonomous timescales
weapons hacked in undesirable ways deep learning algorithms
ways to oppress accurate diagnosing purposive refit

-- Clark Allison

China's 9.4-ton space station is about to fall from the sky
It's not a new Cold War - but the Putin era is just as dangerous
Public policy needs to confront AI's benefits and dangers

Dark Repeat Control

to history repeat unique coalition difficult to replicate
watched helplessly special magnetism subset of electorate
different in ideology and temperament a cultural phenomenon

clear dark skies free of light pollution
increased magnetosphere activity primary impact area
weak power grid fluctuations localised within polewards

embark on path of improvement youth and quick wit
almost total control of the state Stalinist repression
exposing corruption acquitting innocent dialogue real

-- Clark Allison

The Obama history that Trump may be doomed to repeat
Solar storm set to shower UK with Northern Lights on Wednesday night
In Russia, Everyone Is Tired of National Politics

Between Opposite Leaves

The new water is only a single atom thick.
It moves furtively in the quadruple games.
He is an electrical engineer;

that means he works at conducting electricity.
His weekend's intensified by layers of militant carbon.
The edge of the soil is Earth's electrical blade.

A plant drinks from the covert shift.
Emboldened, water illustrates (as with snow) that it is
clear embedded flakes, like a tattoo but rotated.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Iran, Israel battle openly in race to define 'rules of the game'
U.S. figure skater Vincent Zhou makes Olympic history by landing incredible quadruple lutz
New 'tattoo' could lead to drought-tolerant crops

Viral Parade Triggered

The North boasts parade setback
Exposing Trump, goodbye mohawk!
66 million spew out of crater sun.

Force shape with another breeze
Often warming ties over the TV.
Vaporized scientists choking life for decades.

Data to spew out of the bottom,
North’s event announced Saturday:
Stick scalp on social media.

-- Amanda Cooze

North Korea holds military parade ahead of Winter Olympics
Is Donald Trump going bald? Viral video exposes harsh reality of hair loss
That dinosaur-killing asteroid also triggered massive magma releases beneath the ocean, study finds

Powerful Rocket Winner

woman who bought a Powerball
constitute a significant invasion
could have remained anonymous

earthquake struck
posted photos
Beautiful Life Hotel

electric car
spaceflight company
which carried six crews

-- Emma King

Winner of $560 million lottery says she made a 'huge mistake'
Powerful earthquake strikes off Taiwan's east coast
SpaceX's First Falcon Heavy Rocket to Launch 4th Electric Car to Leave Earth

Hot Kill Curse

I know she didn’t trust him,
He choked her in spit.
So, boom! That’s on me.

Be careful what you wish for,
She may claim her prize.
Death.

Drinking hot tea on Monday is often fatal.
Alcohol is killing cancer.
Smoke acid.

---- Katie Dickens

Quentin Tarantino Tells All About the Uma Thurman ‘Kill Bill’ Car Crash, Defends Spitting on Her While Filming Scene
The 'curse' of winning the lottery?
Hot tea linked to esophageal cancer in smokers, drinkers

Wave broke Monday

300,000 rivers and reservoirs,
Outpouring the border.
Violent battery of the free dictator.

Unthinkable, unreported.
I named the wall Monday and
Came by the secret district.

U care not for the people,
Because Monday broke in thousands,
And failed their system.

-- Sam Barnes

Report: China Moves 300,000 Troops Closer to North Korean Border
As Germans celebrate the absence of the Berlin Wall, a new piece of it is discovered
Fact Check: Trump’s Criticism of U.K.’s National Health Service

Expel Legit Script

shared widely non legit bogus claims staged
rigged no record lawyer found in New York car
corporate greed anarchist groups exonerated

immune system about to expel infection
asked if the right place winter 1974
standing outside an old movie theatre

going off script old grudges benefits of tax reform
chilly reaction deplorable working against
strongest when unscripted go on road sell tax reform

-- Clark Allison

Fake news: A look at completely untrue headlines this week
Defeat is inevitable. Everybody knows it, even Trump
In Ohio to celebrate tax reform, Trump returns to old grudges

Snowstorm Threaten Winter

A weekend-long snowstorm
seeking to score
who died after being imprisoned

more than a month’s average
In a move sure to annoy
is scheduled to join

In a city
who is one of the most senior
after he allegedly stole

-- Jordan Lam

Massive snowstorm delays flights, cancels school in Moscow
US and North Korea's political games threaten to overshadow the Olympics
The Father of Otto Warmbier Will Be Mike Pence's Guest at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

Attack on Dead

Deadly darkness slammed into a
Fierce battle,
Through the early morning.

An officer sent,
To persuade the house,
To show his hand.

A concealed weapon,
A deadly wreck,
Feet dangling, two dead.

-- Caitlin Corcoran

Amtrak crash in South Carolina leaves 2 dead, more than 100 hurt
Republican lawmakers distance themselves from Trump on memo
Man carrying concealed pistol stops attack on Utah police officer

Nuclear Love, Secretly.

Secret allies surprised,
Forces in a battle,
100 strikes against us.

Going against the trend,
Have the blessing,
Take the initiative for us.

It’s no longer surprising,
We are very happy hardware,
We desperately needed help.

-- Ashleigh Vasey

Egypt, Israel are secretly fighting against ISIS together
China derides 'Cold War' US nuclear plan
Even Amazon is surprised by how much people love Alexa

Shot in Hollywood

Jungle violence, and firearms.
Initial shots were fired
And clashed with the night.

15 years old,
And he broke
He’s not afraid of getting killed.

He was fury and sadness
A couple of kids and crying teachers.
This is day one of forever.

-- Amber Newton

Calais migrants: Five shot in mass brawl
'I've had such a terrible experience': Comedian and singer Tim Minchin says he's returned to Australia 'forever' after being chewed up and spit out by Hollywood
Rose McGowan says another Hollywood power player sexually abused her

Civil Anger Can

Red rights
the unusual moment
as the biggest fire,

A municipal immigrant,
where the anger in a young woman
gaining a chance connection

According to threat
and a massive regret,
would deter the cold.

-- Morag C Smith

Inside the FBI: Anger, worry, work — and fears of lasting damage
Man shoots, wounds at least 6 ‘people of color’ in Italian city amid tensions
Russia: US nuclear policy poses a threat

A Staggering Giza

Female Necropolis Tikal
Tree of canopies
Tombs were surprised

Mud brick monkey
Hunting Old Kingdom
Belonged to a woman

Male rats emitted
National cellphone Toxicology
Harmful around their hearts

-- Nofel Nawras

Lasers Reveal a Maya Civilization So Dense It Blew Experts’ Minds
Egypt says 4,400-year-old tomb discovered outside Cairo

Jungle Faces Firestorm

Hopes that were never prepared
and undetected fears were found
with the gasoline being thrown over millions.

A dense jungle of obstruction
is building its defence in the heads
of the people with a heritage of anarchy.

Discoveries have lived with speculation,
meaning people might have to prepare
for the days of disaster and fire.

--Chloe Webb

Massive Mayan society discovered under Guatemala jungle
The Memo: Firestorm over Russia probe intensifies
Cape Town faces Day Zero: what happens when the city turns off the taps?

Collusion is dead

Why does the media refuse to write this?
Alleged experience with disgraced movie mogul,
his last name in quotation marks.

He led her down a hallway,
forcing himself on her,
she carefully declined to speak.

respondents disapprove,
come forward to speak out.
This is an American disgrace.

-- Katie Dimech

Uma Thurman Accuses Weinstein of Sexual Assault and Claims Tarantino Almost Killed Her in Stunt Gone Wrong
Trump claims GOP memo ‘totally vindicates “Trump” in probe’
Trump's Approval Rating Is the Highest It's Been in Nearly a Year, Poll Finds

Zero Water Society

Day zero, Outbreaks and anarchy, due to water taps.
The apocalyptically named four:
Water shortages, sanitation failures, disease, inequality.

Researchers, the military – we were prepared.
The plan – a no-water scenario,
The world to turn off the taps.

An industrial crisis production,
An alliance of poorer and high-income residents.
People may have lived. The climate prepares change.

-- Luca Iacobucci

Cape Town faces Day Zero: what happens when the city turns off the taps?
Cape Town’s water crisis highlights city’s rich-poor divide
Mayan civilization was much vaster than known, thousands of newly discovered structures reveal

Stab Spaghetti Suitcase

Wednesday, category B jail, multiple stab wounds
Inmates charged: 23 year old man released
Wormwood Scrubs, multiple violent incidents.

Man strangled his scarf before dumping in suitcase
Tragic mum angry and started seeing other men
Couple sold retail giant NEXT last year.

Polar snow moves in to wintry country
Spaghetti stream spreads over next week
An evening of pressure makes it cold and strong.

-- Michelle Worsdell

Snow forecast track: Spaghetti models show path of freezing jet stream heading for UK
Three men charged with Wormwood Scrubs stabbing
'Cowardly' husband strangled ex-wife to death before dumping her body in a suitcase

Scavenging the Passenger

He fled the depraved regime, he was a
defector. North Korea to the Oval Office.
President Trump was a human face.

On Maui’s narrow, the sisters in argument
plunged. Not deliberate found the judge.
The identical twin was acquitted of murder.

From the Maryland sky, a dead goose caused
injuries. The geese were fired on overhead.
He, the hunter, had a waterfowl incident.

-- Joe Bagshaw

'Like leaving another universe': North Korean defectors tell Trump what it's like to escape
Woman acquitted of murdering twin sister in car plunge off Hawaii cliff
Dead goose knocks out hunter on Maryland’s Eastern Shore

Execute

Frightened police officers are not common in L.A.
Thursday morning, students had been shot
News helicopter showed scenes of anguish

Executed. Fatally shot the girls and smiled
Liberty and Faith put to death
Witnesses to the execution, a scheduled visit

Attempted homicide to please fiction
Stabbing in the woods
Breaking into tears, sorry.

-- Joe Clark-Skinner

Middle school shooting renews debate over how L.A. Unified keeps students safe
Texas dad who killed daughters while on phone with estranged wife taunts her at execution
2nd teen in 'Slender Man' stabbing case to remain in institutional care for 40 years

Screaming Colours Underground

900 trapped underground; believed to be safe
they suffer; dehydration, some lack access to medication
while they await evacuation

We’re engulfed in flames; screaming
fires emanating from both inside and outside
an icy stab in the heart; we have little hope of surviving…

Faces of men half-buried; burned away,
Days later, Kadir recognized his friends
only by the colours of their shorts

-- Rhianna Gibbs

900 workers trapped in South African gold mine after outage
Fans capture spoiler-y images from the 'Game of Thrones'  
Dozens Discovered Buried in Myanmar Mass Graves

Commons Red Circumstances

Pressure, finger quickly exclusively red.
Danger zone destination edge position and threat rising
Today on the radio Mrs May vocal--speaking a Tory programme.

Extraordinary senior model conversation deliberately bad,
Intended to show considered maligning; all negative.
Airing, suggestion, servants in second, a service to officials;
       ‘Commons’ negative claims.

Gorging online propaganda brainwashed a man--been
      convicted of murder.
Hate Speech. Terrorist. Van into Muslims, intended to kill.
The circumstances warn of a extremist problem growing.

-- Jenny Jasper

Are the Conservatives now unleadable on Brexit?
Brexit minister accused of maligning civil service
Finsbury Park attacker found guilty of murder

Verdict Flight Backlash

Get to the airport,
To the airport,
To the upcoming intent of a new experience

"Good Morning Japan"
Flight, late. Route, interesting. Location, lifeless.
These are the knocks of travellers.

The boy, the victim, the traveller,
He stresses the message of warning:
The prevention of the weary.

-- Beth Pritchard

Google is now using machine learning to predict flight delays
YouTube star Logan Paul on suicide video backlash
Verdict on Truro stabbing

President Eclipse Parade

of the 45th
eclipse occurs during
two diplomatic sources

to “give to “give
are event that some have started
Olympics is planning to show

and recommend legislative to
a total
the day

-- James Cavanagh

Could Trump finish off the State of the Union address?
Rare ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’ Eclipse Crosses the Sky
North Korea to parade missiles before Winter Olympics

Weird self-driving films

at a bold initiative:
make a fan favorite, that Congress passed
or a Marvel Cinemating robot

Congress passed it
in mid 1990s, while riding robot
to opening a new sanction of the kind

that buzz should name the State Department
study by two for these sanction autonomous
the enactmentation for ways

-- Sidonie Baylis

Trump’s weird explanation for withholding Russia sanction
An entirely different kind of self-driving car
Untold Story Behind Wesley Snipes's 'Black Panther' Film

Dire drought move

day zero eventuality announced
dominated drought result
despite the toilet stop

situation statement
industry measures encouraged
result, culture using buckets

overdue season long and norm
we hoped finally more rain
results favour not three months

-- Emma Little

2018 Grammys were an out-of-touch embarrassment
Indians to remove Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms in 2019
Water crisis grips Cape Town, South Africa

Possible Limits Support

funding for border security including wall
immigration reforms increased military spending
do not have enough votes falling short some support

able to have a bespoke deal could not enjoy same access
basic principles freedom of movement abide by jurisdiction
full access not possible given functioning of single market

impossible to explain shattered political normality
a raging storm that never burns itself out
tearing at racial and societal divides the limits

-- Clark Allison

US shutdown: Senate in bid to end impasse
A year of Trump: (Almost) everything that happened
Britain able to have bespoke deal with EU – Macron

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

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”

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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'

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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