The High Ground

Apparently, according to astrobiologists, we stink.
Blame the temperatures.
Actually, we persist,

and think up plans for habitable forms.
We made our camp in a spectrum of gears,
the absolute sun that we all live to study,

and projected an unlikely city
that could be almost right.
Perhaps, we think, the experts are coming.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Could euroskeptics spoil Angela Merkel's election party?
We Still Have 1.75 Billion Years to Enjoy Earth's Treasures
Will Phila. be the graveyard of public education?

Surrounding Which Reflecting

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raise not freedom and power citizens have possible
breadwinner joint wage the the shirt paid tougher

weapons joint wage the the titan shell deadlier
attack counter own with least likely opposition a
readings counter largest over least minimum data a

ocean counter frozen behind least thicker floor a
heavenly did the facing moon the gravity led that
confident has the poring hour the gravity said that

-- Glenn R. Frantz

We've cracked riddle of ANTIGRAVITY mountains on Titan
Syria behind chemical attack, British intel concludes
Fast-food workers continue fight against low wages

Fears Leave Today

Catastrophic car bombs
deeply unsettled officials
on opposite sides.

Inside a shrill sloganeering square:
unsettling silence.
Policemen muttered; protestors sat still.

So much screaming so early.
In full force, 18,000 gathered
today in one direction.

-- Gary Glauber

Deadly Blasts in Lebanon Raise Fears of Sectarian Conflict
Not Again: A Gang Rape in Mumbai Leaves India Reeling
One Direction Rocks Biggest 'Today' Show Crowd Ever

Holding This House

Looking for a little home
is enough to test this history.
A chance to add another notch in time.

It's difficult to imagine
a house containing secrets
that would destroy the first white surrender.

All eyes front -
Patiently focused in one impromptu direction.
This Is Us

-- Winston Plowes

England out to make history at The Oval
US government wouldn't force reporters to destroy computers
One Direction premiere: Is this it?

Reeling the Ghost

The mystique of the modern-day Edison,
a troubled cultlike figure begs, the rise of the dominant
echoes questions about his fate

No expectation of privacy, thrust into the surveillance
state, spurring the legend into meaningful action
following fired uproar

The technophiles facing injury thrust brilliant,
his burgeoning title role finished
to solidify an early death

-- Chelsea P. Rubin

The cult of Steve: A Q&A with ‘Jobs’ director
Google: Email Users Have ‘No Legitimate Expectation Of Privacy’
The Patriots got very lucky on Wednesday

On Finding Life

Reading of an Alabama sex parasite
fighting for businessman consciousness
after studying medical rats...

"Eating brain rare,"
apparently official scientists said,
"continues on to Tuesday and after death."

"Swallowed hearts," some report,
"have shed brief human possibilities,
a verdict infected with a light electrical charge"

-- M.P. Manahan

Boy infected with rare brain-eating amoeba in Florida
Possible Hints of Consciousness After Death Found in Rats
Ala man dies moments after child sex conviction

Three Diversionary Worlds

the eponymous pyramid
abandoned but not ruined
secrets of a jade globe

a chameleon on stucco
the richest mixture of TV shows
decorated with actual feathers

trotting up to visit the spirit of the mountain
surprise!
it's a summit of downtrodden tourists

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Mayan sculpture discovered in Guatemalan pyramid
How Obama's Putin Snub Is Playing Out in Russia
Matt Damon talks about Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium'

Pro-Regime Curve Split

treacherous curve sharply reduced speed ignored warnings
total derailment at 111mph lose contact with rails
four seconds later applied emergency brakes

series explosions ripped weapons depot at least
and injuring fireball hundreds of feet into the air
some seriously dozens wounded blew up pro-regime after rocket
     fire

shedding certain belongings nothing to do with marital split
nothing without some kind of strategy or agenda
rings with the tenor of the times another game he is playing

-- Clark Allison

Spanish train driver ignored 3 warnings to reduce speed
Syria: Homs Explosions Kill At Least 40 People
Charles Saatchi to auction off sculptures and installations

The Nearby Comforts

Packing for a surprise trip to empty hotels
in the winds on a sunny mountain.
Can't figure out bowling.

A mark on the clock, at the nine,
changing the direction of the melody.
It turned as though past surprise.

Called out over the forest and the anticipated lake.
The combined appearances of cabins and condominiums
convened a peaceful outback.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Zach Johnson shakes off defeat, leads at Muirfield
6,000 flee peaceful California resort as wildfires approach
Zimmerman jury sequestration included steaks, pedicures

Episode of Alienation

He is remembered a villain.
A fresh body, he is traveling by soul
to board his memory.

Sepia-toned films cut his mind—
toxic remedies portraying residues of human reason:
A man, but titan, he ate tormented hearts.

He is vermin, the monstrous dark a pesticide—
an ambiguously familiar comrade
transformed to fate.

--Xannie Corlett

Pesticides found on Chinese herbs bought in Canada
Review: Not even Johnny Depp can rescue 'The Lone Ranger'
Today’s Google Doodle: Tribute to Kafka’s The Metamorphosis

One Steadily Abusing

On a Monday in June,
in the highest, poaching weather,
Her elephants age.

Her air will season the ivory’s degree,
and her soaked, soaring atmosphere
blasts these heavy tusks and teeth.

Temperature, known as The Woman of Peak,
faces the deem of the animals
to rape its identity.

-- Xannie Corlett

Could nuclear weapons save the elephants?
Death Valley sets all-time June nationwide record at 129 degrees
Police: Ohio woman cites diet pills in sex abuse

Orbiting Design Boundaries

habitable planets orbiting sun-like stars
a combination of slow and rapid environmental changes
oceans will have evaporated extinction of all species

restricted to few scattered reservoirs of water
falling carbon dioxide extinction of plants and animals
veiled boasting, gushing romantic posts incessant updates

more than a quarter found users' posts too personal
fold up desk free wi-fi and 40inch smart screen TV
some people just don't seem to set any boundaries

-- Clark Allison

Real Doomsday: Earth Dead in 2.8 Billion Years
Facebook: the reasons why we unfriend
Premier Inn launches new high-tech budget brand

Along Floor Midnight

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fort locations the orange sweeping pink for
a who filibuster whistleblower slip

a who whistleblower tightrope speak
as filibustered dream transit that perfectly is
as undescribed asylum flight it coolly is

booze correspondent the overnight declining school of
feathers dream the ironic living erstwhile of
a when construction stunt disrupt

-- Glenn R. Frantz

New flame-headed bird species discovered in Cambodia
Opinion: Snowden flight turns into farce
Texas Abortion Defender Wendy Davis Was Amazing 
     Way Before We Knew Her Name

Goal Stunning Goal

The teenager was arrested on suspicion of theft
of seismic devices to overhaul his undocumented associates.
Seven years in jail under the supervision of U.S. security.

The three-time playoff MVP headed toward a deal on
high-tech surveillance equipment for sex at his mansion.
Extra border security scored 17 seconds apart.

The mail goal of federal agents: win votes, pressure police,
draw some abuse of power under the pathway to citizenship.
The media mogul is paying a minor a landmark $50 billion.

-- Theric Jepson

Italy's Berlusconi found guilty of paying a minor for sex
Late rally propels Blackhawks past Bruins, to Stanley Cup
Senate immigration deal would double U.S. border agents

Demonstrated Traffic Plan

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rainfall football rainfall floods
about below submerged askew / askew below below askew

rail rail sharp debater / curiosity sharp debater
deluge deluge damage meter / rainfall meter rainfall rail
neither deluge deluge meter / rainfall football rail debate

official traffic rainfall landing
neither northern neither nor / rainfall city high askew
eastern heavy eastern search

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Debate analysis: Something slightly askew in first debate
Germans Join to Battle Rising Floods Threatening Elbe Towns
Mars Rover Curiosity Set To Move From Plains To Mountains