Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Mid-Shoot Moments Migrate


after lots of back and forth
this is our decision he's in every frame
died mid-shoot it's his tour de force

losing its appeal as titles were delayed
casual gamers migrate
hardcore players opt for faster machines

no time for pilot to make mayday call
in the moments before impact
lifted by crane transported on a flatbed lorry

-- Clark Allison

Fast & Furious 7 to 'go ahead' after Walker's death
Nintendo Missing Target as Sony-Microsoft Sales Dwarf Wii U
Glasgow helicopter crash: 'No time for pilot to make mayday call'

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Marketing of Theory


"I don't trust mugs and T-shirts.
They steal your propaganda." "So what if they do?"
The protagonists consider.

Mud, with a fringe of snow
that seems to mirror their remarks.
But the audience is well warmed by viewing a good fire.

"'The world is a fantasy of subtext,
without systematic confederates.' What do you think of that?
Too paranoid? Not paranoid enough?" "Um... Google it."

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Wants to Sell You an Anti-Google Mug
Afghan President Hamid Karzai: I don't trust the US
The Fascinatingly Flexible Political Subtext of 'The Hunger
     Games: Catching Fire'

Sunday, November 03, 2013

Semi Drone Normal


drone strike killed Taliban leader
serious setback to peace talks
the death of all peace efforts

not just the killing of one person
assailant finished off victims at point-blank range
shooter fired 12 rounds from a semi-automatic pistol

escaping on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice
shot dead a security agent
operations are returning to normal

 -- Clark Allison

US drone strike marks 'death of peace efforts' – Pakistan 
Greek Police: Golden Dawn Slaying Was Point-Blank 
LAX returning to normal after shooting

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Old Turkish October


well to the is cheering stamps everlasting
even to the is barring run bars
more expensive month in for mound

exactly seventh taffy of by lackey
and lasts fall sort to field are flowers
or snap time make to time are candy

and surprise squirrel gets to stash are zagnut
well five store of from Moxie's
only quicker glory of from clark

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Red Sox cap season with World Series title
From Sky Bars to Slo Pokes, Ohio candy store features vintage
        favorites
Millions on food stamps facing benefits cuts

Thursday, October 10, 2013

The Journal Begun


Sometimes I think anything Canadian is a dear departure.
Lauded trillium. Informal climate.
The dimming string instruments of the modern, recorded over

with a groundbreaking outside University summers.
Ascending conditions: June, July, August.
Falling instead to a signaled finale.

Keeping her aides fed with the odd Swedish book decade,
the Chairman of the Map managed an escape
to the prize stuff of tropics fiction.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Alice Munro wins 2013 Nobel Prize in literature
Study: New Climate Era To Reach U.S. in 2040s
Yellen Waited Out Fed Post as Summers Candidacy Collapsed

Thursday, October 03, 2013

Moves Swarms Protest


aquatic robots dedicated thinning numbers jellyfish swarms
overfishing climate change created conditions for jellyfish
once caught jellyfish pulverized using special propeller

moves political debate macroeconomics to living standards
the most precious political commodity is credibility
not austerity more a baggy theme masking myriad choices

charge of piracy only crime to be possessed of a conscience
an assault on the very principle of peaceful protest
abseiled helicopter to deck of Arctic Sunrise at gunpoint

-- Clark Allison

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Through Lines Position


winds intensified as famous harbor churned with waves
cut communication and power lines cutting off electricity supply
nuclear plant Hong Kong initiated emergency response schemes

implementing difficult but necessary operational changes
address position in a maturing and more competitive industry
end-to-end solution of hardware, software and services

superstitions don't see an eagle will be a bad day
five-hour battle through 4m waves to get his tiny boat home
a delicate coral "tongue" let umami flavours wash over

-- Clark Allison

Densely populated Hong Kong battens down for typhoon
Blackberry to cut 4,500 jobs amid earnings plunge
On the trail of sea urchins in the Arctic Circle

Friday, September 20, 2013

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?

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Surrounding Which Reflecting


peaks not sensor and power spikes would no
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

Saturday, August 24, 2013

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

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

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?

Thursday, August 15, 2013

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

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

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

Sunday, August 11, 2013

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