Sunday, February 16, 2014

Monsters Promised Freedom


An angel is poised
On the edge of the Promised Land
A frail but perfect vision

A dark storm clouds her eyes
In thunderous displeasure
Her mouth is a swift dagger

She is unapologetic
In her forceful defence
Of freedom

-- Hermione Cameron

The story of Israel: ‘My Promised Land’ and ‘Israel: A History’
Have Sweden’s permissive parents given birth to monsters?
Who’s the judge who ruled on Va.’s ban on gay marriage?

Friday, February 14, 2014

Pay floods CLEARED


Overturned Prime assault -
Indecent government rape teachers’
employment. The failed education organisation

charges Cameron with a flood of
criticism. The current verdict is agreed:
prosecution dictate

higher veteran pay and floods
In Crown court. The storms will
protect the conditions of the country.

-- Jake Quirke

Dave Lee Travis is found NOT GUILTY
Pay body ends ban on teachers carrying out administrative duties
UK floods: Cameron says Britain 'cannot let this happen again'

Score, With Paleoclimatologist


Event One: Signage strewn in the streets.
People park on the on-ramps.
Thousands of microorganisms in winter.

Event Two: A sliding tree broken, and scorched grapevines.
Bronze bears lick the burnt stems
to identify a long-dead ocean.

Event Three: A broken sediment of colored charcoal
suggests gnarled rain
pointing fingers at the past millennium.


-- Glenn R. Frantz

Americans Win All Three Medals in New Skiing Event
Venezuelans in shock over protest deaths
Could California's Drought Last 200 Years?

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Email Reading Itself


To atone for posting fake software,
a robot phone plans to steal the Seven Golden Appliances
out of their twisting links of balance

in the League of Household Solicitations.
(That same robot once tracked the movements
of a missing refrigerator all over Queensland.)

If they continue walking long enough,
people tend to develop an extravagant winding message,
reasserted thrice yearly -- an annoying mystery.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Your Refrigerator Is Vulnerable to a Cyberattack
Study Decodes Text-Walking Body Language
Masahiro Tanaka gives the Yankees the man they sought

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Scenarios Reinvent Coup


a mess an opportunity an excuse to reinvent oneself
nobody journalistic to hear who excites or informs
malaise rooted in crippling reliance on opinion polls

hinges on our ability to establish what happened
different scenarios and assumptions foolish to speculate
400-metre police cordon expected in place until Monday

charges often vague evidence elusive arrests come swiftly
crush people angry enough to support a coup
silence dissent, ask very few questions

-- Clark Allison

The rising poverty of American political journalism
Wait to recover bodies following Norfolk helicopter crash
In Egypt, many shrug as freedoms disappear

Friday, January 03, 2014

Outside Meeting In


specks the light, gold. catching its on winter back
bird the creation, everyday. setting its in seed heater
door the the abandoned turns, , an arm as to

endless soon? and the way as bumped round it
mouth the boat, circular. leaning its from life houses
skis the road, bare. frothing its for concrete chatter

crowd the the perched record, , a birds into to
box the the warmed slip, , a thermos of to
imaginable little? but the tube as whispered short they

-- 
Glenn R. Frantz

Women are taking their place on the ski jump
Sherlock facts: 21 things you didn't know
Cambridge man sets bird-watching record

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Nothing Is Known


Breathing. Breathing. Loop.
Indelible rainbow.
Alligators countless alligators.

Birds, flight, nonsensical patterns.
Miming the, the miming angels.
Deaf airflow visions.  Strenuous, riven, unique.

Absolutely. Absolutely.
Breathing, alone.  The indelible method.
Do not monitor lizards.


-- Glenn R. Frantz

Mandela Deaf Interpreter: 'I'm a Sign Language Champ!'
Lizard Breath Evolved Before Dinosaurs, New Study Finds
Young S. African Nelsons Say They Will Carry Mandela's Legacy

Thursday, December 05, 2013

Confess, I'm Sayin'


Humour the actor. He's got
the personality of a brick,
giving a formal

court revealing details
of habitual lies
rather than honest admission.

Shaking, sticky fingers
have been at work.
The pilferers left souvenirs.

-- Paul Clyne

Cumberbatch reading sexual R Kelly lyrics - it's amazing
I'm not proud of drug use - Nigella
Hobbit cast confess to pinching props (and socks)

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