Thursday, May 29, 2014

The Consistent Prescription


The sarcastic arts snort at the undaunted audience,
whose bizarre autobiographies chew unique justice.
Her lifetime commitment to appropriate opioids

became a chapter filled with odd words of awkward.
(As in, "She shows sideshows in the Southern Specific.")
With this silent expensive enthralling result,

to inject a maddening lance of molasses
into the quickened black locker of the dangerous page,
confounding the scholarly opera reporters.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

To Lance Stephenson, blowing in an ear is 'just playing ball'
Maya Angelou, the Feminist
Study: U.S. Heroin Users Are Mostly White Suburbanites

Monday, May 19, 2014

Amid Giant Kingdom


you or it you demanded fall down
contested woodlands, a tapestry of, for trees
we and they it said accused really

almond urgency, a sense for, in cannons
of you're sure the forests gain
plum tea, an interest in, in ships

for they're foreign the apple bedecked
they and you you include said absolutely
red china, a cup of, at sea

-- 
Glenn R. Frantz

Obama Seeks Midterm Votes on California Fundraising Marathon
China blames Vietnam for sea collisions, but calls for talks
Apples of Eden: Saving the Wild Ancestor of Modern Apples

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Targeted Data Branch


Thanks to massive surveillance, we know everything on
carnivorous mammals, while herbivores eat the document
the country intercepts themselves eating.

You either eat the document or you eat the country,
but you also eat the lotus.
They were themselves reptilian,

but asked to question classified reptiles,
unveiled the prehistoric armed kingdom of reptilian Toronto.
We neither represent old forces nor afford a manifesto.

--  
Glenn R. Frantz

BJP just replaced hand with lotus: Rahul Gandhi
Putin Tells Snowden Russia Does not Conduct Large-Scale 

     Surveillance
We now know how carnivores evolved into herbivores

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Creature You Figure


The future of arthropods is in public transportation.
Researchers at the University of Blue Bristol
discovered a million-year-old marine animal that had

appendages around its mouth, used in talking on the phone,
and a system of socializing that let it join unions.
And what about your evolution? Whatsamatta,

do you prefer to filter treasure from ocean water,
or to sit quietly by the big sheds
in the ancient light of northern Greenland?

-- Glenn R. Frantz

520-Million-Year Old Sea Animal Filtered Food like Whales
What does it mean to be an introvert online?
College football ruling should have schools scared

Thursday, March 06, 2014

As Inaccurate Secret


play metallic the forest the over still depth cover
adds blue the hammerstone the of so concrete vocabulary
tar multisyllabic the gong the solidifies

rocks scored and seldom it,
figures one the chance the write
prevaricator mandatory the predictor the wake

bell shored and ever you,
devils muted or heavily them,
guesses obscure the glacier the after even hail tones


-- Glenn R. Frantz

College basketball scores: Wake Forest downs No. 4 Duke, 82-72
Re-examining the SAT is (A) Good; (B) Bad; (C) Overdue; 

     (D) None of the above
Stonehenge Holds a 'Sonic Secret'

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Baby shrugging apologizes


A baby screaming for independence:
subhuman attempting to defuse
mongrel linguistic traditions.

The infant's mouth urged dialogue,
apologized for differences,
nonetheless drew protests.

Spiritual leader -- told the liar that he is --
wasn't breathing, holding a statement:
preservation of respiratory terminology.

-- Carol High

RockerTed Nugent apologizes for Obama racial remark
ShruggingOff Chinese Protests, Obama Meets Dalai Lama
Good Samaritan, quick thinking save baby on expressway

Grisly Incentives Decided


Evaluating collectible traditions, China stages
Tibetan political agency. White House coughs,
Obama reveals why all the following leaked:

Alien-ridden, potentially religious Netflix media;
Steve Jobs postage stamp; Exiled Dalai Lama industry;
Gotham City linguistic tax agency.

US told in low-key stages, “Enough.” Proposals
and a billion strongly-depicted merits
hosted, offering up president preservation.

-- Robert Woerheide

'House of Cards' and the massive business of tax incentives
Shrugging Off Chinese Protests, Obama Meets Dalai Lama
Just like Elvis, dead Steve Jobs to appear all over America

Thursday, February 20, 2014

A Familiar Moment


Brigades of the dismissed
From North and South
And heavily armed with head and hand

Riot as artists of walking
And singing the song
Of an unseen motherland

And the police nearby
Are seized and carried
In arms of breakthrough passion

-- Jay St. John Knight

Breakthrough in Alps murder mystery
Pussy Riot members detained in Sochi
Libyan militias threaten parliament in Tripoli

Soweto Set Seven


The candles were black
and they had wounds on their backs.
The Razor blades were in their school bags.

Wrapped up formal
in a place to do good work.
Talks of Saturday.

To be set free.
The death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
of seven prisoners, three.

-- Zach Jackson

Soweto girls’ ‘satanic’ end
Italy’s Renzi set to reveal cabinet
State to free seven jailed over killing of Rajiv Gandhi

Violence Hacking Rate


Lunchtime in the heart
Plastic bullets and shotgun pellets
Intensified week by week

Unofficial hacking
Hour long conversation
Sleeping pills

Fresh boost, fallen youth
Target set removed
Focus forward... no longer

-- Leanne Pereira

As it happened: Alarm at worst Kiev violence
Hacking trial: Tony Blair advised Rebekah Brooks
Record numbers of women in work as unemployment falls

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

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

Thursday, July 18, 2013

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

Thursday, July 04, 2013

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

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

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

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Along Floor Midnight


feathers sneakers the orange sleeping long for
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

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Demonstrated Traffic Plan


rainfall rainfall rainfall football
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

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Jellyfish Push Against


accelerating its push into cloud computing
will become the foundation for a new service division
projected that revenues would generate incremental growth

accessed from any Internet-connected device
project to track the rise in the number of jellyfish
global warming overfishing clear way for them to prosper

problem is at its greatest in the open sea
banks several kilometres long density of 30 to 40 jellyfish
continues to wage war against cultural impact of internet

-- Clark Allison

IBM extends cloud services with SoftLayer acquisition
Jellyfish surge in Mediterranean threatens environment 
         – and tourists
French oppose digital revolution to protect culture and language

Saturday, June 01, 2013

Completely Static Account


Amanda’s $150—despite the devil-possessed
fine fed Father with wigged-out eyelids
who zoomed to Mars muttering many a good update—

Despite him and a similar Sighting,
Amanda owed a woman's account,
a mosaic of reckless, wandering colors.

Buffs lobby to makeover her system—
Lower! More! Wrong! Always!
—that camoflauged curiosity between two rocks. . . .

-- Eric W. Jepson

Microsoft will retool Windows 8 after complaints
Amanda Bynes is like Linda Blair in 'The Exorcist'
'Mars Rat' Taking Internet by Storm

Thursday, May 16, 2013

In Blaze Years


Sometimes massive crews emerge out of the ground
or crawl on the roads with innocent projects.
There are no cicada writings;

these iconic insects have no "Magicicada" periodical,
no brood spokesman;
only their 9,000-acre chorus

hiding in the forest like a loud brush
or a note scribbled on the Atlantic,
and their distinct structures of 13 on 17.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's note says U.S. 'attack' on Muslims drove Boston bombing
Crews contain massive North Woods blaze
Cicadas emerge by hundreds, billions more expected

Sunday, May 05, 2013

Thin Robotic Memory


some of the most brutal reviews in recent memory
swarms of robotic flies to pollinate crops
extremely thin sheets of material

folds them to make components
had to come up with a new form of manufacturing
ornithopters meaning their wings flap

surfaces paper thin and flexible
carrying other functions able to change colour
produce a very efficient photovoltaic device

-- Clark Allison

Robodiptera
Graphene paint could power homes of the future
Long live Viva Forever! and the tradition of musical flops

Thursday, April 25, 2013

A Walks Plateau


the pace mall inside tomato of
the wheeze yankee to much about
sighs of to furthest gardens dip the

hold among of such ladybugs leaves the
what their you may claims one also is
the country patient without king like

face in on nicknamed air quarter the
where their you will contrast thing barely is
the grandfather these of these of

-- Glenn R. Frantz

72000 Ladybugs Freed in Mall of America
The Tomato King goes to war for a casino
Avoiding triple-dip will be a huge relief to George Osborne

Friday, April 05, 2013

Makeshift Rhetoric Mix


two schools of thought about rhetoric emanating shoring power
          base
no worse than ritualistic promises testing leader resolve
formally repudiated armistice cut hotline latest round of sanctions

building under construction collapsed illegal and shoddy
          all-too-common
often live in crude shacks at sites demolish it and they build
makeshift settlements enough time passes impossible to demolish

mystery wrapped in an enigma mix of incomprehension ridicule
          and fear
might be on the brink of tipping peninsula catastrophic
shaking their heads in bemusement lurid exhortations to his troops

-- Clark Allison

Is North Korea really looking to start a war?
Mumbai Building Collapse Kills at Least 41
Mystery wrapped in an enigma: known unknowns of Kim Jong-un

Thursday, April 04, 2013

Traffic and Paint


The narrow traffic between sidewalks and street curbs;
the immense super-traffic spread over Pangaea;
traffic pouring like urban lava through Broadway palisades:

Each tour a memoir in shallow kilometers
and areas of sudden technique.  The narrow paint between
sidewalks and street curbs; the immense super-paint

spread over Pangaea; paint pouring like urban lava
through Broadway palisades:  Each tour a memoir
in shallow kilometers and areas of sudden technique.

-- 
Glenn R. Frantz

New York Lays Cable With Surgical Precision
Hillary Clinton book on State Dept. tenure out next year
Scientists Connect a Mass Extinction to a Major Lava Flow

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Decelerating Cases Suspending


dozens of militants involved in attacking power grid station
attacked with rockets and mortars suspending power supply
entered grid station early morning setting everything ablaze

not the view of malevolent outsiders do so smoothly or abruptly
fallen into middle income trap urbanisation at a decelerating rate
incremental capital output ratio highest since 1992

on guard for bombs at cash points blew a hole steal money scam
beware of wires and cables leading cases of explosions risen
the forecourt moments before showering floor ripped apart

-- Clark Allison

Militants destroy Pakistan power grid
Why China’s economy might topple
CCTV: thieves used a bomb to blast cash dispenser open

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Same Delicate Spots


Ornate insects, the counters of Mexico,
recite their sequence as a measure of their energy.
But it's unlikely that wildlife will be called on

by President Hamilton, to help slice the raw pie of labor.
Is it "monarch butterflies" or "monarchs butterfly"?
Raising the migration beacon with a dedicated twinge

of matched reflecting wings.
Deploying a generation with localities for bodies,
to jump over tomorrow and stand in next year.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Wholesale Prices in U.S. Rose in February on Fuel Costs
Loudoun Wildlife Looks To Boost Monarch Numbers
Happy Pi Day

Sunday, March 03, 2013

Ambitious Final Survey


More than four out of 10 local authorities
have decided to visit Mars
despite pressure from central government to freeze

The first humans to pickle Eric
could be a married couple:
a multi-millionaire financier and a former rocket scientist

A dying woman will ask other wealthy individuals
to contribute to the final cost
of building and launching the Red Planet

-- Rupert M Loydell

Fancy a trip to Mars dear?
Town halls defy Pickles over council tax
Woman's Diamond Ring Stolen As She Lay Dying

Friday, March 01, 2013

Blessing Shares Disclosed


The Lord seemed to be sleeping
He pleaded with the European Commision
for more time to carry out a forced disposal

further undermining hopes that
the waters were agitated and the winds
were blowing against the likes of Samsung

The Vatican is famously secretive about its gadgets
A succession of scandals had helped push
the faithful for the last time

-- Rupert M Loydell

Discord Remains at Vatican as Pope Benedict Departs
Discord Remains at Vatican as Pope Benedict Departs
Apple promises more innovation 

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Let's Dangerous Wristwatch


the research lasted, wearable fins of once
the frontier published, oceanic bond of relatively
to to when of understand eyeglasses? feed the

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to to when through order directions? save the
to to what about study cold? believe the

the fins delivered, several cold during up
tagged jaws it's from because
the messages named, shaky order to finally

-- Glenn R. Frantz

PS4: 10 things you need to know about Sony's new console
Endangered Whitetip Sharks: They're Actually Homebodies
Wearing the future

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Expect Catastrophic Blunders


in the bathroom,
          a series of blunders
                    become a nightmare.

                    significant delays,
          unstable disruptions--
the edge of stability.

calm and composed,
          a premeditated event--
                    contemplating another universe.

--Chris Cannella

Oscar Pistorius case police admit investigative blunders
A Catastrophic 'Bubble' Could End Universe
Warning: Expect air travel delays if budget cuts hit

Monday, February 18, 2013

Murder for Barriers


The model girlfriend
Support
Tougher rhetoric on immigration

But hostile
Trade barriers dismantle
Home

A performance of the elected
Blood in exchange for country
Support Venezuelans

-- Danielle Allen

Cameron urges India to remove barriers
Hugo Chavez returns to Venezuela after Cuba cancer care
Oscar Pistorius murder charge: 'steroids found at athlete’s home’

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Beyonce the Neurobiologist


The scientists fall over ill adult brains
Ivy infected the Middle East
The rodents daughter detect relative pregnancy

Birth and respiratory
Family are relative
Telepathy is invisible

A star simply contracted in Pakistan
Manchester to detect infrared precaution
Her daughter the coronavirus

-- Aisha Nozari

Coronavirus spreads to third family member
Beyonce Opens Up About Baby Plans
Have scientists discovered the 'sixth sense'?

Dappy Resignation Effort


A major effort is under way to replace Former N-Dubz rapper,
      Dappy
It could have been the relief of the century.
But Pope Benedict is to replace the music star.

Dappy broke thousands of windows to announce his resignation
He is said to have been a risk as his tweets are typed up by an aide
The pope announced it in person in more than 4,000 buildings

24,000 workers shouted "yes" at Guildford Crown Court
Forty of those injured remained for a fight in the Chelyabinsk region
Dappy escaped keen to avoid the flying debris by his successor.

-- Sadie West

Meteor: Rescue Teams Rally To Recovery Effort
Dappy Sheds a Tear as He Avoids Jail Sentence
First tweeting pope remains silent over resignation

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Tax of Armageddon


Bruce said earlier his girlfriend died of a 10p tax band
Mr Miliband was apparently unimpressed
Hard-working families struggled to work up enthusiasm

Oscar killed a police spokeswoman
Said earlier it’s like a boring interview
Listless plastic guns and white vests

Denise Willis’s planet-saving exploits
Surprised a squeezed middle earth
Willis has apologised and has so far received terrible reviews

-- Vinny McHugh

Oscar Pistorius charged with murder after girlfriend shot dead
Miliband backs mansion tax and 10p rate
Bruce Willis says sorry for 'boring' interview

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Committee On Inventories


The Chief Harbinger sailed to the tip of the economy
and received a stocking from the stockpiles.
Three economists had to blink, to earn this mitzvah.

We emceed a softening of the world,
by focusing on the warp at the margin.
We will not be swamped by a wave of novelty.

Every rejected e-mail is spending years in limbo.
You'll be impressed.
Every unsolicited insight will glow with authority.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Chuck Hagel's Winding (Pentagonal?) Path to the Pentagon
Opposition seeks talks on Egypt's violence
R-Word For U.S. Economy in 2013 is Rebound Not Recession

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

It Could Have All Been So Different


It could have been all so different:
a new colour on women's radar,
a map of areas on alert.

We both serve the same country,
beautifully tailored but remarkably subdued,
one that is still in need of repair.

We serve alongside a sea of dark suits
who govern in good faith and good will.
It could have been all so different.

-- Rupert M Loydell

Paul Ryan BOOED by crowds at Obama's inauguration
Michelle Obama cuts dash with new hair-do
UK snow: Map of areas on alert

Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Story Game


Choose a card: An eight. (A diamond.)
Lincoln, toy president, stranded with an ax.
Killing the top-hat category forever.

Choose a card: Seven of Argo.
The players plan attacks against a ship's fable,
with no lifeboat in sight to save the fans.

Choose a card: The drama of pi.
The hunt for its mystical spine.
A secret picture in a thimble.  Pass.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Syria's rebels form own secret police
"Lincoln," "Life of Pi" lead Oscar race
Monopoly set to replace one of its tokens

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Own Suited Features


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thumb odd especially has which grips even
geometry a spurred question to rein a within

apple the shown a being potatoes relative that
means the means a urging hand destructive that
force a rein doubt to spurred a against

scope tiny well had which palms giant
palm giant enough might that enlist tiny
potatoes the found a looming apple constructive that

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Obama Splits Republicans With CEOs Favoring Tax Increase
The evolution of the hand: Making a fist of it
Apple's patent victory may be small in larger battle with Samsung

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Approved As Appropriate


Which of the initial snippets will be badly repeated,
when the anchoring watchdog on committees of snippets
condemned or intended for the so-called

Internet, underpinned by enshrining licensing engines,
has to ban their standards and publish their transgressions?
If you want to discuss a collision,

you must take a collision course.
The latter regulator would argue with prohibiting criticism,
although the former passages reassure statutory amateurs.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Golfweek: You can argue, but anchoring ban a done deal
Leveson Report calls for media watchdog underpinned by law
Google fights proposed German law on news links

Thursday, November 08, 2012

The Famous Planet


Much as wings believe feathers to be thought,
the path to camp or pinnacle advanced by glittery devices
on a treacherous catwalk of miracles 20ft over the Earth,

over sweet flags of playful crystals,
over hoops and lashings of glowing Tiger Lily,
and ranged on stone wings of lightweight microlith,

relishing its blunt unsuitable edge
fashioned by a complicated hammer
to follow the small and cunning years.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Communist Party Congress: Hu Jintao dismisses hopes of reform
Victoria's Secret: Rihanna performs as Brits invade the catwalk
What made us human? Being ARMED with lethal ranged weapons

Sunday, November 04, 2012

Political Alcohol, Punctuated


Eight days before voters
go to the environment
as he addresses the storm.

Campaigns ads are still running
on TV. In
an appearance in the universe, it

might be less common than we
previously thought. A new study
suggests it may be the storm.

-- Eric Elshtain

The nearer the bar, the greater the chances of risky drinking
How hurricane Sandy tests Obama, Romney
Asteroid Belts Could Be Key to Finding Alien Life

Monday, October 22, 2012

Airship Socialized Parachutes


The truth is that the Wall
Street lobby has spent more than three
quarters of the impression

that led to the herald.
Lance Armstrong was at the herald.
Two people were aboard. No

one was injured in the
country? No one was injured in
the country? Witness the U.S.

-- Eric Elshtain

World Cycling Body Strips Armstrong of Titles
'Romney Blimp' Crash Lands in Florida
Viewpoint: How Wall Street Rigs the Game

Friday, October 19, 2012

While Over Meanwhile


in events globe bugs suggest first a format
as analyzed prehensile and transition presence added
as converged microscopic and subscription context clashed

of be these could antennas and
of air salt trolleys bark both a country
for summit ferries amber hitchhike winged a million

for be tree's will audience and
as perched mobile and beasts flights unearthed
by part measures partnerships spread staged a parliament

--Glenn R. Frantz

Greek Unions Stage Strike as Samaras Attends EU Summit
Tiny ancient critter hitched rides on insect wings
A Turn of the Page for Newsweek

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Its Curious Islands


Sidelines of the canton.
The 100th neighborhood playground opens.
Lizards and salamanders.

The biology of construction is hot assembly.
Raising reefs up to islets.
To regrow a spiny new sea.

The trust administers its guitars by a field.
Fire transformed an uninhabited parcel.
Painted scene of a picnic.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

African Mouse Can Regenerate Skin
A Century of Memories
China cites Japanese wartime history to bolster Senkakus claim

Saturday, September 08, 2012

Brother Machine Launch


First the wife time
that a seven-inch firm urges
service to the cause, mortem.

Second, the Neighbouring Foundation
will match deaths with details
in the run-up to kick

twice the brother
over 11-hour Alps.
Give it resolution.

-- Jude Cowan Montague

Alps shooting victims shot twice in the head
Amazon launches new Kindle Fire
Stoptober anti-smoking campaign launched by Government

Thursday, September 06, 2012

For Baggy Reasons


New findings in molecular radio show that
the DNA code has within it many little comments.
They are thought to have been published previously

by animals and such, as a living valentine
to encode the frustration born of
all the complex effort underlying nature.

But human scientists are not afraid.
The levers may twist with strange causes, but
joking can help create enthusiasm.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

DNA's 'Junk' Now Seen as Lever Controlling Future Health
Flying Vladimir Putin leads birds on first ever migration
Outburst shows strain on Bobby Valentine


Thursday, August 16, 2012

Guessed Despite Appearances


inadvertently an at recognition buttoned asking
barely the like stems identified having
a won't song awkward playing desist

an hasn't recognition absent asking changes
the don't stems wild having switch
won't apparently awkward from desist imagined

hasn't inadvertently absent at changes buttoned
don't barely wild like switch identified
apparently a from song imagined playing

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Silversun Pickups Ask Mitt Romney To Stop Using Their Song
Facebook using Dublin HQ to avoid software change
Pussy Riot verdict caps Putin's hundred days

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Mind Media Player


Channels have sensitivity to sequence, praise, and humor.
Commentary adapted for a transition glitch
started stories pleading sweetly, futilely little.

Have deleted, to fierce praise, a humor microblog
adapted from a blueprint glitch: positive stories,
commenters sweetly criticizing; little nudge.

Deleted channels: fierce sensitivity; a sequence microblog;
and from commentary, blueprint for positive transition.
Commenters started, criticizing, pleading, nudge futilely.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Google pleads for YouTube real-name use
China censors Beijing floods coverage
Olympic ticker: North Korean flag flap

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Rethinking Joyful Fate


We don't know anything about creative
solutions to solve the world’s biggest problems,
or Russia's once-vaunted superhero.

We have no idea when the movie ends.
Certain people spend days on Facebook,
to avoid spinning around the Earth.

I believe in a combination of accidents,
an experimental science lab playing the guessing game.
Among other things, fate is the final scene.

-- Chris Canella

Joyful crews unite aboard space station
The speculation rises over Batman's fate
Rethinking the Concept of "Outliers"

Sunday, July 15, 2012

tyler finds plankton


one boson spoke currently. actually.
which achieve sun Wolf place extremely bloom
colorful still "greening," bursting, "whitening,"

throwing fully. afloat, Tyler the Creator jabs water.
an immense week. color changes in stages, right?
love didn't summer the one-in-3.5-million.

Love is photosynthesis, Tyler. Sigma sigma.
and by extension is them, the possible significance
is in the swirling merry whirlpools.

-- Paul Christian

Will Frank Ocean's Revelation Change Odd Future?
Swirling ocean prompts plankton blooms, suggests study
How to Be Sure You've Found a Higgs Boson

The Wry Commons


The kind chief of midsummer, a Swiss man of answers,
admitted the scandal in sympathy.
He was the plant on the secret committee

seated at the bottom of the Thames
to escape meltdowns in the reactors of government.
I was sinking, bumrushed, cooling the evasive philosophy

that the eyebrows of parliamentary alacrity
openly pleaded for. His deft suffering humor
could provide a whimsical treasury of wisdom.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Japan's nuclear disaster was 'man-made'
Roger Federer sets up Wimbledon showdown
MPs admit they let Diamond slip away

Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Scorching Death Conflict


Mr. Diamond was picked up by the local
authorities. He lost days from a violent
weekend. He killed at least 18 people.

Unable to run, some died in the midst
of oppressive power. Some people lost
their senses amid the local "death spiral."

High concerns escalated after
Mr. Diamond was threatening to mount
a highly aggressive comeback.

 -- Chris Cannella

  Scorching heat roasts eastern United States
Barclays the Loser in Diamond Conflict
RIM CEO: No, really, we're not in a 'death spiral'

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Decapitator Wide-field Pennsylvania


while searching for planets blah blah blah we see
cluster vampires get sliced and diced you’ll likely enjoy
how history prefers to get all of the stars

right from the start victims try to resolve claims the
earth-like planets i blame the mainstream media
as the sun or smaller it wants to wrap up

this historical horror fantasy is waxing privately
expeditiously and fairly address the ax-to-grind
but also to help them or at least semi-seriously

-- alana madison

Penn State signals wants to close Sandusky sex abuse cases
Movie Review: Lincoln has an ax to grind with vampires
Star Cluster Could Help Astronomers Find Earth-Like Planets

Thursday, June 14, 2012

When The Sidewalk

butter sunset echoes with addled the
maladroit flatters lake the at choreographer
is field as a as youngest afternoon

their sweetest the gracefully bid way admits of
tricky open eye the like photographer
their little the firmly champions sticker brushes in

is sound as a as oldest morning
incumbent tour rounds the on deliverymen
bumper sunrise resonates for amplified the

-- Glenn R. Frantz

President Barack Obama seeking to recalibrate
Again, an event for the ages
Adam Shankman rocks 'Rock of Ages'

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

While revolution flashes


Wes made a menopausal recommendation to the thousand ablaze.
Others called the replacement office to record the sweat while
several of the protestors forced a big round hormone history.

Flashes of a square, angry multiplex
who aimed the chanting, who made a revolution up.
Such an average face at moonrise racked with hopes and harms.

Not a 1960’s quirky dramedy of the heart.
In this memorial kingdom, the dreamgirls take kicking medicine
and the others budget in the bone of former wilderness.

-- Davi Rutenberg

Hormone replacement caution
Demonstrators angry at Egypt runoff candidates 
'Moonrise Kingdom' sets per-screen-average box office record


Ask The Oracle


Precedents are quickly spoiled,
like a cartoon snowball rolling downhill,
a catastrophe guaranteed to keep everyone in stitches.

Predictions are often doomed by someone else's stubbornness.
It seems nothing was learned,
aside from the fact that I was blatantly misquoted.

But how feeble an oracle would I be
if I had no delusional suspicions?
Disappointingly, they are not copyrightable.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Euro Crisis: Is the Currency (Finally) Doomed?
Caught Holding the Facebook Bag
Google is cleared of Java patent infringement in Android

Friday, May 11, 2012

Optimistic Summer Weekend


One who starts out early can run a long way
with a baton, on a beach,
on which the high tides have imprinted a natural timeline.

He describes the way the brightest part of the sky
coincides with the closest show of folksy marketing,
but he won't be superstitious in the 7-Eleven.

Michael Jackson's new video, "the MAking of SODA pop"
reportedly will feature one billion cans of Pepsi.
(Also, werewolves.)

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Zuckerberg Plays Host in New Facebook IPO Video
Michael Jackson To Appear On Pepsi Cans
The Supermoon is Upon Us

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Secret Cosmic Nun


Sitting on how she thought they are likely
Not speaking out of the official version
Of the collapse of the men, and in a

Mystery of the reputation of
The leadership, another prostitute,
One. There are extraordinarily powerful

Explosions in outer space. Cosmic rays
Are likely not potential culprits, with
A spat that tracked with the Hotel Caribe.

-- Edde Addad, using the jGnoetry interactive poetry generator

Vatican orders crackdown on American nuns
Escort Recounts Quarrel With Secret Service Agent
Bizarre cosmic ray mystery deepens

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Its Day Lasted


wake only patrol the short foolproof when break
sleep purposefully sleep the sheer Arctic where birds
ice rhythm skirts over and cycles the

break iceberg lag into and glaciers the
gripped birdlike who travelers
slept flightless when dinosaurs

circadian perished among or gigantic
longer tipped in and disrupted
devise also shift the each due what remains

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Small icebergs can be the real killers
Dinosaur Egg Fossils Discovered In Patagonia
Why Shift Work and Sleeplessness Lead to Weight Gain and Diabetes

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Ministers of Controversy


The implicit promise of changing a story
is to make people notice how dumb it is.
But the group has no inclination to shed its mind.

Like the wallflower dragon whose bullying lawyer
leaked a hot publicity fondue,
winning a palace despite being downgraded

from a pricey crystal nugget to a set of chocolate shoes.
That's one of the perks of ridiculousness.
Everything changes, but nothing draws attention.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Farewell fondue sets: EU tighten sanctions on brutal Syrian 
     regime with shopping and travelling ban on Assad's wife 
     (but there's nothing to stop her from returning to UK)
Etch A Sketch flap cheers Bryan firm
Appealing an MPAA Rating Is Pointless (But Studios Should 
     Do It Anyway)

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Always Bill Down


An unlucky defender
rushes emotional aid
attacks sexual frequency

Amorphous dozens
hack left field
heretical members

Franchise love play
pullout group swipe
adult life lasts forever

-- Jeff Nichols

Anonymous claims to bring down Vatican website
Bill  Maher to liberals: Accept Limbaugh's apology and move on!
Manning says "I'll always be a Colt" amid emotional release

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Ability of Counterparts


They chase jumping mammals they were paid to dig with.
Serrated insects were tired.  Out after tough sleep,
unearthed a switch that triggered swaps.  Bodies with edges

feathered and springy.  Bonds said to reveal the middle
questions for their ancestors.  They chase jumping mammals.
They were paid to dig with serrated insects; were tired out

after tough sleep.  Unearthed a switch that, triggered,
swaps bodies with edges.  Feathered and springy bonds,
said to reveal the middle.  Questions for their ancestors.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Greece Default SWAPS Don't Have to Pay: ISDA
Prehistoric fleas were bigger and meaner, but couldn't leap
Adults in Their 80s Report Sleeping Better, Says Study

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Highest British Trial


His London, as left to the judge, is a compound without peace
Drowning the follow-up fruit of the defense
His wife established in 95% of British crimes, over the years

Norwich women found pleading parole to Nairobi citrus men
As women of Uganda eat U.N.-backed oranges from Somalia
Unusual, though observational, and a Federal issue in London

Gabe, at highest risk, said the judge issued life without acquittal
To men without oranges, due process involving impressive
      pleading
And an ambitious jury of colleagues

-- gabrielle brabazon

Ala. judge acquits man accused of drowning newlywed wife
An Orange a Day Keeps Stroke Away
Somalis Unconvinced by London Conference