Rephrase "Not Lost"

I live in the middle of nowhere.
I can do nothing but wait for a train.
That's why consistency is tainted

by the formula "practice makes perfect."
If I know the shorthand,
Hell must be the pavement of direction.

If you are not traveling,
maybe I can get a ride with you.
I live in the middle of nowhere.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Serena Williams has practiced on same court for 6 years
Cheap Uber Rides Going Away. And That's a Good Thing
Germany greets refugees with help and kindness

Isn't Potent Reconcilables

capable of maneuvering to target missile potent symbolism
potentially encroach may consign aircraft carriers dustbin
faster anything intercept undisputed maritime power threat

on the brink of being installed not about to grasp changes
happening colleagues repairing may not outpouring of fury
a fool undermine democratic result thing isn't to get angry

clandestine secret campaign contentious drone strikes core
role identifying and locating salvaging troubled war effort
impossible carry out toxic risky peel off reconcilables

-- Clark Allison

China to parade ‘carrier-killer’ missile through Beijing
Jeremy Corbyn’s opponents showing political nous
Secret CIA drones target Islamic State leaders in Syria

During No Arrival

missing during bad weather strong winds and fog
mountainous eastern province lost contact distress call
flying low crashing mountain darkness limited visibility

huge arsenal of weapons stashed in suitcases and holdalls
automatic assault rifles followed arrival of motor cruiser
grenades flash bangs pepper sprays appeared via video link

deal is no further forward tactical rationale behind move
unwittingly did job required really believe a fake result
that utterly deluded from opening seconds a farcical claim

-- Clark Allison

Indonesian plane with 54 people on board crashes
'UK's largest ever' haul of rifles and machine guns
Delusion or distraction? Jose Mourinho's awful Chelsea week

Perspective of Lakes

The heart's content is a loudmouth;
Twitter says it's followed by one person and several liars.
This is your big chance to ignore it

in a bid to get your messages
from a more generous messenger.
At the last trump, the world is leapfrogged

to make empty theater.
But she's a million-gallon soup
and she's put a tributary on the river indefinitely.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Twitter ends Direct Message character limit
Can Carly Fiorina Seize Her Moment?
The Animas River spill and the myth of mine safety

Than Growth Permeate

of like linked fungi pale yards in
on of filled mycelium alike dome for
weeds the drift it took up would that

cup formation for is coating cold
for of marred basins cold scoreline on
by from covered cattails rotting ice on

way phragmites of is dipping alike
branches the drain it clash just was that
puzzle hair at is mowing glistening

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Mexico tops Panama in chaotic Gold Cup semifinal
Rotting Fungus Creates Beautiful, Glistening 'Hair Ice'
Mowing Water-Detention Basins Increases Mosquito Populations

Old Wider Doubts

will focus on wider ecosystem remain wistfully nostalgic
could have been a very lucrative niche little alternative
but to go ahead disaster a phenomenal error

performance speculation run wild listening keenly for hints
confusion and widespread doubts about its prospects
slow-selling sales ramp up expected to work just didn't

fundamental changes in old ways sluggish judicial system
grow way out from country's staggering debts
economic precipice minds focused scary road

-- Clark Allison

Microsoft and Nokia - a marriage made in hell?
Doubts remain over prospects of Apple Watch
Greeks Worry about Bailout’s Push for Economic Overhaul

Long Sunburn Overdrive

The fisherman is angered if you call it blackmail,
so just call it fishing --
in seaweed and super international magnets.

Spending days in the company's long queues
with their ramps, turns, and intersections,
and mimicking their baits and jumps.

But matter introduces much that you can build yourself --
like pants with interlocking tabs, and ringers in any shape?
The future of U-turns has delivered its kingfish.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Greeks head towards Sunday vote in anger and confusion
The last of the Jersey Shore fishing piers
Anki's Killed Slot Cars With Overdrive's Customizable Tracks

Extract Empty Silence

hoping they extract the essence of the matter
artificial neural network bizarre set of images
image fed into the input layer adjusting network parameters

martyr to political correctness the lamest of gender jokes
greeted with stony silence for every action too far gone
tried to be honest about issues some kind reasoned debate

oddly provincial in outlook recommendations of friends
packs a century of upheaval an almost uncanny beauty
later corpse would be bathed hinted wrong completely empty

-- Clark Allison

Google revealed images created by dreaming computer
The hysteria over Sir Tim Hunt’s 'joke’ stops open debate
Lost in translation? Here’s my top 10 foreign novels

World In Itself

I was having lunch on the width of the Internet.
I only know the cinematic Earth
and the captive words that describe it.

Balloons gravitating to kindergarten,
the steward of human pressure and handpicked dust,
larger than a ring of Saturn.

Famous for its existence projects, it is made up mostly
of invisible hair from an ambitious spacecraft
and the afternoon buzzing of a phoebe.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

'Jurassic World' is Trevorrow Land
Google launches Sidewalk Labs to fix cities
Saturn's biggest ring is weird, invisible and really, really big

Key and Newspaper

on show key brash and
including key tongued barbs raised the
as key based radiation collided

floor to of key telling instead confidential
as space taped names found
on show newspaper brash and

including newspaper tongued barbs raised the
as newspaper based radiation collided
floor to of newspaper telling instead confidential

-- Glenn R. Frantz

Rare Supernova Burst Shines Light on Its Mysterious Origins
Top 10 new species of 2015 include artistic fish, fanged frog
Greece's Varoufakis courts controversy anew with taping remark