News

A poem I am considering entering for a competition on the topic of 'news'.

Words of black and white sharing the horrors,

Carrying the news forgotten tomorrow.

Shocking scenes of death and murder,

Rag-dressed child wishes we'd heard her.

Watching the pain of a war-torn country,

Turn a blind eye when it starts to get ugly.
Mandela is dead, the people's king,

Clips on the telly show the mourners sing.

Birth of a Prince, death of a child, 

Pop-star arrested; the world's gone wild.

Hearing the news in a state of depression,

Worldwide and UK in constant repression.

The question arises on the readers' lips:

'When will there be some happiness?'

Reviews

[Laura Williamson]

WOW! This is absolutely amazing, I love how powerful and topical this is! I'm torn between my favourite lines... I think it has to be "Watching the pain of a war-torn country, turn a blind eye when it starts to get ugly".

Such a well-written, thoughtful and mature poem, I hope you entered it! This surely has to win!!

[JBlanchard]

This is great - reminds me Adam Curtis' short film 'Oh Dearism'. Definitely needs entering :)

[Lauren Fox]

God this is amazing. Definitely enter that competition.

[mukulika]

It's nothing short of a prize-winning entry ... go ahead !! :)