The News

morning dawns

a new day

the headlines silently scream

from the paper by the door

the byline of today

and the postscript of yesterday's trials

startled and alert

the ink flows off the newsprint

onto the floor

an ebon pool of intrigue

speaking in impartial tongues

of all the possibilities

the day may bring

have you heard the news today?

rays of light leak through the blinds

and the clock strikes the hour

the seconds have their say

but all the days are ours

Reviews

[Sara Mercury]

Reminds me a bit of the song, A Day in the Life, by the Beatles.

I like it. :)

[John Sullivan]

I had exactly that song playing in my head when I wrote this one! Thanks for reading!

[Ken Simm.]

A day in the life. I wish I didn't have to read the news each day but I have to and it doesn't help me one iota. And never has. Extraordinary work here John.

[John Sullivan]

Thank you so much Ken, as always

[FGFRANKLIN]

"I read the news today, oh boy about a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed." Lennon and McCartney I enjoyed this bit of a day in the life and the new perspective every morning can bring. Every day is pregnant with possibilities waiting to give birth to dreams. I particularly enjoyed the line, "ebon pool of intrigue" referring to the printer's ink, nicely wrought. F.

[John Sullivan]

Thank you so much! Yeah I had exactly those lines in my head writing the thing.

[Betty Hermelee]

Each new day is different, the headlines can be chaotic or just plain old boring... however, in today's universe the headlines are usually striking, disturbing, chaotic....news is something we read, hear or watch, and it has its effects upon our moods...what will be tomorrow?? the world spins around us but each new day belongs to us, no matter what is in the news....
Nice!
Warmly, B

[John Sullivan]

Thank you for your thoughtful review, it means the world

[Betty Hermelee]

You're very welcome John
Warmly, B

[Sami Khalil]

Your poem is marvelously stating the power of print, reading the paper and bring informed; it is hard to avoid the breaking news when they affect all of us.
You write Marvelously and impartially.

[John Sullivan]

That's so very kind! I used to work as a journalist, perhaps impartiality is part of the trade... thanks for reading!

[Sami Khalil]

I noticed. You are welcome John/poet, journalist.

[Desert Knave]

Something about the news in print always made it more "real" for me. Nicely done. ~Jim

[John Sullivan]

There's something wonderfully tactile about paper. Thanks for reading!

[Soren]

The last one I read "Chaos" you said were the lyrics of a friend so I had to read this one as well. I particularly liked
the ink flows off the newsprint
onto the floor
an ebon pool of intrigue
speaking in impartial tongues
of all the possibilities
the day may bring"
This is such a vivid image and so unique.
" I heard the news today" reminded me of a line from the Beatles. A song I loved. This was a great poem

[John Sullivan]

Ahahah, the Beatles quote is very much intentional, it was playing in my head as I wrote the thing... thak you for your kind words, Soren.

[Chris Shaw]

have you heard the news today?

and I would rather I didn’t but I do and try to forget it afterwards.

Life is too short to get bogged down in the awfulness of the current climate of hostility. Nature is best.

So well penned John and I couldn’t agree more with the final stanza. Have a lovely day.

Chris

[John Sullivan]

I used to be a student journalist in college (university for you Brits, I think). I found myself more and more unable to do my job... I was covering the world news beat and so often I was just writing the same article over and over again. Death, disease, war, famine. How many civilians were dead today? Thank you for your kindness, as always.

[Chris Shaw]

Unfortunately John, the news never varies. It is all more and more of the same. A constant diet of misery. You rarely get happy. That doesn’t sell newspapers:)

[John Sullivan]

William Randolph Hearst agrees wholeheartedly. Always a pleasure my friend

[Weeping willow]

Wonderfully expressed, I don't think I have read a poem more nicely done ;-]

[John Sullivan]

Your kindness is too much, and I thank you.

[John the Baptist]

For reasons of which I am not entirely sure, I subject myself to the daily news every AM. I think I would like to know about it if a category fiver was brewing in the Atlantic a hundred miles offshore. Or maybe I am interested in the wisdom that drips from Mr. Trump's tongue 24/7. But after the ordeal is over, as you say, all the days are mine.

[John Sullivan]

It's a yuuugggge deal it think, one must try to stay informed, however thoroughly depressing the news may be. Thanks for reading, my friend