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News At Eleven (What in the World Is Going ON??)
by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner → (All Poetry by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner)
  
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what in the world is going on today?
there's so much ugliness being displayed!

innocent children are kidnapped and killed...
by perverted monsters seeking a thrill...

economy slipp'rier than a slide...
stock market's collapsing, taking a ride...

people losing work, laid off by the score...
companies downsizing, there's thousands more...

people are afraid of leaving their house...
still others kill their children and their spouse...

nations rise up against one another...
can't get along, they'd kill their own brothers...

cops beat up civilians, they're caught on tape...
catholic priests are convicted of rape...

al-quaeda terrorists still on the loose...
middle eastern countries can't keep a truce...

hot and dry out west, forest fires rage...
and down south, flooding makes the weather page...

we can't say "under God" like we used to...
if we deny someone's rights, they can sue...

people dying from starvation, disease...
and around us a feeling of unease...

what in the world is going on today?
what's with the ugliness being displayed??

i've never seen the world in such a mess...
i am so confused...i have to confess...
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watching the news can be *so* depressing!

i know, i know...turn it off. but i hate to be
uninformed.....

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Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on July 26, 2002
dont shoot the messenger! your delivery is flawless! katy.

Reviewed by Sherry Gibson
Reviewed on July 24, 2002
Karla,

This is one of the best ways I have seen the news displayed. What a unique idea! Not only that but I love the way you have tied in all recent events and yet did it with poetry. Now, if the newspaper would write the news this way, I'd be willing to read it once in awhile! A wonderful write!




Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on July 21, 2002
Just turn the news off for a few days and rest and enjoy nature. Then turn the news back on with your new prespective :-) Suddenly things don't seem so bad. Been where you are now.

Reviewed by Amor Sabor
Reviewed on July 18, 2002
Karla, you covered it so well. Sorry but in order to stay informed you must listen and watch the ugliness of this world unfold before you. If beautiful things were good news...we would get rich writing poetry.
Amor

Reviewed by Masarat Daud (Reader)
Reviewed on July 18, 2002
Someone said it right. No news is good news. Good write Karla!

Reviewed by Trixie Love
Reviewed on July 18, 2002
Fantastic write Karla..

Reviewed by Ed Lupinacci (Reader)
Reviewed on July 18, 2002
Bravo!!!! well said. yes the days of Leave it to Beaver are gone and so are family values. and i think it all starts there.

Reviewed on July 17, 2002
hi karla,
unfortunately it's a sign f the times. until more people realize that to change it, we all have to do something to bring it about. time to stop listening and start acting.
great work on a sad but true observation.
love and light
krissy

Reviewed by Mitzi Jackson
Reviewed on July 17, 2002
yes you did say it all....and just think it is not even the half of it......sad but very true write

Reviewed by m w
Reviewed on July 17, 2002
The anger in my grows with each story on the news. Poor thing only 5 and now gone. We must be so vigelent

Reviewed by Josephine Bohen
Reviewed on July 17, 2002
man karla you said it all here. i think there probably has been soooo much of this going on before, but with technology well we get to hear allll of it now real quick. it is so rotten, but all we can do is keep doing what we do to the best of our ability.
excellent rave here
josie

Reviewed by Steve Patterson
Reviewed on July 17, 2002
yes. give us pills or booze....keep poest from words they use. sorry i digress.

well written. well said.
me

Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on July 17, 2002
Excellent write!


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