Author: a.newspoet
22 SEPTEMBER OLD & NEW NORMAL
RENT A NEW HOME AWAY FROM THE FIRES IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO LEAVE THE OLD ONE EMPTY EXCEPT […]
20 SEPTEMBER FROM THE PAST AND INTO THE FUTURE
RIP RBG DEAD AT 87 RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWISH BORN JURIST WHO FORESAW AMELIORATING THE POSITION OF WOMEN […]
19 SEPTEMBER ROADS TO NOWHERE
SPELLED WITHOUT ‘U’ QANTAS IS SELLING FLIGHTS TO NOWHERE DEPARTING SYDNEY ARRIVING SYDNEY IN BETWEEN SYDNEY+SYDNEY 6 HOUR CIRCLE NO STOPS […]
18 SEPTEMBER BARRBARY SHORES
ENSAUVAGEMENT CHIC FOR THE TRICOLEUR OF BLAMING ARABS+BLACKS FOR CIVILISATION’S COLLAPSE IN FRANCE IT’S A FRAPPE FOR WRAPPING […]
15 SEPTEMBER HOSPITALITY AND HUMANITY
YOU CAN’T COME IN ’COS OF COVID ADRIFT FOR WEEKS MONTHS ROHINGYA REFUGEES ARE STILL NOT WELCOME ASHORE […]
14 SEPTEMBER BATTLE OF THE SEXES
THE WRITING ON THE PARIS WALL’S A LONG LIST OF WOMEN MURDERED BY THEIR PARTNERS POSING FOR THEIR DEBUT PHOTO […]
13 SEPTEMBER SPREADING ALONG THE COAST
WILDFIRES SPREAD LIKE THE VIRUS FIRST A FOREST THEN ANOTHER MANY OTHERS UNTIL IT’S A PANDEMIC FIVE MILLION ACRES […]
10 SEPTEMBER GRAPES OF WRATH
IN THE MIGRANT CAMP ON THE MAGIC ISLE OF LESBOS MOST OF THE DAY’S SPENT QUEUING FOR MEAGRE RATIONS ‘TIME […]
8 SEPTEMBER MINORS
LIGHT ON HER FEET THE 12-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLGIRL WITH A PONYTAIL DODGES PURSUERS AS IN A PLAYGROUND GAME DISAPPEARS IN […]
7 SEPTEMBER POSTCARD FROM LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY’S DERBY DAY HAS FINALLY FULFILLED HUNTER THOMPSON’S PROPHESY FORETOLD FIFTY YEARS BACK THAT’S WHEN HE PRANKED A GOOD OLD […]
4 SEPTEMBER STRANGERS IN STRANGE HOTELS
UNDER GUARD BUT NO LEGAL SAFEGUARDS KIDS KEPT IN MID-MARKET HOTELS UNTIL THEY’RE SENT BACK TO GUATEMALA OR SIMILAR HOTELS […]
2 SEPTEMBER NEEDING TO BE NEEDED
‘DUDE RIGHT HERE JUST SHOT THEM DOWN THERE’ AT NIGHT ON THE STREETS OF KENOSHA THE SHOUT-OUT IS FOR […]
30 AUGUST ALL AT SEA
RIDING AN INFLATABLE UNICORN A THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS SWEPT OUT TO SEA OFF THE SOUTH COAST OF GREECE […]
27 AUGUST MISUSE OF THE MYTHOPOETIC
All the other entries in this series have a dual purpose: to move recent events backwards and forwards between localised […]
25 AUGUST ANOTHER BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN
CAR HORN BLARES WHEN THE OWNER SLUMPS DOWN ONTO THE WHEEL WHAT STEERED THE SHERIFF IN KENOSHA TO SHOOT HIM […]
22 AUGUST STANDING BACK FROM THE PRECIPICE FEELS PERILOUSLY CLOSE
ALGORITHM ARRTHYMIA A-LEVELS AND MORE HAVE SKIPPED A HEARTBEAT ‘ROBUST’ CONCUSSED REELING FROM ATTACK THE MINISTER MANAGES TO […]
21 AUGUST POSTCARD FROM HERE+THERE
BIDENING HIS TIME FOR 32 YEARS FINALLY THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE NOT ONLY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALSO TO PRESERVE DEMOCRACY SAYS […]
18 AUGUST RELIEF ALL ROUND IN BELARUS
RELIEVED THAT’S HOW BELARUSIANS WOULD BE TO SEE THE DEMISE OF ALEKSANDR LUKASHENKO DICTATOR OF MINSK FOR MORE […]
16 AUGUST ‘BLANK SHEET PROTESTS’ AGAINST HONG KONG CENSORSHIP
WISHING WE COULD ALL BE FREE TO SAY WHAT WE THINK YOURS TRULY THE NEWS POET
10 AUGUST FROM COAST TO COAST
AT ST TROPEZ IT’S A CHARMED LIFE THE POOL PARTY PARTIES ON FACE MASKS RELEGATED TO CHIN GUARDS OR […]
8 AUGUST CHANNEL CROSSINGS
THREE MEN IN A BOAT AFLOAT IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL INFLATABLE KAYAK RETAILING ONLINE AT £299 OUT TO SEA […]
6 AUGUST BEIRUT BEARS YET ANOTHER BURDEN
FUSED INTO ORGANIC MASS LIKE CANDLE WAX THE BEIRUT WAREHOUSE WHERE STUFF WAS STORED WAITING TO EXPLODE ONE DAY […]
4 AUGUST DOWN AMONG THE ANIMATRONICS
CHUCK E CHEESE WAS A FAST FOOD OUTLET BUILT AROUND A SECOND RATE MICKEY MOUSE DESIGNED WITH TOYS AND RIDES […]
2 AUGUST PATTERNS DISRUPTED
MY FAULT FOR BEING POOR SAYS THE 62-YEAR-OLD CLEANER WITH AN UMBRELLA FOR COVER IF NOT POURING WITH RAIN IT’S […]
29 JULY STILL
IN JAPAN THE WORLD’S LARGEST ROBOT IS BUILT TO THE SAME SCALE AS A ROCKET TO MARS TAKING SMALL STEPS FOR […]
26 JULY FROM PORTLAND VIA HONG KONG AND BALTIMORE
LEAF BLOWERS TAKE THE STING OUT OF IT GARDEN MACHINERY SUCKING UP THE CS GAS THAT PORTLAND PROTESTORS ARE HARASSED […]
23 JULY UNEVEN DEVELOPMENTS
OPEN UP IN TIME TO SHUT BACK DOWN AGAIN THERE’S A DELI IN L.A. THAT DOESN’T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK […]
21 JULY ON THE TRAIL OF OREGON
IT’S THE WILD WEST BUT NOT AS WE’VE KNOWN IT PARAMILITARIES PICK UP PORTLAND’S PROTESTORS BUNDLING THEM IN TO UNMARKED […]
20 JULY FROM THE CAGE OF IRONIES
DO THE RIGHT THING+WEAR A MASK DID YOU KNOW YOUR MASK MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE BY UIGHUR WORKERS PUSHED ONTO […]
19 JULY CLOCKWORK TRUMP
DANCING DROOG CUTS A MERRY CAPER THRO’ EVERY COMPLEXITY SIMPLY THE OLD IN-OUT WITH MATCHING ULTRA-VIOLET JOINTLY THE ANSWER […]
17 JULY NEWS POEMS FOR THE AFFECT AND SOCIAL MEDIA CONFERENCE
MADE IN RESPONSE TO THREE PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED NEWS POEMS THIS FILM WAS COMPOSED BY SIMON MILES IT WAS FIRST SHOWN […]