MAY 14, 2009 UNITED FRIENDS WRITERS GROUP CHALLENGE NUMBER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR....
MAY 14, 2009
UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE NUMBER
ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR....
I AM EVERYWHERE
Spaceeagles' Challenge
Write a poem or story using the phrase "the voluminous clouds."
I AM EVERYWHERE
I am everywhere
I am in the east
I am in the west
I am in the south
Look over there to the north
I am everywhere
I can bring laughter until tears flow
See the voluminous clouds
of dust
From the panicked feet of people
Whom I have their every trust
I come into your home on wire
Or float through the air wave upon wave
Even printed on paper twice daily
Seeking ears and eyes to assail gaily
Of this I never tire
I cover the globe
With those seeking
To capture photos
Of those who are famous
When they are disrobed
From politics to poisoned food
I am always there
To ruin a good mood
I am happiest when people
Sit and brood.
They are aware I am this way
Why they even pay
To see my reports of things black
To listen to the words of things always dire and gray
I am the media
I am everywhere
If what I say is not true
No one seems to care
I give them all something
They can share!
The End
Terri McCain/lockerridge
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Wow, an excellent description of the media!
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a poem.....and all so true! Great job, Lockie.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness this is a powerful denouncement of the media ... although your imagery of them as a black cloud hanging over everything is wonderfully accurate ... LOL.. But, as you say, we pay them to keep giving us our daily ration of misery.
ReplyDeleteYou tend to always give us something to share.
ReplyDeleteYou have turned the media into poetry.What inspiration.
ReplyDeleteGreat description of the media.
ReplyDeleteyep......very good description of them
ReplyDeletePretty good hammer job on the media.
ReplyDeleteFor crying out loud, I thought it had to be "the voluminous clouds." and not " the voluminous clouds". See, one is open ended. Shoot, I was going to do voluminous clouds of black flies.
ReplyDeleteugh
Great poem, by the way. I agree with it 100%.
(walks away, mumbling, talking to herself)
Boy ain't that the truth....the days of the fact checker are long gone. Hell, they even quote Wikipedia for God's sake....
ReplyDelete"Give 'em dirty laundry..."
ReplyDeleteBig Brother is watching you - one of the dark clouds of our so called civilisation. This really hits home
ReplyDeleteWow... and here I thought it was the dust up my nose. Love the poem.
ReplyDeleteSadly, this is the way I see communications today
ReplyDeleteThank you my sweet friend...
ReplyDeleteLOL.. Can you tell I am just a bit disgusted with the garbage they throw out and for the most part people goggle it up like gourmet cooking? It just gets worse everyday.
ReplyDeleteOde to Fred
ReplyDeleteI have a friend named Fred
He has no hair on his head
He has no private parts they say
I wonder if he could buy some on Ebay
The media inspires me to use four letter words and I don't even need a muse!
ReplyDeleteThank you SP... they are not hard to describe.. could have done better if I had used some colorful adjectives.. but this is a family type writing group.. gotta be good.. it is hard though!
ReplyDeleteHowdy Sunshine!
ReplyDeleteYeah.. I forgot my nails though..
ReplyDeleteWow I never thought of that one.. now that fits the media to a T and a R and S..
ReplyDeleteI am just so disgusted! Go read the tripe Snopes has on Obama... and you will agree with me when I say.. no part of the media is truthful!
ReplyDeleteKick 'em when their up.. Kick 'em when their down! Give 'em dirty laundry!
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing civilized about the media any more.. nothing is sacred.. hanging out of trees, and off balconies.. hiring crane to lift them up to the 30th floor to get a pic of some movie star while they are taking a bath..I mean.. good grief!
ReplyDeleteI know the media smells any more and it doesn't smell good either.. it probably would make you sneeze Sakura.. if you buy into their swine flu pandemic.. good grief.. what the heck is a pandemic anyway? That is a new media word for sure.. just like the weather man.. he insists we had .. not a tornado.. but a gustnado.. now how bout that for creative license!
ReplyDelete"If what I say is not true no one seems to care".... Sad but true, Terri. What a great portrait of the media.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I am laughing at "Ode to Fred"
OMGoodness. Now this should be read in a class room. yep.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone who has posted before me!
So true.. big black 'cloud'.
Excellent political statement in poem format, TW2Rs! Just another talent of yours...You amaze me!
ReplyDeleteLOL Jo you should get to know my friend Fred.. he is a really funny, intelligent, and sweet guy! He gives me a hard time all the time.. and I am not reticent in my shoveling it right back at him!
ReplyDeleteIt has become the storm of the millennium!
ReplyDeleteI do a lot of that in disguise don't I?.. Political statements that are wrapped up in some other kind of bull frocky! I thank you for the compliment, even though you prejudice!
ReplyDeletexoxo.lolo, TW2Rs...Me prejudice about the media? What, you think I'm all gaga with them?! hahaha Its all about the money and ratings for them.
ReplyDeleteNot only all that you said, but have you noticed lately that the people in "the serious news" (lol) have begun wearing glam and sexy clothes for the 5 am or 6am news? What's up with that? Are they going to a ball after work (which would be around 10 or 11 am)..
I love the way you wrap!
OH come on TW1R! I know you better than that sweet lady.. no I meant you were prejudice toward my talents.. cause you like me! hahahahahaaa! You do like me don't you?.. I mean I could have gotten my wires crossed and shorted out something in the thought processing dept and short term memory.. Hey it has happened before.. I am much better now! lol..
ReplyDeletegood grief woman.. I know you too well to think you believe that absolute fantasy fiction they call the NEWS... bull shots and horse hockies!
This is absolutely priceless. Well written and, sadly, so true!
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