The Think Tank Thursday # 96 News

I love old movies, you can see a boy shouting out, "Extra, extra read all about it"  trying to sell  his bundle of newspapers.  News is always breaking, something new every minute.  Where do you get your news?  Do you read the newspaper,  perhaps you read it online, TV, and then there is radio. Many of us use all these sources, daily. What section do you reach for first?  Is there news in your life you would like to share?  Yes, I want you to pen a poem about "news".  You don't have to reach for the headlines, you could do scientific news, a new birth, a wedding, fashion, editorial section, business, entertainment, sports, or comics, the crossword or your horoscope,etc.   I am excited about this prompt. There are so many directions to go in. There is a writer who uses the newspaper to write poetry, perhaps you have heard of Austin Kleon.  Austin blacks out newspaper and forms a poem.

How to make a Newspaper Blackout Poem:
Grab a newspaper.
Grab a marker.
Find an article.
Cross out words, leaving behind the ones you like.
Pretty soon you’ll have a poem.

 Check out his blog here.

 And you probably thought I was going to say, "What is black n' white and red all over?"  No, I'm not going there, but now you see a sunburned Zebra...lol  

I WISH I could say I have read all, of last week's poems. I have not, but I do plan on trying to get caught up. We are doing a home improvement project.  I'm the squirrel running around getting this and that, and moving my stash of  art supplies,not nuts.  This is my latest news...  I don't think it would make a good poem.  Pick something that speaks to you news wise and see where it takes you and us!  I look forward to your poems!  I hope you like the daily, no timely prompt  ;D

Newspaper.by ~inbrainstorm

Silkscreen on Newspaper 10by =kiriaki

News 1by ~TOYIB

"In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation."
Voltaire

"News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received."
Jessica Savitch

  "I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today."
Tom Brokaw

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