NPR has a NewsPoet: Monica Youn.
You read that right: newspoet. That's a poet who captures the day's news in a poem. Read the poem for Friday, April 27 — and marvel.
You read that right: newspoet. That's a poet who captures the day's news in a poem. Read the poem for Friday, April 27 — and marvel.
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Fear is the coin dropping into its slot;
two dollars fall to the liquor shop floor.
The day is a net of twenty four knots.
two dollars fall to the liquor shop floor.
The day is a net of twenty four knots.
A modestly veiled woman poses no threat,
but the veil truly masks a thief's face and hair
Fear is the coin dropping into its slot.
but the veil truly masks a thief's face and hair
Fear is the coin dropping into its slot.
300 Priuses that someone forgot
voluptuously rust in the Miami air.
The day is a net of twenty four knots.
voluptuously rust in the Miami air.
The day is a net of twenty four knots.
The primary insight of Keynesian thought:
the way out of debt is for us to spend more.
Fear is the coin dropping into its slot.
the way out of debt is for us to spend more.
Fear is the coin dropping into its slot.
A lawsuit, foreclosure, inescapable debt
is the price of a new mother's prenatal care
The day is a net of twenty four knots.
is the price of a new mother's prenatal care
The day is a net of twenty four knots.
A blind man trapped in a ring of perpetual light
slips the noose, vanishes into the glare.
Fear is the coin dropping into its slot.
The day is a net of twenty four knots.
slips the noose, vanishes into the glare.
Fear is the coin dropping into its slot.
The day is a net of twenty four knots.
by Monica Youn
All Things Considered's NewsPoet is produced and edited by Ellen Silva with production assistance from Rose Friedman.
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