A reporter's sorrow
A reporter' sorrow
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The one fasting unto death has already broken his fast
by drinking Maushami squash.
Today
no news of heart stroke of any Prime Minister, Minister
or Ward Commissioner.
No scam.
No rape.
The sun dozed dispersing cold rays.
Today
my camera slept starved.
Nothing fruited on the tree of news.
The official smile of the Chief Minister
and
the advertisement of Life Insurance Company is
as it is on the public toilet wall.
Today, slower is the blood circulation.
Nobody kidnapped any one for ransom.
Communal riot,
molestation of house-maid,
bank robbery,
nothing happened today.
A silly day
passed through me today
smiling wryly.
About this poem
This is a poem about deteriorating journalistic atmosphere where reporting negativity of a society is obsessive. Glamour and awe are the remnants of journalism in current times.
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Submitted by mail2rpb on July 29, 2022
Modified on March 22, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 677 |
| Words | 129 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3 |
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