Al-Jazeera Most Accurate News Poem by Roger Gerald Hicks

Al-Jazeera Most Accurate News



Washington
London

blast
Al-Jazeera

after
network

carrys footage
from Iraqi television

dead coalition
soldiers

and prisoners
of war,

repeated images
Iraqi civilians

badly wounded
in air strikes...

Day 21, bomb
kills newscaster

destroys Al-Jazeera
news bureau.

Regrettable states
U.S. spokesperson.

Monday, November 6, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: reporting,war,warfare
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Reporting war accurately results in attack on journalists by U.S. military.
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Roger Gerald Hicks

Roger Gerald Hicks

Bakersfield, California
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