General Poetry posted August 5, 2020


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A Newspaper's Life

by Boogienights

The life of a.... Contest Winner 
A newspaper's life starts out small indeed,
beginning first as a small planted seed.
It takes some years, but from out of the ground,
a tree grows tall, that is paper mill bound.

Then huge paper rolls will soon harbor news,
stories, pictures, weather, coupons to use.
Political stories that cause us grief,
the funnies that give us comic relief.

Newspapers supply something new each day,
inform, delight, use influence to sway.
Then when it's all read, it's recycle bound,
used over again, what sprang from the ground.

Sometimes newspapers take a little detour,
they are used for quite a few things, I am sure.
Wrapping things up, lining birdcages,
a myriad of uses for those old pages.

Then later on they become something new,
perhaps even something that's owned by you.
A newspaper deserves the respect that it earns,
through a life that's filled with a few twists and turns.

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Write a poem adout "the life of a..." something, anything, person, place, or thing. Be creative! Any style of poem.
The life of a....
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My family and I have been paper carriers for thirty years. Sadly, all the carriers lost their jobs when the publishing company decided to put their papers online. Progress stinks.
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