Media Circus

By Rhiannonw

Mon, 13 Jun 2016
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Events serious or silly,
popular, or thrilly,
draw media milling,
the streets quickly filling
with cameras, lorries,
cables, and flurries
of microphones waving,
intruding and braving
the private, the grieving,
the wise, the deceiving,
til the ears of the land
cannot understand
the truth and the source,
but will comment, of course,
for they feel that they’ve been
well-informed from the scene.

[IP:fiction or poetry relating to the circus]

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Comments

Submitted by hilary west on

Hi Rhiannon,

Yes it is often hard to discern fact from fiction despite total coverage.  HW yes

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Hilary. I think 'total coverage' can be confusing sometimes, and can encourage feelings we are knowledgable enough to comment, when many comments seem to be made in haste and without much careful thought, or listeneing properly. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

HI Rhiannon

A good poem with the rough and tumble of words approximating the confusion and noise of the acts.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jean. Rhiannon