A newspaper is a collection of half-injustices Which, bawled by boys from mile to mile, Spreads its curious opinion To a million merciful and sneering men, While families cuddle the joys of the fireside When spurred by tale of dire lone agony. A newspaper is a court Where every one is kindly and unfairly tried By a squalor of honest men. A newspaper is a market Where wisdom sells its freedom And melons are crowned by the crowd. A newspaper is a game Where his error scores the player victory While another's skill wins death. A newspaper is a symbol; It is fetless life's chronicle, A collection of loud tales Concentrating eternal stupidities, Roaming through a fenceless world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: WASHINGTON MCNEELY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS MISSING THE BO IN THE HENHOUSE by HAYDEN CARRUTH A TIME TO DANCE by CECIL DAY LEWIS LOHENGRIN; PROEM by EMMA LAZARUS DOMESDAY BOOK: DR. TRACE TO THE CORONER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |