Its April of 2017 and Day 25 of A to Z Challenge. I am doing Idiom a day and 8 line poem for the idiom.
Idiom: Yellow Press
Meaning: a term for the popular and sensationalist newspapers
Poem:
Breaking bad,
Is the breaking news,
Shockingly sad,
Is the media rules,
The aim was, may be,
A yellow Press.
But now is all,
A shitty yellow!
Note: All the challenge prompts can be found HERE.
I have worked for a leading English daily for ten years and it’s something I have always been very proud of…But in the last few years, media has really downgraded so much…The last sentence of the poem aptly sums it up.
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Really nice to hear that. No wonder you write so well.. 🙂
Thank you so much.. 🙂
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Thanks! However I was not into journalism but into sales & marketing 🙂
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oh, still, good to know. 🙂
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Lovely. Depicts the present scenario beautifully. 🙂
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Thanks a lot.. 🙂
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My pleasure PH! 😊
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Idiom: You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.
Meaning: It is impossible to achieve anything important without causing a few problems.
You whack at something
And ceaselessly get hit out against it
With a plethora of nags
Press on unflagging
For you can’t make an omelette
Without breaking eggs.
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This is awesome! Thank you so much for sharing.. 🙂
Very true with that. Well put poem.. 🙂
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Pleasure Prakash. 🙂
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That pretty much sums it up! 🙂
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Thanks a lot.. 🙂
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Great post, PH–have a good travel time!
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Thank you so much.. 🙂
I did have a good travel. In-fact, awesome! 🙂
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That’s wonderful–where did you go, or is it a secret? 🙂
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🙂
The beach! Like a good one! 😀
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Ohhhh, I’m SOOOO envious!!!!! 🙂
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Yayy! 😛
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Truly!! 🙂
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You deserve a break–you’ve done a wonderful job on the A to Z Challenge!!
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I did have an amazing hectic April and A to Z was part of it. I will write a post on it soon. Thank you so much for being along from A to Z.. 🙂
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Thank YOU, and you’re Welcome 🙂 🙂
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Sad truth about the how media works today! Well done Prakash 🙂
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🙂 Thank you muchly.. 🙂
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An ugly image in more ways than one. You are hilarious at times. I think you would be very good at narrative poetry. Your next challenge perhaps?
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Ha ha.. thank you so much. 🙂
I can sure try. Let me know more. 🙂 Can i know it through
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I will contact you about narrative poetry in a day or so. regards, Andrew Pender-Smith
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With all the time. I do have packed week with lot on table, returning from a week vacation. 🙂
So, will sure do.
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Really that is how media Is nicely framed poem.
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Thanks a lot.. 🙂 many.. 🙂
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Truth has been spoken. 👌
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🙂 Thanks a lot.. 🙂
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You’ve summed it up neatly 😉
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Thanks a lot.. 🙂
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Sometimes they’re too busy creating sensational headlines rather than doing honest reporting. Well said!
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Very true!
Muchly thanks.. 🙂
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