headline poetry

Occasional poems constructed entirely from headlines found in newspapers from Melbourne, Australia

Sunday, January 22, 2006

What's in a name (The Age 22.01.06)


What’s in a name
Bob on a budget
Charity rebuffed
Carry on, carrying on
Sharon switch-off
just hold it right there, Slim
man or myth?
the little boy who learned to kill
Jack Frost cripples Europe with minus 33
Victoria braced for a burn
why she’s hot property


The Age 22.01.06
[1, 1, 5, 15, 9, 7, 17, 11, 10, 2, 3]

How wicked... (Herald Sun 22.01.06)

How wicked can you get?
cash-strapped star sells gear
why is this man free?
million dollar mistake
school’s in, finally
when it’s no longer a game
young go to school armed
10,000 ‘helped in death’
co-operate or die
forget about keeping mum
mum left to die

Herald Sun 22.01.06
[27, 13, 7, 21, 21, 14, 18, 15, 12, 22, 3]