Those few wisely selected
Impactful words
Used to summerise
And make readers suprise
So interesting those are made
That catchs everyones eyes
It is like ribbon placed on gift box
Selected from multiple drafts they write
The color those black bold letters create
Depends on the one who wrote them
And also on the who reads and interpret
Its much like with my poetry’s fate
If someone reads and introspect
It is judged and impact varies widely
For instance take the rape headline
For somone for minutes
At least some sympathy arise
For a working women fears it rise
For that mother of a daughter who was raped
Multiple emotions it creates
Envy, hatred,pain and also pride
For her daughter who faught and survived
And for the government
It is just an another rape case
Why not seriousness for them it creates
The power of those limited words
Had that impact
That even a mistaken obituary headline
Made Alfred Nobel to think
Of Noble prize
Because the day he leaves the world
He didn’t wanted to be known
As a man who created
Weapon of mass destruction died
He was lucky to get to read his
Obituary before he died
Such impact made
even that mistaken headline
Think how much impact
Can create a properly placed headline
To those writers of headlines
I wish my poem makes more aware
That wisely they use their might
And to everyone else I would say
Be a aware citizen
And pay heed to Newspaper headlines
If for reading entire story
You cannot find enough time
Awareness is key to everything!
Happy reading
Yours loving warrior
Naina
Very nicely explained the dos and don’ts of newspaper
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Thank you🤗🤗
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Newspaper headlines
The one we get even before sun shines
The topic is as close to my heart as it is yours, and you effectively reproduced the impact the headlines generate on the common people. Gulab kothari, founding chairman of Patrika group, in his book about journalism writes about the role and responsibilities of a newspaper as they are not only the chronicles of our times but their opinions also become the thoughts of the masses. So they must have a moral obligation to the countrymen and prevent themselves from falling in the abyss of sensational headlines.
You covered every aspect of the headlines from Good to bad in quite a concise form doing justice to this wonderful topic.
Thanks for such a lovely write up.
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