journalism <br />it is an <br />attempt <br />to pin down <br />the world <br /> <br />to put onto <br />the paper <br />the truth of <br />everything <br />the world <br />and the <br />people in it <br /> <br />children <br />boys, girls, <br />men, women <br />gays or lesbians <br />kings, queens <br />rulers and the ruled <br />the privileged <br />and the persecuted <br /> <br />usurpers <br />liars and <br />the evil ones <br />though may <br />make use <br />of its power <br />to take <br />everybody <br />down a <br />different lane <br />to achieve <br />their own <br />goals <br /> <br />poetry <br />it is opening <br />the floodgates <br />to let loose <br />whatever <br />is pent up <br />in the hearts of <br />them all <br /> <br />to let the <br />soul in them <br />come out <br />so that <br />reporters <br />can go <br />chase <br />rainbows<br /><br />john tiong chunghoo<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/journalism-versus-poetry/
