The work’s four stanzas—spare, musical and haunting—have been memorized by generations, dissected by scholars and beloved by presidents. And now that they are beyond the reach of copyright law, anyone can emblazon them anywhere, from inspirational posters to beach towels. Composers can lyricize them. Teachers can photocopy them. FedEx can paint “Miles to go” on its trucks. “Easy wind and downy flake” would make a good line of dryer sheets and laundry soap. Frost’s words belong to the ages and to everyone.
by Steve Hendrix for the Washington Post
The prospering poet allows
marketers his work to browse
for some simple phrase
on billboards to blaze
to help shopping frenzies arouse.
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Many illegal robocalls use number spoofing to obscure their identities. The practice allows bad actors to display to recipients numbers that aren’t actually the ones they are calling from.
by Sarah Krouse for the WSJ
I never know who's calling now.
It's causing me to have a cow.
Is that Uncle Ed,
who seemingly said
"You just won a beautiful plow"?
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New York City remained the safest big city in the country in 2018 as the murder rate continued to drop. But the number of rapes and hate crimes reported to the police rose sharply, the police said.
by Tyler Pager for the NYT
You're safe in New York, yes you are.
From murder and mischief by far.
The thugs have decamped
for quarters less cramped --
they're now at the White House snack bar.
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Young immigrants, known as “Dreamers,” have become a political force over the last two decades as they have pushed Congress to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws. Part of a new wave of immigrant activists who mobilized this year to return control of the House to Democrats, Cruz and others in the movement see in President Trump an existential threat to their futures, and to their friends and family.
by Jazmine Ulloa for the LATimes
The Dreamers have woke up at last
and given their foes a real blast.
They're done asking 'please'
and with expertise
replace them with friends unsurpassed
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