Blog Combines Poetry and News in an Amazing Way

by Samantha Albala

Breaking Poems is a blog created by a former journalist Sara Cress from Houston, who creates poems that are “Ripped From The Headlines.” Fusing together two of the coolest sources for knowledge, poetry and breaking news. Sara started the project this year and is only just starting to gain momentum on her headline-inspired works. Scroll through and see some poignant and beautiful story-poem hybrids that you may remember from the papers this past year. Her pieces are sometimes funny, sad, scary, and inspirational. Here are a few of my favorites:  

 

 

 

 

 

To find your own favorites go visit BreakingPoems.

Images and words from BreakingPoems.

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