by Harrison Fisher
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This is the part where I'd put
news about me if I had any.
Although…
it is also a moment
in which to appreciate
the truth of the old adage,
"No news is good news,"
which, as a youngster, puzzled me,
because I didn’t realize it meant
if you don’t hear anything,
everything’s okay.
I misunderstood it to mean the news
is never good, which didn't seem
to be the kind of sentiment
that was immortalized
in old sayings.
But then there is
the essentially philosophical problem
of today’s news, and today’s newsmakers,
and the one truly irrepressible newsmaker
making daily news.
I tell you
no news is good news.
Harrison Fisher has published twelve collections of poems since 1977. In 2025, he has new work in numerous magazines, including The Corpus Callosum, Misfitmagazine, Rundelania, Slipstream, Trampoline, and Uppagus.
