A poem for those with ink in their veins

By Edgar Sandoval
Minority-Affairs Reporter
The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.

Posted: Nov. 15, 2002

Being a journalist is kind of cool.
You get to write about people, from saint to fool.
But sometimes it does get kind of hairy.
Long hours, small pay for your food and dairy.

It takes a special kind of person to be a journalist.
Not everyone can hack the extensive work list.
Reporters live life at a different pace.
It’s in our blood, no mind our color or our race.

So, if you're a reporter, enjoy the drill.

Even if you don't get home for the holiday grill.
We are, after all, the chosen ones to write
To tell about events and how we live life.

Edgar Sandoval was a Summer 1999 Scholar who interned at The Tennessean in Nashville. Reach him at EdJSandoval@aol.com.

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