Charisma of a champion
Strength of a Mount Olympus deity
Superstar hero larger than life
A fanclub like no other
A base of faithful devotees
buying into the showman's dream
the illusion
the fantasy
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
He was a wrestler but he died and he's gone for eternity.
He was a WWE Hall of Famer and he starred in Rocky III.
He had giant muscles and Hulk Hogan was his name.
He has perished and the WWE will never be the same.
Hogan was one hell of a wrestler and an actor as well.
This man had a terrific career, he was bound to excel.
Hogan had two children, he had a daughter and a son.
We've lost a wrestling icon at the age of seventy-one.
[Dedicated to Hulk Hogan (1953-2025) who died on July 24, 2025]
I’m thinking of a person
Who is strong and resilient.
Big in personality but size is small.
When mad, they turn a green pigment.
All is lost when anger worsens.
Tantrums raging, escalating.
Tired now, limbs in a sprawl.
I’m talking about toddler phasing,
A daily battle of exertion.
I'm known as The Hulk in my community,
but you wouldn't assume that from looking at me.
For the most part I am very cordial and friendly.
I am just a little man you don't want to get angry.
Only then will one see The Hulk within me,
verbally, never violently.
I have a firm grip on anger management fortunately.
Grey ribs arc skywards
desiccated skin stretched taut
curved spine embedded
Body built woman
Are threatening to most men
Oh, awesome human.
Marvel at his strength
Transition to tortured soul
Yet green with envy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3 Feb 2023
1st Place: Marvel Superhero or Supervillian Poetry Contest. Sponsored by Robert James Liguori
If you had a super power, what would it be?
Leave it in the comments, so we all can see...
Who Needs to form an allegiance!
Think really hard...
Would you be an X-men, on Deadpool's team, or on the Suicide Squad?
Do you want to be invisible?
Others can't see you; them- you can!
Sneaking around in others lives
Be able to be present where others are banned
Would you fly?
So you never would have to rely
on automobiles, planes, or trains
You could just look to the sky!
The birds and clouds wouldn't seem high.
I honestly wouldn't mind having a Venom
*People see em, don't know what's in em*
Eat the bad people, Protect the good
Correct a bit of chaos & disorder we see in the hood
What would be your super power?
I need to see!
We're gonna align, in due time
Who's coming to fly with me?
XX SuperGu
His skin is stained like the softest grass
I bet he wouldn’t need a pole to catch a bass
The way his voice sounds so gravely and rough
Makes me almost forget about him being so buff
Oh Hulk, how seeing you brightens my day
But it never lasts long, as you always seem to stray
Nevertheless, loving you could never seem wrong
And I know you would win in a fight with King Kong
Man I wish there was a way you could love me
I could try a witch, but there’s no guarantee
Someday soon, I pray, there could be a chance
We could run away and hide off in France
My handsome king would you please look this way
Without you my life would be so gray
Since you’ve appeared life’s never been dull
I just can’t seem to get it through my skull
For you would never love a girl like I
And for that reason is why I cry
My dearest Hulk, how I wish you were mine
And we could stay together till the end of time
Immortal HULK...
Bruce Banner now, will not die...
What new powers he processes
when he gets madder
why now like Jason, He just can't die
how is it now he's no longer incredible but immortal
10/21/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©
My stunning good looks and charming personality
Are too much to take, should try to be more dastardly
Quite difficult for me
A handsome hulk parolee
At one time was charged with assault and battery
A scientist gamma radiologist
trying to make the world
A little better, yet
When engaging in testing in a Nevada dessert
A teenaged boy loitering got caught in the testing blast
Out of the bunker scientist Dr. Bruce Banner
Shoves the teen out of harms way
But in this task Dr. Banner gets caught in the rays
The waves, those rays of gamma radiation
Stricken in pain, armored inflamed in emerald flames and smoke
This is the origin of.......
THE INCREDIBLE HULK
10/29/17
written by James Edward Lee Sr.
My stunning good looks and amazing personality
Are too much to take, I should try to be more dastardly
Quite difficult for me
A handsome hulk parolee
Before being charged with assault and battery
There was a big bloke called The Hulk
Who was much too proud of his bulk
He trained every day
Til muscles gave way
Then sorry and sore he did sulk
In the twilight of the night,
shadows dramatically appear dancing
by refracting of lights off
of my massive muscular green body
A monster’s body acquired while saving a young friend
when an invention that I invented exploded
Weary of this madness, I live with,
I exhaust my brain to forge sanity
of the beast that takes hold of me
when the fire of my inner soul is released
Some consider me a superhero
others a mindless savage
I search the universe in hope for a cure
but there is none in sight for the near future
My troubled heart yearns to bath in your presence,
to caress you in my arms,
breathe deep to smell the essence of you,
to venture into your deep brown eyes,
kiss your soft, flawless face, and tender lips
My heart yearns for your tender love and
my salvation to become human once more
Nightmares of this giant green monster
greaves me,
just to think that a slave, I am
to it
© 5/19/2015
Contest Name: Comic Book Characters
Sponsor: Shadow Hamilton
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