Memoriam of the Great Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
Who was the first Vice Prime Minister and Home Minister
United each petty kingdom and state and made them dwell
In a single unit, and thus he did administer...
Ironman, he was called, due to his determination.
Kings and kingdoms, like thatched huts of coconut leaves, he shook.
For a united nation, he had no hesitation.
For this, each and every possible means he undertook
We heard, as a barrister, when he was hearing a case
He happened to get a telegram and just kept quiet.
Death of his wife! Yet, as a man in war, he took his place.
Fraternally, he and Neheru tackled each riot.
We had such politicians those days, I'm sorry to say.
We lack such. Is this why we have to go the statue way...?
Categories:
ironman, prison,
Form: Sonnet
Thanos wanted to bring
chaos to the world
He thought if he could
wipe out half of everything
it would bring balance
Thor tried to make sure
that Thanos didn’t get
the stone within the
tesseract but Loki
gave it right into his
hands and he snapped
his neck in the process
The Avengers tried every
way possible to keep
Thanos from getting the
Infinity stones
Thanos was always a step
ahead of the game
So many of the Avengers
lost to Thanos when
he snapped his fingers
with the Infinity gauntlet on
For 5 years they were
snapped out of existence
Thanos had gotten what
he wanted but was it
all it was cracked up to be
Thanos hid out on a planet
for 5 years after the snap
Eventually Thor, Ironman, Black Widow
and a few others caught up
With him
The Infinity gauntlet was permanently
fused to his hand and didn’t work
anymore. So Thor decided to cut
Thanos arm to get the gauntlet
so Tony Stark could find a way
to restore it
Then Thor beheaded Thanos.
That was not his end though.
That was not Thanos
end game yet
Categories:
ironman, evil, fantasy, science fiction,
Form: Free verse
His name is Cap red white and blue
He took the Super Soldier Serum for me and you
He was four feet tall and 98 pounds
Now when he walks, heros abound
The hulk to his right and Ironman to his left
And to the center is himself with his clef
Don't mess with Captain America, the best is yet to come!
Categories:
ironman, appreciation,
Form: Couplet
Invisible
Ah to fly
Like Superman
And save the day once more
Or X-Ray rescue captives
As I laser-melt the door
Perhaps I climb
Tall towers
And swing without a care
Between the skyline scrapers
Catching villains in a snare
Or my muscles flex
In latex
City restoration is the goal;
As I zoom around in vehicles like
Some dark knight of the soul
A metal suit
Protects me
While my heart burns like the sun
With my cape-less banter shielding
Vulnerabilities, every one
The years behind have taught me..
That heroic can be small
No need to spin the planet
Or smash right through the wall
Instead, it is in wisdom;
The timeless gentle start
Of the smile that lights the shadows
On the dark side
Of a heart
No need to be invisible
Why not let your shadow fall
On the desperate, lonely stranger
We start with one
And save them all.
Jinjagoliath
25th June 2022
Categories:
ironman, hero,
Form: Rhyme
Am i on my first chance
or will i have another
too young to be old
too old to be cold
Did the evil ever finds its heart
silence terrorises
eyes that blink
just to hide
from reality
In the land of o's and z's
Carroll's Hatter brings the teas
Pan's Freeze
How do villains get a happy ending
if they never try
Heroes spoke with words
that spake thy story true
Inevitability can
but i am ironman
words that shame the angels
and find life without hope
Categories:
ironman, poetry,
Form: Free verse
There was a millionaire inventor
Who was fatally wounded in the Vietnam war
An explosion from a bomb made shrapnel
Embedded in his heart
To save his life he encased body with a iron suit
Fought off the Viet cong
Game back home as the invincible, invincible
Ironman
But alas now a hero
So many villains rose up to kill him
And one day this was finally done?
But before his mysterious disappearance and death
He found a young intern an apprentice
Her name Riri Williams
And she's a genesis
Sooner or later maybe called iron heart
A college student out of MIT
Made her own suit of iron
Now a hero, no she's a heroin
A genus African american teenager
She's the new
Ironman
written by James Edward Lee Sr.
10/07/17
Categories:
ironman, analogy, assonance, hero,
Form: Heroic Couplet
Joe’s triathlon consisted of a 750m swim,
A hand bike race which covered 20km,
And then a wheelchair race for 5km grim:
Joe collapsed on the Rio finish line fen.
But he came sixth, a good Royal Marine,
Stepped on an IED in Helmand in 2008,
Both legs amputated, a chair did him fine,
He’s the only w/c user with UKSCA gait.
He first competed in Ironman UK triathlon,
In 2011, and In the London Paralympics,
He carried the Paralympic Flame icon,
In the opening show, up in the air - antics.
2013 at the ETU Para-triathlon Euros,
In Antalya, Turkey, and Joe won bronze,
2014 and the next ETU, Kitzbühel pose,
And Joe took deserved Austrian bronze.
In Rio back in 2015 at the ITU Worlds,
Joe stole 4th place, and in Penrith 2016,
At more ITU Worlds, Joe’s silver cords,
Were awarded from a 2nd place steam.
In Lisbon at the 2016 ETU Euro Champs,
Joe came home 3rd taking bronze position,
And in French Besançon his bright lamps,
Were bronze lamps again, composition.
Categories:
ironman, sports, strength,
Form: Quatrain
Not quite as thin and nimble being middle-aged,
Jack entered the Ironman contest feeling brave,
trying to jump over the candlestick,
he fell into it doing a split,
with his privates requiring a little first aid,
Then he had to jump over a paddling pool,
he gave a running start as best he could,
falling and doing a big belly flop,
the gigantic wave he caused didn't stop,
the audience all at once looking like a used wet mop,
Then came the ships tall mast,
he ran and ran and jumped as best he can,
falling and landing on the poop deck,
where he landed was appropriate,
because in his pants he had a slight "accident,"
Next thing you know
he had to jump over the planets and stars,
instead he jumped in his car and yelled out,
"Are you people crazy, what do I look like,
an astronaut or a cow!?!
Next morning at all the stores,
there was a snapshot on the nursery rhyme
rag paper of Jack and his sores,
sticking his tongue out and doing a
raspberry to the reporters,
with the caption saying "Jack too old and fat,
winner of contest is now Jack Sprat!"
Categories:
ironman, humor, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Mikey is an Invictus man,
Gets many medals in archery,
Sporty and keen he continues,
From his previous Army career.
In the Queens Dragoons Guards,
Whilst training he got stuck, fell,
From a rope bridge: broken neck,
Spine, and paralysed from chest.
Help for Heroes helped him live,
He joined the recovery programme,
Several sports took him clean:
Cycling and Ironman triathlons.
But the moment he held a bow,
He knew that archery was his,
To reap with and to sow, build,
To elevate his wins and attempts.
And he was so good at it, supreme,
That HfH asked him to start, set up,
An archery programme for them,
At Phoenix House Recovery Centre.
He took individual bronze, Invictus,
And also team gold. In Holland,
He won a solid individual gold,
And also the team bronze, in 2015.
In Czechoslovak Mikey landed,
The team with a bronze to boast,
And is determined a medal to win,
In Rio, at the Summer Paralympics.
He was born on the 20th of July,
In the year 1975, crude rock days,
And lives in St Martins, Shropshire,
Shooting at Scorton Archery Club.
Categories:
ironman, body, destiny, dream, health,
Form: Blank verse
Heart of Gold,
calming tides
holding on, hands intertwined.
The ironman
so bold, so brave.
An injured deer
step forth to save.
No echoing groans.
No sorrowing pleas.
Hard to see what lies beneath.
There are storms and guilt, rejection, betrayal
gnawing and snapping at his core.
But doesn't let a single salty drip ever hit the floor.
This is where he hides,
Behind Closed Doors.
Categories:
ironman, allegory, depression, grief, marriage,
Form: Free verse