Short Comic Book Poems

The irony of writing poetry, when life's a comic book......

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At 54 I've matured - can't you see!
Now at times I read DC....

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Bright comic book fun! 
Don't you miss your childhood days?
Women in tight clothes...

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Comic book style Roy Lichtenstein
made Pop Art a genre to mine
His usp easy to recognise
no attempt to dress or disguise...

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a symmetric eclectic
of film,society politic-
portraits defined
in Andy's graphic line
&
Comic book style Roy Lichtenstein
made Pop Art a genre to mine
His usp easy to recognise
no attempt to dress or disguise
ambivalent pastiche shots
in Benday
dots...

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As a comic book artist, his look

was quite frail until Rogers then took

a powerful serum.

Bad fellows now fear him.

He fights crime now. No writing a book!


May 31, 2022 
for Robert James Liguori's  Captain America Poetry Contest...

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You enjoy the bright colors 
and brillancy of 
  fantastic comic books
   Kirby, Jusko, Steranko 
    and the master Stan Lee
After entering the "Age of Super Heros"
     You are enlightened 
but remember 
    Archie is still published
(thank G-D for that)...

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Comic book tripper
where are you coming from
   Did the colors delight
you and are you ready 
       to 
       put 
       on 
       a 
       cape?
    Meant for kids - but otheres delight in them, too
          Comic book tripper -
the world needs you...

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Captain America
Ray of hope for the young, would-be ninja
Superhero of Marvel comic book fame
Red Skull never ever forgets that name!

SEVENTH PLACE WINNER
Written June 9, 2022
Submitted to "Captain America Friend or Foe" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Robert James Liguori...

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         There lived a poet, thought she was good.
         But got the point- leave our neighborhood!
         You do see, truth was her thing.
         Many found it dull, not bling ?
         Nor the censored earth, on a comedy fling?

        
                           5/8/2021
                               ~1~

        
   ...

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Dazzled by Superman, 
Batman 
           and the Human Torch
She walked the streets 
    of the city
and was left behind
      by time
She saw  the gray urban environment
      and believed that 
superheroes  should spring
    up 
  from behind every door
No Archie here
       just a bleak
landscape
      until riotous colors 
explode - leaving behind a fistfull of memories...

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Talked with an old friend 
about the new "Flash"TV show 
   and we both realized that 
the "Arrow" on TV is supposed 
to be "Green Arrow" 
    He is in his 40's I 
think 
   I am 59 - almost 60 and 
still discussing comic books! 
   The creator of Superman 
 were Jews
So am I!
 Comic books are a form of literature ,friends 
  Once I created a character named 
           "Judo King!...

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Used to thrill 
     to the Fantastic Four, X - Men 
    Sometimes ever Charlton or Classics illustrated
   Dare I mention to my educated friends  
       that I still read comic books?
or even to anyone 
    that I enjoy 
   Archie - with hamburger eating Jughead
 the poor and rich girls 
      Betty and Veronica ?
I advise you to take a 
    comic book trip 
They are not just for children...

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Some know her as Princess Diana of Themyscira
She jumped onto comic book pages in 1942
Thus, she is eighty years old, but always drawn as much younger
Super powerful, taking on villains in a fashionable way

We recognize those legs and the high red boots
She has a magic lasso that holds the bad guys in place
On November 7th, 1975 she became a three-dimensional hero
You might know her as Wonder Woman...

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Fragrant flower, Jasmine infused,

the evening breathes comic book laughter,

colors white and green and yellow.

Our heroes, our saviors in bold of

twilight blue and mud red ocher.

Perfume fingers stretch forth on evening breeze

searching for that champion 

only to find, beneath primary hues,

a miriad of diffuse pastel hides

beneath balloon exclamations,

our vain attempt to save us from ourselves.




04/22/18...

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Wizard…

An emotionless stare being framed by the air
Pondering life all around him
In the lights pale glow, he thinks that he knows
The secrets of all who have found him
But what have they found?
In his grasp will they drown?

He won’t get anywhere with all of his comic book fascinations
Twisted plots for twisted minds
And simple incantations
A wishing wizard gazing
Glazed eyes reflecting
Whatever it is the wizard wants to see
And he’s looking…...

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I drink my morning latte
you're drinking chocolate milk
I'm eating a french pastry
you're eating, I don't know what
I'm reading the New York Times
you're reading a comic book
I clear the morning table
while you stretch and yawn

let's go back to bed
you say with one of those looks
I read you loud and clear
and follow you from the room
it's this part of our love
where everything is right
you're a keeper baby
and I am here for good...

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Seems like I'm falling 
in love 
     with Bat-Girl
   Don't ask me how this happened 
       Women in costumes 
appeal to me 
     Not long ago I hugged a woman 
in a cat costume
    Comic book dreams 
coming through once more 
  Green Lantern, Magneto and 
       the reat 
are competing with me 
for the love of 
  a costumed woman 
I think that "love steeers the star" 
  Fantasy women are sometimes 
easier to deal with than real ones...

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I used to think 
that comic book hero's
were better than me
but then I realised 
they just punish crime
surely it's better 
to teach the man success
I used to think 
that strenght 
could make the man
but surely it's better
to love
you do not need 
to be the muscle clown
it's love that make's 
a better
world turn round
not the love that's 
satisfied by sin
but love that satisfied 
by what you gave.
The love that teaches people
how to win....

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Fractured little comic book
cracked along the spine.
Must and mold exhaust you.
Dullness shows the time.

Turn a page for reading
fuzzy art in blocks.
Squares with tiny bubbles
or just a place to talk.

Staples down the middle.
Two through every fold.
Half the book is over
and several stories told.

Flipped upon your back
where ads take all the space.
Toys for boys and girls
and all the dreams we'll chase.

Fractured little comic book.
Thank you for your grace....

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What comic books did you read as a kid?
   Did you thrill to Wonder Woman, the Human Torch 
    or did you watch Archie Andrews as Betty and Veronica competed for 
his love?
  Perhaps you travelled with Namor to Atlantis
      So brightly colored - they attract millions 
of youth 
    Yes, and some of us in late middle age still 
read comic books at times
  The other day 
I saw a man in his seventies 
    lost in a comic book fantasy 
on  a public bus
Nuff said!...

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Spawny, Spawny, he’s our man!
Bought the farm without the land,
fury-fueled, he took his stand.
Life had not gone as he planned.

Evil came to him unjust.
Sent to Hell in sudden thrust.
Return to Wanda, he must
become foul Hellspawn or bust.

Right the wrong unfairly dealt,
he sought evil where it dwelt.
Moral rightness is his belt,
doing good is how he felt.

Stopping evil now his quest.
Evil men he does detest.
Justice comes at his behest,
anti-hero full of zest....

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The comic book in front page cover.
Glossy for it's wonder.
All interest in it's characters
of glory and their thunder.

A comic book to split apart
in seam for pair of staples.
The paper's pulp been harvested
from several standing Maples.

An ink in print to bolded text
you'd sniff for fresher air.
The meaning of a delicate page
you flip through for it's ware.

A story told to light the senses
in visions from another.
A book so thin it simplifies;
there is no any other....

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