Short Comics Poems

Dogpatch
Daisy Mae
Little Abner
T. Cornpone USA
Al Capp...

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Bring out thrill seekers 
comics bakers sleuths and 
of course the reader...

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He talks to the fish
And they hear his every wish
He swims in their pee
Way out in the sea....

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Benjamin Henry Day
invented  printing in shades of grey
In comics there are lots&lots
of his famous Benday dots...

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Jewish comics like Jackie Mason
He didn't really find funny,
But he was getting hold of
The wrong end of the comedy schitck....

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A dumb criminal called Eddie,
Thought the law was so petty.
Stole thousands of comics, 
Instead of electronics;
Now Eddie, in jail, sits pretty
...

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Looking forward to a comfy Sunday at home
No frantic running around to the stores like a clone
A nothingness day
Around gonna lay
Read only the comics, world news makes me moan!...

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yosemite Sam
casper Friendly Ghost
huey Dewy Lou
grouchy Elmer Fudd
fastest road runner

bright bugs bunny
sweet daisy duck
chip and dale
Harvey comics

mickey mouse
underdog
wendy witch

sixties
cartoons

me...

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Slide-out Coke machines
Superman/Batman comics
10 cent hot dogs
AM radio
Black & white TV
Rabbit-ear antennae
Bubblegum baseball cards
Tinny speakers at drive-in
Drive-in diners
Vacation bible school
Barefoot summers
Homemade playgrounds
A quarter made you rich......

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All the cardinal points 
The Equator line 
the metaphors 
all the comics 
the myths 
souls 
subtractions 
additions 
all the abstractions 
are human creations 
in vain hope 
of fulfilling the infinite empitness 
including 
hope and infinity 

Patricia Evans...

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I use to dream someone was chasing me,
and I never knew why,
but I always got away so easily,
because I could fly, fly, fly,

Was it those superman comics inspiring me?
or maybe my, my, my,
..childhood fantasies setting me free,
to enjoy Gods heavenly sky.

(Probably both)...

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I read you like the paper
 Your face a cover page
 I catch the comics daily
 I master all it's games
 Extra, extra, I'm all about it
 I'll slather up a soap box,
 An' have that shit surrounded.
 Hey everyone! This just in: 
 She's about to make headlines
 For swingin' them bats like Tony Gwynn...

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FANTASY
fabled, mythical
amusing, imagining, dreaming  
comics, fiction, non-fiction, biopic
existing, supporting, verifying
factual, truthful 
REALITY

THIRD PLACE WINNER
Written August 7, 2022
Submitted to “Dazzling Dizzy Diamente” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Caren Krutsinger...

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genius and crazy fit together like a puzzle
perfect and tight, cuddling up in a perfect fit.
if you do not have a bit of them both, you
will never know what poetry, art or music is.
imagination thrown in makes the perfect fire.
the comics, the dreamers, the dancers, the schemers know it.
you do too if you are truly living your life....

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Howard the duck,
Was from an alternative earth;
Has a human girlfriend
Whose name is “Bev”

He’s not a hero,
Yet he’s no zero
When the CrAcK  is up
He’s a real cool duck!
The fowl from alternative earth
HOWARD the DUCK…


8/5/2021
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2021
From anthology Marvel Comics Poetry BIOS...

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a saraband

Big smile, laughter with a reason.
Clowns oft disguise their pain with mirth,
like the buffoon, Jackie Gleason.

Stand-up comics are risible;
Dick Van Dyke's stunts were visible.
Grimaldi of London was right -
"Grim all day" but funny at night

written June 17, 2017

risible means "arousing or provoking laughter"...

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She is always 
Radiant
In the morning
The clinking of pots & pans
She loves to laugh at the
Popping
Of the butter, or at the comics
-in the Sunday's paper.
Always showing those
Pearly whites
-a smile that is contagious
And the sun that
Kisses
Her blonde hair, & gives and extra 
Twinkle
-to her eyes
She is always 
Radiant 
In the morning....

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Who am I?
I’m black so I have to hang with them
But, My grandma’s Asain do I hang with them.
I also like comics so do I hang with the nerds , 
But I’m a athlete do I hang with them
I guess i am different 
I’m unique
Maybe I am just me 
There should be more of me, 
People that break the social norms
People that don’t want to be just one thing
Just let the people be free....

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A clown,
Mirror,reflecting your laugh back.

A clown,
Rudiments of jokes, penetrate  hearts.

A clown,
laughing stock,
Prayers of weeping heart,
Burst in  laugh.

A clown,
Mask of comics,
Making others joyful.

A clown,
Hiding  pains ,making others,
Pleasant.

A clown,
Freezing tears , inner,
Corner of his eyes,

A clown,
Stealing  hearts,
By Showering jokes....

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The last time I trusted someone,
I thought of him as this hero.
To my younger self,
He was like something no one could touch.
As I got older, things started to change.
I realized that hero,
The one from the comics and fairy tales,
Was just that, something made up.
So when I started to trust again,
When I started to trust you,
I was scared you were going to be all made up too....

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At age ten, I found a trunk in the attic
full of leather-bound books and tied up comics.
Luckily they weren't dusty; I'm asthmatic,
dad scored them cheap base on street economics
but my recall’s somewhat melodramatic.
But for years, leery of Russian atomics
I would hide in the attic; my special place,
and read a book, from Shakespeare to outer space.


(Rispetto)
Feb. 1, 2019...

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A crisp art form
As drawings storm


Words and pictures
A strong mixture


Comics tell well
How format dwells


A lovely spell
As tale now tells


Plain black and white
Or colours cite


Pictures frame poise
In vivid voice


Sheer comic art
Touches my heart


Stories of old
In magic bold


Comics speak up
To flood my cup




Leon Enriquez
04 February 2018
Singapore...

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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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Theme song to Felix the cat went like this in the sixties.
Felix the cat
The wonderful wonderful cat
Whenever he is in a fix,
He’ll get into his magic tricks!

There is more. You can look the other words up if you want.
I am here to tell you that this cartoon looked nothing like a cat
Did not act like a cat either, but he was marvelous
loved his comics, adventures, and cartoon show when I was a child...

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Snoopy was slamming through the skies
At top speed, stealthier than the other fliers
Flying ace of the year, he assured anyone who would listen
Tweety bird sat in the co-pilot seat, knowing he’d best be quiet
They looped and whorled and rat-a-tatted the enemy
Guns blazing, fierce and untouched.
Sixty-two bullet holes, and they were unscathed.
Snoopy stretched his hand out and knocked over his water bottle....

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