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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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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Blip

This is a short poem. 
Not a long one like the rest. 
(not haiku)
This is about time, 
and saying a lot in a small space.
Updates to follow.
Be quiet... (calm)

?...

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Yesterday

We 
that can remember
keep-alive
those that have been forgotten,
in the small room,
the place in our hearts,
where God 
plants the best flowers,
and no tears…
fall....

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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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Longing

Little mermaid on the rock, 
Wishing and wondering, 
What it would be like, 
just to walk?

Little girl in a chair, 
riding around on wheels of air…
Wondering; what it is like… to feel?...

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925

They are pure silver, 
and have no idea. 
They are humble and kind, 
pray for each other, 
and welcome strangers.

Yet polished or aged, 
vintage of freshly fired, 
the address is the same. 

925...

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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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Grief

God gave me an angel, 
a wife, 
a helpmate.
I had no idea the worth of that gift, 
bestowed upon my unworthy life.

Regret has nothing to do 
with the sister of joy.  
Loss is the little brother, 
of the spoiled....

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Whisper
 
A subtle current,
a fierce expression,
of a gentle feeling, 
wild,
powerful, 
no longer held contained 
by any restraint. 
 
Not weak, as may be expected, 
but the very difference...
between life and death. 

Listen....

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A Blip Offering

I
we
they
and...

a show
a play
a picnic
an event

chaos
loss
grief
love
laughter

joy
connection
wisdom
truth

stranger
family
friend
soul mate

God


(free verse until it is no longer free...)...

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Reader Rabbit

Toward the end of a book,
we tend to speed up, 
in anticipation of the climatic finish. 

Yet sadly, 
the build-up...
was the part we savored, 
on the perfect path
to the right...
final, 
and everlasting
word(s).

The beginning....

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In the cold space,
between the ceiling and the rafters, 
angels drift like butterflies, 
ever answering the calls, 
of both hope and sorrow! 

A mother's song, 
a father's whisper. 
A loved one lost, and one born.
Close to heaven and ever nearer to hell....

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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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The Map Undrawn

Written in the snow, 
by angels...
made from the bodies,
of the innocent. 

The way to heaven... 
is seen, 
fleeting in its passing, 
like a dream. 

Unquestioned,
by the faithful.
Celebrated,
by the hopeful, 
ever thankful.

His mercy!
Prayerful,
and diligent
the remnant remain....

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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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Filial Child 

Halfway to heaven, 
so thrilled to be saved.
My life, 
changed forever.
Filled with your spirit,
wrestles to serve. 

On fire…
in the night,
running through the streets, 
until I fall… before You.

Dancing for My Lord, 
To a music that has always been, 
and will forever be, 
echoed in all men’s souls....

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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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