Day 27--National Poetry Month---Free Verse--Capes and Tights--Table--Terse Verse

At this point Stephanie hasn't put up the poetry prompt and I've got to get editing on my HEART OF THE FOREST book. So this is free verse. I went to see Endgame last night. (I was right about almost everything except that for some sad reason they didn't have an Easter egg at the end. Wah. I really loved that several of them had families that they got to go back to.)

CAPES AND TIGHTS

You with your 

Colorful tights

And your fantastic flapping capes

Racing across the land

Streaking through the air

Tearing holes 

In the fabric of time
Bashing

Crashing

Always slashing

Leaving chaos and wreckage

In your wake

Sacrificing all

In a bid to save the world 

Who are you

When you take off the cape

And sit down

To eat a simple meal?

Do you kiss your children

Good night?

Do you take your turn

In the soccer car pool

When not out

Ridding the world

Of soulless villains?

We humble people

Without flight or strength

Thank you 

For your sacrifices

Of time, talent, and 

Sometimes,

Ultimately,

Life.

We shouldn't be

So selfish

As to deny you

These tender mercies

And a much needed rest

You need time to grow
As well.
Even so,

I feel like Endgame 

Shouldn't mean

The End. 

There should be 

No period

Everything about you

Breaths Eternity

Puissance, 

Indestructibility.

But maybe

Just maybe

It's time for us

To tie on your capes

To pull on your colorful gloves

And go to work

We too can fight

And plan

And come out of our

Hiding places

To face the evil

Around us.

We are not powerless

In the face of your might.

Just a little different.

Thank you for being

Heroes

©2019 by H. Linn Murphy

Oh
oTABLEo
oScarred, batteredo
oSurface of a thousando
oThousand ghosts of meals pasto
oPlace of limitless miniature summitso
oAnd admissions over food choked downo
oo oOver throats crammed full of lumpso  oo
oo   oYou were the battlefield of witsoo      oo 
oo         oHere we laid our big planso          oo 
oo              oJust a chipped, marred            oo 
oAnd scratchedo
oSlice ofo
oLifeo
oo
oo
oo
oo

©2019 by H. Linn Murphy



Okay today we're doing Terse Verse. If you want to know what it is, go here. Here are my terse verses:

When your husband works on the roof: Tan Man

If you're reading a horse magazine it's a: Breed Read

A Bedoin Sheik's tent: Tassel Castle 

For parents it's: Sunday Funday

For kids it's sometimes a: Bore 'em Forum

A 60's film: Groovy Movie
A lovely "Mom" dinner: Pan of Spam

When shellfish get together to rock out it's a: Clam Jam 

A happy swine: Pig Jig

A happy judge: Wig Jig

If you run out of fluid in the nursery you have: Bubble Trouble

Ice cream always a: Sweet Treat