Superhero Haiku
Thursday, October 16, 2003Art Spiegelman’s comments on comics being like haiku in the previous entry influenced me to write some! Behold my brilliant poetry:
Superman
His planet blew up.
But luckily for Kal-El,
His dad planned ahead.
Wonder Woman
She must not forget
Exactly where she parks her
Invisible jet.
Maus
I never liked cats.
Reading this book tells me why.
They are all Nazis.
Batman
Na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na! Batman!
Professor X
With such mind power
Can’t he use telepathy
To make his legs move?
Magneto
I bet he sure hates
The airport security’s
Metal detector
Now it’s your turn!
Zombie Claire says:
Robot Johnny
His haiku verses
are about superheroes!
Poetman approves.
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Zombie Claire says:
LOL the one about Professor X, ok who exactly was it that asked that, was it Jenny? And we both went, “OMG, I WALK using my MIND TOO!”
ryan says:
Haiku’s
Splendid poems
I’ve written only one.
TJ says:
MAN-THING
Favorite hero
Until Bob sez, “He has turds
hanging down his face.”
Inspired by a story a friend told me about an arguement he heard between to of his classmates in the first grade.
The original quote was something like, “He can’t be your favorite hero! He is a plant man, and he has turds on his face!”
Erik says:
The Flash
so fast
He’s gone.
Luc Latulippe says:
Love the Batman one, John! It reminds me of one I found on the internet a few years back, and while it’s not *about* a super-hero, it’s loosely super-hero *related* (for you young ‘uns, Bill Bixby is the actor who played The Hulk on TV, long before they had computers to make an unwatchably bad summer blockbuster version):
Bill Bixby is dead
Dead dead dead dead dead dead dead.
Dead dead dead dead dead.
Brilliant. RIP Mr Bixby.
Sarah B says:
Hi.
None of you know me (except Johnny, of course) but I’m Sarah, and I’m in Japan.
I couldn’t help but post, as just yesterday during my morning commute to Tokyo University I wrote a little haiku of my own. I feel it accurately sums up Tokyo public transit. Just imagine it has something to do with superheroes, ok?
My sweaty body
Pressed firmly against the door
Please someone get off
Tortuga says:
This doesn’t have to do with super heroes...but it’s a little haiku (aren’t all haiku little?) I wrote several years ago and was even published.
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Haikus waste paper
Killing trees, just for poems
Tree killing bastards!
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I had them publish it in size 6 font in the middle of the page so it wasted as much paper as possible.
Tortuga