We Need A Haiku To Save Us: Spider-Man
Part one in a series of superhero inspired haiku's.
Haiku's are sparingly used, and if they are it's usually some form of satire. The elegant simplicity of a haiku lends itself to mockery and bawdiness, which leaches the sincerity out of an ancient respected form of prose. My goal is to bring the Haiku back to legitimate literature circles, and what better what to do that then to focus on something near to me, and a huge part of our zeitgeist: Super Heroes. These titans are at their zenith of influential power right now, with their action grip clenched on the silver screen, and our hearts.
There is no better hero in which to start with than Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man. Ever since I can remember Spider-Man has been a gigantic part of my life. The tales of Spider-Man's exploits have thrilled me up,down and every which way but loose. So it's only right I pay tribute to Ol' Web Head himself in this first installment of "We Need A Haiku To Save Us". Enjoy!:
Swinging High Above
The Young Boy Surveys New York
He Spots a Mugging
J.J. Jameson
Turns Red And Screams At Peter
"He Is A Menace!"
Spider-Man is Toast
The Shocker Finally Has Him
"Game Over Web-Head!"
The Rhino Is Loose
"Where Is Spider-Man?" they ask
The Masked Boy Appears
Flash Picks On Parker
But Thompson Loves Spider-Man
Oh, the irony!
He Stopped a Mugger
Knocked Out Doctor Octopus
Forgot his homework
Uncle Ben Goes limp
“I should of stopped that mugger”
And so it begins
He Know’s MJ’s sad
But Kraven Has hostages
“Great power” and such
A flash and a boom
He’s Pumpkin bombed a highschool!
Spidey is now mad
Mysterio’s back!
He’s kidnapped the mayor's son
Where is Spider-Man?!?
That concludes this installment of We Need A Haiku To Save Us! See you next time, Ku Believers!
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