NaPM April 2 2013

[Will Dockery]

The Ghost Who Walks will set the world to rights.
He hunts a pirate foe; for truth he fights
from deep Bangallan jungle, he defends
the world. He's aided by his woodland friends
who never pick on him for wearing tights.

His ancestors were sailors, ninjas, knights --
among the pygmies he reached lofty heights.
No phony superhero myth transcends
the Ghost Who Walks.

Among the evildoers, he excites
a dread of this immortal who ignites
the loins of women everywhere and sends
men ring-collecting. Oh, who comprehends
this purple-panted man of masked delights:
the Ghost Who Walks.

Ah digging the Phantom... newspaper strip realism.

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Topic 2: Write a poem about a favorite cartoon/cartoon character
Form : any
Line requirements: 10 lines or more.

Hazel's Hex

She holds her hand
against the glass.
Before she gets
too much memory.
This game of numbers
chances so high to lose.

I hesitate
to call her name.
Deep humid night
sick wildflower smell.
Watch her knocking
across the Village Green
I feel a sinking inside.

Looked into her eyes
like a night move to hold her.
But that's not possible.
Frayed pitch
I must have thought I'd tried
but I stopped way short.

Her beauty is eternal
being weary and so wary.
Reconstruct my heart.
Or something like
revisionist memory
since it was nothing
but scrambled dogs and
chitter-chat.

-Will Dockery

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Okay, that's not /exactly/ where I wanted that post, but I suspect I'll need to post a little more until I catch whatever I'm getting wrong here... C & C welcomed, of course.