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Where, or for whom, are you a superhero in your world? What are your superpowers?

  • Friday, July 27, 2018 8:55 PM
    Message # 6401998
    Deleted user

    Superhero Stylish Woman

    Like Superhero Pregnant Woman in Jessy Randall's poem Superhero Stylish Woman's senses are more acute than others.

    But instead of smell, it's her sense of style that's particularly refined,

    Especially when confronted with a difficult sartorial challenge.

    It doesn't matter, if she's combining high designer pieces with low fast-fashion or heirloom with casual her skills are undeniable.

    Why can't she persuade more people today that this is a useful super power,

    Such as forcing the truth out of someone or reading their mind?

    The closet beckons her with hidden inspiration believing she'll always unleash its bounty and pull out its lovely wares,

    Then put them on and offer her services to those who seek her out for style and shopping tips.

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  • Sunday, July 29, 2018 12:26 AM
    Reply # 6403128 on 6401998
    Anonymous

    Super Duper

    after Jessy Randall's Superhero Pregnant Woman


    She’s no superhero.

    No cape, no powers out of the ordinary.


    She can’t leap tall buildings or fly.

    In fact, she has problems walking.

    The vertigo, you know

    and we won’t mention

    the whole clumsiness thing.


    She’s no superhero.

    Unless you count

    how easy she is to talk to


    how she’s the one person it’s okay

    to ugly cry in front of


    how you can be silent with her

    and not feel awkward


    how she’s the one you know

    will understand the part you feel

    most ashamed of and make you welcome.



  • Tuesday, August 21, 2018 4:24 PM
    Reply # 6632769 on 6401998

    VICTORIA, I completely honor your sartorial superpower!  One of my college teachers--I don't remember if it was a M-W-F or T-Th class--never wore the same outfit twice for the entire semester. What I hear, though, is your power of sartorial creativity, and who cares about sartorial variety if it ain't stylish! I love the tongue-in-cheek tone of your piece. THANKS for helping getting the energy going here in this Writer Share forum, for folks to post their writings :)

    BRENDA, your poem is so tight. My fave line, tonally and musically: "The vertigo, you know"--and I really admire this line break: "will understand the part you feel," underscoring emotional IQ as a superpower--and also that it's the most important superpower, given that the poem closes there. Beautiful.





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